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Programme Detail [B.Sc. (Vision Sceinces)]
Programme Name:	B.Sc. (Vision Sceinces)
Introduction:	It is a known fact that blindness places an immense socioeconomic burden on the individual as well as on the community. Two thirds or more of all blindness is avoidable in that the contributing causes are preventable. Allama Iqbal Open University is endeavoring to contribute in overcoming the avoidable blindness by training Middle Level Eye Care Personnel (MLECP). AIOU in collaboration with Ophthalmology departments of various teaching hospitals and optic shops of Rawalpindi/Islamabad. Lahore, Karachi and Peshawar is offering programmes in Vision Sciences at following three levels. 1.Diploma in Vision Sciences for Ophthalmic Technicians 2. B.Sc Vision Sciences 3. B.Sc Honours in Vision Sciences.
Admission Requirement:	ü Diploma in Vision Sciences for Ophthalmic Technicians from AIOU with a minimum of 50% marks. Students are required to submit dues along with all necessary documents with in due date specified in the newspaper by the admission department.
Selection Process:	Merit
Duration:	Six semesters (NOTE: One year course work of Diploma is also included in this duration).
Medium of Instruction:	Medium of instruction for all three levels of the programme is English. Students will have to do all the assignments, practicals and final exam in English except Pakistan Studies and Islamiat.
Teaching Methodology:	Teaching methodology would include both the face-to-face tutorials and distance learning entities. The face to face tutorial would be employed for subjects related to clinical and community ophthalmology and the non.clinical subjects like Pak studies and Islamiat would be taught through purly distance learning. The training is carried out at ophthalmology department of approved study centers of teaching hospitals by registered competent tutors at each level. If a tutorial session is missed by a student, the student can correspond with the tutor to get guidance. The students are informed of their tutor’s name and addresses by the local regional offices of Allama Iqbal Open university, if with in twenty days after receiving the study packs, a student does not receive the tutor’ name and address, he/she should contact the AIOU Regional Director in his/her area. A tutorial of one and a half hour duration for each course, on fortnightly basis for four months in each semester will be held. T
AIOU Credits Required:	Ten credits (4+6 =10 credits)
Course Required:	Internship: Two semesters (One year) Semester: 1. NORMAL STRUCTURE & FUNCTION OF THE EYE -2424 2. INTRODUCTION TO COMMON DISEASES OF THE EYE -2425 3. BASIC CLINICAL SKILLS -2426 4. BASICS OF COMMUNITY OPHTHALMOLOGY -2427 5. Introduction to Skills in Visual Functions -2428 6. PHYSICAL OPTICS AND GEOMETRICAL OPTICS -2429 7. VISUAL OPTICS -2430 8. CLINICAL REFRACTION -2431 9. DISPENSING OPTICS -2432 10. COMMUNITY OPTOMETRY -2433 11. CONTACT LENSES -0498 12. LOW VISION -0480 13. BASICS OF VISION & OPTICS -2435 14. VISION SCIENCES 1, 2, 3 & 4 -2436 15. CLINICAL BINOCULAR VISION -2437 16. CLINICAL OPTOMETRY -2438 17. Adjunctive to the course are practical sessions outlined -2439 18. CONTACT LENSES -2440 19. SPECIALISM IN OPTOMETRY AND APPLIED STATISTICS AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY -2441 20. VISION SCIENCES -2443 21. VISION SCIENCES -2444 22. THE BINOCULAR VISION -2445 23. CLINICAL BINOCULAR VISION & ITS APPLICATION -2446 24. CLINICAL ORTHOPTICS -2447 25. SPECIALISM IN ORTHOPTICS AND APPLIED STATISTICS AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY -2448 26. DISPENSING OPTICS -2449 27. INTRODUCTION TO OPHTHALMIC TECHNOLOGY -2451 28. SPECIALIZED DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES-1 -2452 29. SPECIALIZED DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES-2 -2453 30. SPECIALIZED DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES (Fundus Flourescien and Indocyanine Green Angiography) -2454 31. SPECIALIZED DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES-4 -2455 32. LASERS IN OPHTHALMOLOGY -2456 33. OPHTHALMIC MICROBIOLOGY -2457 34. EYE BANKING -2458 35. ENGINEERING AND APPLIED STATISTICS AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY -2459
Collaborations:	This programme is launched in collaboration with Pakistan Institute of Community Ophthalmology, Hayatabad \|Medical Complex Peshawar who will help AIOU by making the services of experts available for the three levels of the programme for the following activities: 1. Providing developed study material on the basis of approved outlines 2. Face to face tutoring where appropriate in the workshops/tutorials/new classes organized by the AIOU 3. Serving tutors and examiners 4. Supervising internship training work for the graduate and post graduate level programme.
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