Looking to grow your knowledge and expand your career options? The School of Optometry and Vision Science at UNSW Sydney has a number of exciting postgraduate courses available in 2022.
Master of Optometry
The Master of Optometry (MOptom) is a one-and-a-half year postgraduate master’s degree designed to provide students with advanced knowledge and clinical skills in evidence-based optometry and vision science. Students will be able to develop expertise in multiple areas, including contact lenses, sensory neuroscience, myopia control, community eye health and research. Additionally, to support the business and public health aspirations of optometrists working in the industry, students will also have the option to enrol in selected electives taught by the University’s world-class UNSW Business School (Management/Marketing) and the School of Population Health (Public Health). Business electives will provide the diversity in training required for students to develop their management skills and marketing capability within the changing economic climate. Public Health courses will provide students with opportunities to apply their skills in optometry to broader areas of health through research and clinical practice.
The School of Optometry and Vision Science at UNSW Sydney has a number of exciting postgraduate courses available in 2022
Graduate Certificate in Ocular Therapeutics
The Graduate Certificate in Ocular Therapeutics program at UNSW is accredited by OCANZ and allows graduates to gain therapeutic endorsement. Students will study three part-time courses that cover the didactic and clinical components of ocular therapy. On completion of this specialised program, you will be able to prescribe topical therapeutic agents effectively, safely and in line with relevant legislation to manage ocular disease in your optometry patients.
Applications for the Graduate Certificate in Ocular Therapeutics program at UNSW are now open. This program will be delivered by an award-winning team of instructors from the School of Optometry and Vision Science at UNSW Sydney. The program is facilitated by regular live webinars and online lectures over the course of one year.
The next cohort will be commencing their studies in mid-January 2022.
Graduate Diploma in Orientation and Mobility
Would you consider diversifying your career in health? People with low vision or who are blind need to know where they are, so they can get where they want to go and travel there in a safe manner. Orientation and Mobility specialists work with these individuals by tailoring interventions to suit the needs of individual clients, including people with additional complexities such as health conditions.
The Graduate Diploma in Orientation and Mobility is a one-year postgraduate graduate diploma that has been designed to provide graduates with the knowledge and expertise to work as orientation and mobility specialists. The program also provides the practical experience required to enable graduates to apply for industry certification, whether self-employed or working in an organisation that provides orientation and mobility services to clients with low vision or blindness.
For more information email: postgrad.optom@unsw.edu.au.
