Majors at ECC: Allied Health Division

OPHTHALMIC DISPENSING
(Optician)

Special Admission Requirements/Prerequisite

  • Applicants must be a high school graduate
  • Applicants should have at least 75% high school average
  • Transfer students must have an overall QPA of 2.0 to gain admittance to this program
  • Advance transfer credit for general education or professional courses in which a “C”or above was earned may be arranged when course descriptions match ECC courses
  • In addition to tuition, students will be responsible for paying for a set of ophthalmic tools, liability insurance and a name tag for use in off-campus clinical work
  • Students are responsible for providing transportation to off-campus fieldwork sites utilized for general dispensing practice course
  • Exceptions to the above criteria may be made for returning adult students and for those currently working in the field