Bachelor
The Bachelor of Occupational Therapy at Charles Sturt University prepares students to enhance health and wellbeing through meaningful activities. It offers articulated study programs and potential subsidies for NSW Health graduates.
If you're looking to build a career that will enhance people's health and wellbeing, the Bachelor of Occupational Therapy from Charles Sturt University will develop and inspire your passion to rise to challenges and make a difference to people, their families and communities.
By obtaining a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy, you will have skills and knowledge to collaborate with individuals, groups and communities - to encourage participation and engagement in meaningful activities to improve health and wellbeing.
If you want to work for NSW Health after graduating, then you could be eligible for a Tertiary Health Study Subsidy. They help cover university fees, technology and travel expenses or other associated personal costs that pop up as you study. If successful, you could be one of 12,000 students supported with up to $12,000 when you work with NSW Health after graduating.
This course is part of an articulated program of study. Articulated programs allow you to build on your study to achieve the right level of qualification for you.
Celebrating 30 years of excellence in occupational therapy education.
A completed High School Certificate with the minimum ATAR (including adjustment factors) or equivalent;
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Successful completion of at least four university level subjects within a 12 month period demonstrating a reasonable prospect of success. A competitive ranking will be determined using the Grade Point Average (GPA) gained in these studies.
Please note that this is a competitive course and all applications are ranked.
IELTS (academic module) with a minimum overall score of 7 and a minimum score of 7 in each of the four components (listening, reading, writing and speaking) or equivalent test (including PTE, OET and TOEFL iBT).
Please note, we will accept ELP scores over a maximum of two test sittings in a six-month period only if:
Inherent requirements are the academic and other requirements of a course that all students must meet to achieve the course learning outcomes, and the knowledge, abilities, skills and qualities students will need to have in order to achieve them. Please visit our inherent requirements page for more general information about them.
For each 8-point subject you are enrolled in, you should expect to spend 10 to 12 hours per week working on assignments and assigned readings, tutorial assistance, individual or group research/study, forum activity, workplace learning, and attending lectures, intensive schools, or examinations. If you are studying four subjects per session, this is equivalent to a full-time job. The workload for some subjects may vary as a result of approved course design.
You may need to attend an online or on-campus intensive school for certain subjects in this course. These schools usually involve lectures, tutorials and practicals that will give you a deeper understanding of your subject.
The course consists of 20 core subjects. At the end of second year students can choose, dependent upon satisfying minimum requirements, to complete the honours stream (eight compulsory subjects) or remain in the pass degree (five compulsory subjects and one unrestricted elective).
Essential set (248 pts)Core subjects168 Credit PointsCodeSubjectCredit PointsBMS181Human Anatomy and Physiology 18BMS182Human Anatomy and Physiology 28BMS171Introduction to Functional Human Anatomy8BMS255Neuroscience for Health Practice8HIP101Introduction to Australian Society and Health8HIP102Research Foundations for Health, Sports and Exercise Sciences8IKC100Indigenous Australian Health8OCC104Person, Environment and Occupation Foundations8OCC106Communication for Occupational Therapy Practice8OCC107Occupational Therapy Practice8OCC200Decision-making in Occupational Therapy8OCC220Occupational Therapy Assessment: Principles and Practice8OCC204Enabling Strategies: Working with Assistive Technologies8OCC205Enabling Strategies: Facilitating Therapeutic Groups8OCC206Enabling strategies: Working with Individuals (Fundamentals)8OCC300Enabling Strategies: Working with Individuals (Consolidation)16OCC304Enabling Strategies: Working with Communities and Populations8PSY111Foundations of Psychology for Health and Human Services8HLT417Indigenous Perspectives on Health and Wellbeing8HIP423Transition to Allied Health Practice8Compulsory subjects 80 Credit PointsStudents completing the pass degree select the following:
CodeSubjectCredit PointsOCC320Occupational Therapy Workplace Learning 116OCC321Occupational Therapy Workplace Learning 216OCC404Enabling Strategies: Contemporary & Emerging Occupational Therapy Practice16OCC420Occupational Therapy Workplace Learning 316OCC421Occupational Therapy Workplace Learning 416Elective set (8 pts)Unrestricted elective8 Credit Points
CodeSubjectCredit PointsXUN008Unrestricted elective8