Content

The programme at GCU involves learning alongside other healthcare trainees giving students a multidisciplinary experience throughout their four years of study. Orthoptics is suited to individuals interested in health care who enjoy working with people, particularly children and the elderly.

Year 1
Foundations in Practice in Health and Social Care, Ocular Anatomy and Physiology, Child Development and Health Optics, Refraction and Binocular Vision, Practice Education.

Year 2
Diagnostic Techniques, Ocular Pharmacology, Ocular Pathology, Physiology and Microbiology, Refraction and Binocular Vision, Introductory Ocular Disease, Practice Education.

Year 3
Advanced Orthoptics 1 and 2, Research Methods and Statistics, Clinical Ophthalmology, Incomitant Deviations, Practice Education, Visual Neuroscience.

Year 4
Management in Health Care, Honours Project, Advanced Orthoptics 3, Practice Education.

Entry Requirements

2026 entry requirements

Standard entry: 4 Highers at BBBC including 2 science subjects.

Widening access entry: 4 Highers at BCCC including 2 science subjects.

A Foundation Apprenticeship is accepted as equivalent of a non-essential Higher at B.