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Cardiff Uni Optometry - typical weekly timetable for 1st year student?

Hi there

My daughter is due to go to Cardiff Uni to study Optometry. She is hoping to work part-time whilst studying full-time. Can anyone share with us there first year timetable and/ or tell us about how many hours per week she is likely to be studying Optometry at Uni? Thanks!
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Original post by Ellie46
Hi there
My daughter is due to go to Cardiff Uni to study Optometry. She is hoping to work part-time whilst studying full-time. Can anyone share with us there first year timetable and/ or tell us about how many hours per week she is likely to be studying Optometry at Uni? Thanks!

Hi, I'm a student that just finished my first year at Cardiff University for optometry and I typically had 10-12 hrs of lectures/clinics/workshops a week combined. There was about 18 weeks of content actually taught (Christmas and Easter holidays is up to you if you want to revise) and I did enjoy it, at the start of the year they mentioned for each hour of taught content we should revise topics ourselves for 2-3 hours (this is what I should've done as I will be retaking some modules this year again 😅). Hope this helped and I'm sure your daughter will enjoy studying optom at cardiff.
Hi, I'm a student that just finished my first year at Cardiff University for optometry and I typically had 10-12 hrs of lectures/clinics/workshops a week combined. There was about 18 weeks of content actually taught (Christmas and Easter holidays is up to you if you want to revise) and I did enjoy it, at the start of the year they mentioned for each hour of taught content we should revise topics ourselves for 2-3 hours (this is what I should've done as I will be retaking some modules this year again 😅). Hope this helped and I'm sure your daughter will enjoy studying optom at cardiff.

Hi! Does Cardiff record (all) their optom lectures?
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Original post by 05starmichelin
Hi! Does Cardiff record (all) their optom lectures?

Hi, yes all the lectures in the lecture hall are recorded, that is if there aren't any technical difficulties, the only things that aren't recorded are the clinical/practical lessons that are taught
Original post by Ellie46
Hi there
My daughter is due to go to Cardiff Uni to study Optometry. She is hoping to work part-time whilst studying full-time. Can anyone share with us there first year timetable and/ or tell us about how many hours per week she is likely to be studying Optometry at Uni? Thanks!

Hiya!

So glad to hear you are coming to Cardiff! Im a student here, in my fourth year now doing a masters.
Looks like you've had some useful responses so far.
If you have any other questions please let me know!

Grace - Cardiff Uni Student Rep

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