The purpose of this qualification is to provide graduates with the minimum requirements for accreditation and registration with the Health Profession Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a dispensing optician.
Type: Undergraduate diploma
Duration: full time 3 years
Compulsory Subjects
First Year Subjects:
- Ophthalmic lenses
- Dispensing optics
- Optics
- General anatomy and physiology
- General physics
- Mathematics and statistics
- Visual optics
- Ocular anatomy and physiology
Second Year Subjects:
- Ophthalmic lenses
- Dispensing optics
- Visual optics
- Ocular anatomy and physiology
- Environmental optics
- Practice management and ethics
Third Year Subjects:
- Opticianry practice
Careers: Dispensing optician, optomotrist.
Source: www.cput.ac.za