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Description
Optometry is responsible for primary care of visual health, through prevention, diagnosis, treatment and correction of refractive, accommodative, muscular and binocular defects. The specialist in fitting glasses, spectacles, rigid or soft contact lenses using special techniques, treating binocular anomalies associated with the use of prolonged near vision, as well as indicating and supervising visual therapy, is called an optometrist.
Optics is the branch of Physics that studies the behavior of light, its characteristics and its manifestations. It covers the study of propagation, reflection, refraction, interference, diffraction, image formation and the interaction of light with matter.
In summary, this degree studies vision as the ability to process information from the environment, obtain meaning and understand what is seen through the eyes.
Requirement
Access to this degree does not require any additional tests other than those legally established at a national level.
At least five GCSE/IGCSE subjects (Grade C and above), and three A Levels (Grades A–E), with a minimum of 48 UCAS 2017 Tariff points.
Some Bachelors' Degree like French Studies are exempt from language accreditation to obtain the Graduate degree, as approved by the Governing Council of the University of Granada.
Structure
SUBJECT ECTS TEMPORARY UNIT
Optical Instrumentation 12 Second course
Physiological Optics 12 Second course
Physical Optics 12 Second and third year
Optical Technology 18 Second and third year
Optical Materials 6 Third course
Total: 60 credits
Pathology of the Visual System
SUBJECT ECTS TEMPORARY UNIT
Functional Histology
of the Visual System 6 Second course
Pathology 6 Third course
Pharmacology 6 Fourth grade
Total: 18 credits
Optometry
SUBJECT ECTS TEMPORARY UNIT
Optometry 30 Second and third year
Contact lenses 12 Third course
Binocular vision 12 Fourth grade
Visual rehabilitation 12 Fourth grade
Low vision 6 Fourth grade
Total: 60 credits
Supervised internships and final degree project
SUBJECT ECTS TEMPORARY UNIT
Internships 18 Fourth grade
Final degree project 6 Fourth grade
Total: 24 credits