Foundation course gets the green light

ABDO’s application to offer a foundation degree course in Ophthalmic Dispensing has been approved by the GOC.

The ABDO College said this week the new course would begin in September 2008 following validation from Canterbury Christ Church University (CCU). The course, with the first intake of 120 students, will run alongside its existing Diploma course.

According to the College, students who enrol could attain a foundation degree after successfully completing both years of the course which will then equip them with transferable, graduate skills enabling direct access to a third and final year following one of two pathways.

One option is to complete the ABDO Diploma and the other pathway will take ophthalmic dispensing to undergraduate degree level.