Assessment of Vision 1 (10287.2)

Please note these are the 2027 details for this unit
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Assessment of Vision 1
Available teaching periods Delivery mode Location
View teaching periods On-campus
 Bruce, Canberra
EFTSL Credit points Faculty
0.125 3 Faculty Of Health
Discipline Study level HECS Bands
Optometry & Vision Science Level 1 - Undergraduate Introductory Unit Band 2 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021)
Band 3 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021)
This unit will provide students with an introduction to the assessment of selected optometric variables.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Describe the optical theories and principles used in methods designed to collect clinically-relevant data on the structure and function of the eye;
2. Describe and demonstrate appropriate techniques for assessing sensory visual function including vision and visual acuity, visual fields, colour vision and contrast sensitivity;
3. Recognise and record abnormalities of visual function;
4. Perform a satisfactory patient-centred case history assessment and understand appropriate questions to ask patients with different needs;
5. Explain and apply optical theory to the objective measurement of refractive error; and
6. Measure and verify the power of simple spectacle lenses.


Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology


Skills development

Students are required to cooperate in (laboratory sessions) where students may be asked to practice optometry skills on each other. Each student is the patient and practitioner in turn and in approximately equal duration. By both conducting the clinical procedures and participating in the tests, you will gain an insight and empathy into the issues associated with testing visual function, both from the point of view of both an optometrist and patient. During classes you will be required to demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict. Any action or omission that affects patient safety or the safety of your colleagues staff can result in failure of a patient assessment task regardless of the aggregate mark for the assessment.



Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

Enrolment in 372JA Bachelor of Vision Science.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.
Availability for enrolment in 2027 is subject to change and may not be confirmed until closer to the teaching start date.
Year Location Teaching period Teaching start date Delivery mode Unit convener
2026 Bruce, Canberra Semester 2 10 August 2026 On-campus Dr Dinesh Kaphle
2027 Bruce, Canberra Semester 2 09 August 2027 On-campus Dr Dinesh Kaphle
The information provided should be used as a guide only. Timetables may not be finalised until week 2 of the teaching period and are subject to change. Search for the unit timetable.

Required texts

Required textbooks

1. David B Elliott, Clinical Procedures in Primary Eye Care, 4th edition (library)

2. Steven H Schwartz, Geometrical and Visual Optics, 2nd edition (library)

3. Steven H Schwartz. Visual Perception: A Clinical Orientation (library) 

Submission of assessment items

Special assessment requirements

The final mark for this subject will be calculated by an accumulation of marks from each assessment item.  To achieve a passing grade or higher in this unit, students must:

  • Achieve a final aggregate mark of 50% or higher.
The Unit Convener reserves the right to question students orally on any of their submitted work.
NOTE: Attendance at all lectures is expected and 100% participation is required in all tutorials. Students are required to submit an absence form (available via the unit's Canvas site) and appropriate documentary evidence (eg medical certificate) for every laboratory/tutorial absence. The unit convener will assess your application; however, this will not guarantee that your application will be successful.

Deferred Exams

In the event a student misses an assessment due to illness or other exceptional circumstances, the student must contact the unit convener and request a deferred assessment within 3 days of scheduled exam. The request must be made in writing (by email) on the Assignment Extension Form (https://www.canberra.edu.au/current-students/forms/forms/other-forms/Assignment-Extension-Form.pdf).

Students must provide a medical certificate (leave certificates will not be accepted) or other relevant documents as requested by the unit convener before sitting the deferred examination. Failure to do so will result in a zero grade being awarded for that assessment item.

Contract cheating and Use of Artificial intelligence

Contract cheating (academic outsourcing / ghost-writing) is a form of academic misconduct in which students submit written or creative work which has been drafted or produced by someone else and claim authorship for it.  It includes (but is not limited to) using a third party, offering their services for commercial or other benefits, to complete (either partially or fully) an assignment or other assessment items on behalf of the student.  

You are at risk of contract cheating if you ask someone to: complete an assignment for you, substantially edit your assignment, do your university work for you, with or without compensation, check test or quiz answers, sit a test or quiz for you, provide someone with your UC login details

You may also be at risk of contract cheating if you provide information to people or organisations outside UC, such as: assignment questions and briefs, lecture notes, marking rubrics and marking guides

UC considers contract cheating serious misconduct which may attract suspension or exclusion from the university.  Furthermore, we, as your education provider, have mandatory reporting responsibilities under National Law.  We are required to notify the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) if we believe that a registered health practitioner (including those with student registration) has behaved in a way that constitutes notifiable conduct including signature departure from accepted professional standards.  Contract cheating may also result in UC submitting a mandatory notification to AHPRA.

You can learn more about contract cheating in the Academic Integrity Module - which is a compulsory module that provides information about a range of issues including plagiarism and contract cheating.  UC provides a range of services to support student learning - further information regarding Study Skills, Studiosity and Medical & Counselling services are available in your unit's Canvas site.

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Students are not permitted to use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in assessments for this unit, except for Studiosity Writing Feedback Plus. For more information about the University’s position on the use of AI, click here.  

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Learner engagement

Due to the nature of the material covered, attendance at lectures is expected. Please note that not all learning material covered in lectures (e.g. worked examples of optical problems) will be captured by the lecture recording software.

Participation requirements

100% attendance at laboratory classes is required, as you are learning skills required for professional accreditation reasons. If the laboratory attendance is less than 80%, the student may not be allowed to take the practical exam. 

If you are ill or suffer misadventure which precludes you from attending a scheduled laboratory session, you will need to provide and 'Absence from Laboratory' form (available on UCLearn) with supporting documentation

Required IT skills

None

Work placement, internships or practicums

None

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