Program Overview

Introduction to the Opticianry Programme

The Opticianry Programme is an associate degree programme designed to educate prospective health technologists who can choose and dispense optical devices according to specifications and prescriptions written by ophthalmologists. The programme aims to eliminate or reduce visual impairments in patients diagnosed with refractive disorders and to adjust these devices for patients.

Programme Objectives

The programme centres around achieving technical goals based on theory and practice, including:

• Comprehending anatomy and physiology of the human eye
• Understanding optical physics
• Recognising and using optical devices
• Choosing and assembling eyeglass frames and lenses according to prescription data The programme also covers modern management and organisational knowledge, such as:
  • Planning the operation and management
  • Performing cost accounting
  • Managing the workflow of a business Additionally, the programme includes general knowledge of:
  • Public health
  • Quality management systems and standards
  • Use of information technologies

Education and Practical Experience

The Opticianry Programme offers education through theoretical and practical courses. Theoretical courses are supported by practices that students will encounter in their professional lives, conducted in optical laboratories equipped with modern machines and devices, as well as through internships.

Prospective Student Requirements

Prospective students of this programme are expected to have:

• An interest in basic health sciences and optical physics
• Manual skills
• An interest in using optical devices
• Business management and marketing skills
• An interest in communicating with people
• An aesthetical view and other similar measurable and observable distinctive attributes

Career Options

Graduates of this programme can work in:

• Their own optical stores as opticians
• Optical stores as managers
• Factories manufacturing eyeglass lenses and frames
• Firms importing and exporting optical devices

Programme Leadership

The programme is headed by Asst. Prof. H³seyin Muzaffer ABAN.