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Objectives: To assess the learning approaches of undergraduate optometry students with respect to different subjects of basic sciences. Subjects & Methods:A cross-sectional comparative study was done to assess the learning approach to basic sciences subjects among 2nd, 3rd, and final year BSc Optometry students of Munawar Memorial Hospital & College of Optometry. About 40 students were enrolled in the study by simple random sampling. 20 students filled Bigg's Revised Two Factor Study Process Questionnaire (R-SPQ-2F) for Anatomy and Physiology while the rest of the 20 students filled it for Pathology and Biochemistry. Their relevant subject scores were also given due consideration while studying their learning approaches. Independent sample t-test was used to measure the difference in mean score pertaining to subscales of deep and surface learning approaches. P < 0.05 was considered significant.Results: Annual scores of 2 groups of BSc Optometry students in basic sciences were almost equal. However, the group of students with Anatomy and Physiology scores studied by opting deep and surface learning approach comparatively more than those of Pathology and Biochemistry group with statistically significant difference (P =0.0001). Conclusion:Group of students with Anatomy and Physiology scores were involved in deep learning of their subjects.