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Overview

This program enables you to build your foundation knowledge and expertise to work effectively with people who are blind or visually impaired and the people who support them. The program is catered to students from diverse educational and employment backgrounds who seek to upskill and understand the causes and implications … For more content click the Read More button below. Graduates will elevate their employment prospects in industries that serve to improve the quality of life and accommodate the needs of people living in the community who are blind or visually impaired.

Learning Outcomes

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Describe the visual system and the functional impact of ocular disease or cortical damage for people who are blind or have vision impairment and apply appropriate rehabilitation strategies.
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Deliver client focused services with an ethical and culturally aware lens, and the wider personal ecosystem that impacts delivering services for people who are blind or have vision impairment
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Demonstrate effective communication and collaboration skills to engage with diverse groups including clients and other disability and health professionals, recognising that personal values, beliefs, and biases may influence decision making in the context of vision impairment rehabilitation practice.
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Create effective strategies to critically evaluate latest research on rehabilitation of vision impairment to create evidence-based solutions for people who are blind or have vision impairment, ensuring continuous learning in this field.
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Graduate Capabilities

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Program Structure

Students must complete 24 UOC when taken as a standalone program.

1. Core courses 18 UOC
2. Prescribed Elective Courses 6 UOC

Core Courses18 Units of Credit:
Prescribed Elective Courses6 Units of Credit:

Enrolment Disclaimer

Please note that this Handbook is a comprehensive catalogue of our offerings and includes courses that can be taken to satisfy program requirements irrespective as to their availability for a particular year. Availability of courses is best checked using filters on this site or on the class timetable site.

You are responsible for ensuring that you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and by following the advice of your Program Authority. myUNSW enrolment checks that you have met enrolment requirements such as pre-requisites for individual courses but not that you are enrolling in courses that will count towards your program requirements.

Admission Requirements

Entry Requirements

Minimum Entry Requirements

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Program Requirements

Progression Requirements

For more information on university policy on progression requirements please visit Academic Progression

Associated Programs

Postgraduate Pathway

Graduate Diploma in Orientation and Mobility - GDipOrientMobil5420 - Orientation and Mobility

Professional Outcomes

Career Opportunities

Career opportunities include professions that work with people who are blind or have vision impairment (and the people that support them). This degree will diversify and expand knowledge, expertise and career opportunities within industries that support people with vision impairment, including disability organisations, allied health workers, disability support/carers, professionals, managers in disability organisations, youth and community workers.

Examples of career opportunities following completion of the proposed program include:
1. NDIS for planning, NDIA, and plan managers, especially required to meet the needs of people who are blind or have low vision 
2. Employment in vision rehabilitation organisations like Vision Australia or Guide Dogs NSW/ACT.
3. Education systems, supporting students who are blind or have low vision.
4. Upskilling management roles in disability sector.
5. Technology companies that create or sell assistive technology to blind/low vision consumers (e.g., Aira, Aria, Qantum, Humanware, App developers)

Additional Information

Students planning to continue onto postgraduate pathway 5420 Orientation and Mobility, would need to take Prescribed Elective VISN5531 Development and Ageing, to align all 24 UOC with the Graduate Diploma Core Courses.

Program Fees

At UNSW fees are generally charged at course level and therefore dependent upon individual enrolment and other factors such as student's residency status. For generic information on fees and additional expenses of UNSW programs, click on one of the following:

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