BS OPTOMETRY

BSOP

COURSE FACT

STUDY LEVEL STUDY NOTE PROGRAM DURATION CREDITS HOURS

Undergraduate

Full-Time

8 Semesters (4 years)

132

Eligibility Criteria

Intermediate Pre-Medical with minimum 50% marks or equivalent

Bachelor in Microbiology

ADP Graphic Design

Masters of Philosophy in Microbiology

MBA Executive

PhD PHYSIOLOGY

PhD Optometry

ADMISSIONS

OPEN 2024

OBJECTIVES

The students will carry out full eye examinations and gain specialist skills such as pediatric, binocular vision, contact lens and dispensing. In addition they will examine patients with a range of eye diseases and gain experience in dispensing spectacles. 

ROLE AND SCOPE

Being a newly introduced program in Optometric and Visionary Science, it has tremendous job opportunities in public and private sector hospitals in the country. The graduates have opportunity for employment in pharmaceutical industry. Moreover running an independent optometric clinic will prove a noble option and fruitful experience.

Semester 1

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours Course Type Prerequisite Course Code
ISL-101 Islamic Studies 2(2-0) General Education -
ETH-100 Ethics 2(2-0) General Education -
ISL-103 Teachings of Holy Quran -I NC - -
ENG-107 Functional English 3(3-0) General Education -
GEN-105 Creative Arts 2(2-0) General Education -
PHYSI-101 Physiology 3(2-1) Interdisciplinary -
PHARM-201 Pharmacology 3(3-0) Interdisciplinary -
OPT-111 Vision Sciences 3(2-1) Major -
  Credit Hours 16 - -

Semester 2

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours Course Type Prerequisite Course Code
CS-102 Application of Information & Communication Technologies 3(2-1) General Education -
GEN-104 Ideology & constitution of Pakistan 2(2-0) General Education -
ENG-108 Expository writing 3(3-0) General Education ENG-107
ANA-101 Anatomy 3(2-1) Interdisciplinary -
GEN-106 Medical Ethics 2(2-0) Minor -
OPT-212 Ocular Anatomy and Physiology 3(3-0) Major -
ISL-104 Teachings of Holy Quran-II NC NC ISL-103
  Credit Hours 16 - -

Semester 3

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours Course Type Prerequisite Course Code
GEN-202 Environmental studies 3(2-1) General Education -
PSY-201 Psychology 2(2-0) General Education -
GEN-206 Entrepreneurship 2(2-0) General Education -
PATH-201 Pathology 3(3-0) Interdisciplinary -
OPT-211 Ocular Diseases and emergency handling- I 3(3-0) Major OPT-212
GEN- Quantitative reasoning I 3(3-0) General Education -
ISL-201 Teachings of Holy Quran-III NC NC ISL-104
  Credit Hours 16 - -

Semester 4

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours Course Type Prerequisite Course Code
GEN Quantitative reasoning II 3(3-0) General Education -
OPT-213 Optics 3(3-0) Major -
GEN-203 Community Service Learning 2(2-0) General Education -
OPT-214 Ocular Diseases and emergency handling-II 3(3-0) Major OPT-211
OPT-215 Ophthalmic Dispensing-I 3(2-1) Major -
OPT-216 Clinical Refraction 3(3-0) Major -
ISL-202 Teachings of Holy Quran -IV NC NC ISL-201
  Credit Hours 17 - -

 

Semester 5

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours Course Type Prerequisite Course Code
MED-401 Clinical Medicine 2(1-1) Minor -
GEN-302 Patient Care 2(2-0) Minor -
OPT-319 Diagnostic Instruments-I 2(2-0) Major -
OPT-317 Orthoptics-I 3(2-1) Major -
OPT-411 Retinal Diseases 3(3-0) Major OPT-214
OPT-314 Ophthalmic Dispensing-II 2(1-1) Major OPT-215
OPT-315 Clinical Practice of Refraction 2(0-2) Major OPT-216
  Credit Hours 16 - -

 

Semester 6

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours Course Type Prerequisite Course Code
OPT-514 Basic Life Support 2(1-1) Minor -
SUR-302 Surgery 2(2-0) Minor -
OPT-414 Diagnostic Instruments-II 3(2-1) Major OPT-319
OPT-311 Low Vision-I 3(2-1) Major -
OPT-318 Contact Lens-I 2(2-0) Major -
OPT-320 Ophthalmic screening observation & Pediatric Optometry 3(2-1) Major -
RMS-514 Research Methodology and Applied Statistics 2(2-0) Major -
  Credit Hours 17 - -

 

Semester Summer

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours - -
GEN-401 Internship 3(0-3) - -
  Credit Hours 3 - -

 

Semester 7

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours Course Type Prerequisite Course Code
CM-401 Community Medicine 2(2-0) Minor -
OPT-316 Low Vision-II 3(2-1) Major OPT-311
OPT-413 Contact Lens-II 3(2-1) Major OPT-318
OPT-412 Orthoptics-II 3(2-1) Major OPT-317
OPT-415 Neuro-Ophthalmology 2(2-0) Major -
OPT-419 Clinical Rotations I(Refraction & Screening observation) 3(0-3) Major OPT-320
  Credit Hours 16 - -

 

Semester 8

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours Course Type Prerequisite Course Code
OPT-417 Ocular Pharmacology 2(2-0) Major -
OPT-519 Minor OT Procedures 2(1-1) Major -
OPT-420 Clinical Rotations II (Diagnostic & Cornea) 3(0-3) Major -
OPT-421 Clinical Rotations III (General Ophthalmology& Contact lens) 5(0-5) Major OPT-413
GEN-402 Research Project 3(0-3) - -
  Credit Hours 15 - -

 

Total Credit Hours 132 - -