What will I learn?
As an Optometry student, you will enjoy a leading university that attracts award-winning professors along with some of the best and brightest students from around the world. Standards for students and for teaching are set very high. Licensed ODs make up the body of expert faculty and clinic supervisors who provide an optimum mix of theoretical study and practical training.Throughout the four years, you’ll take courses that cover visual optics, visual neurophysiology, and clinical techniques along with the health and diseases of the human visual system. OD students study cell and molecular biology, pharmacology, genetics, epidemiology, clinical technology, ethics and practice management. In the first two years, you’ll build a base of knowledge in the basic sciences of health, disease, optics and visual sciences. As well, you are introduced to procedures and behaviour training in preparation for clinical practice.Patient contact begins in third year. Coursework continues and you begin the study and analyses of diverse real-life case examples. During the 3rd and 4th years, the emphasis shifts increasingly to clinical training. Internships include rotations through the Schools primary care and specialty clinics binocular vision, contact lenses, electrodiagnostics, low vision, ocular health and sports vision. At the same time, students are exposed to special populations such as paediatric, geriatric and developmentally disabled patients.
Which department am I in?
Faculty of Health
Entry requirements
For international students
The Doctor of Optometry is a second-entry program, meaning that prior to entry, applicants must complete a compulsory set of university-level courses while working towards a Bachelors degree.To be eligible for admission consideration into the Doctor of Optometry program, candidates must meet the following academic requirements: Complete three or more years in Bachelor of Science or other university-level science studies.The earliest you can apply is the fall of your third year. If admitted after the completion of your third year, you would start optometry and not return to your program.Have a minimum overall university average of 75.0% at the time of application. Have successfully completed all of the prerequisite courses at the university level. Or have a plan in place to successfully complete by the end of the winter term of the year for which you are applying.Timing for completing required courses Have successfully completed a minimum of six terms with a full course load (five courses per term, not including labs).Or have a plan in place to successfully complete by the end of the winter term of the year for which you are applying. Submit interim and final transcripts.
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