Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours)

• What are those seemingly small day to day things that give your life meaning? The way we occupy our days is important. It could be something as simple as preparing your favourite breakfast in the morning, or accessing that sunny spot in your garden. Occupational Therapy assists people to achieve the quality of life they hope for - to achieve the tasks that are important in an individual's life. Occupational therapists help people to identify the goals that are important in their lives, and to then achieve these goals by building skills, modifying the occupations or adapting the environment.
• With UniSQ's Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours) you will learn to design and deliver high-quality occupational therapy (OT) assessment and interventions to people, their families and communities.
• As one of the fastest growing registered allied health professions, occupational therapists work with individuals, families, and communities across the lifespan to help people with injuries, developmental difficulties, illness, chronic health conditions or psychosocial needs to function in their environment.
• You can become a leader in the delivery of digital health care to the many people who have difficulty accessing face to face health services.
• Gain comprehensive training in OT knowledge and skills and put theory into practice when completing 1000 hours of supervised clinical placement required for your occupational therapy registration.
• Select from two honours pathways within your degree:
  • the project option focuses on partnerships with industry to address everyday practice topics or
  • the research option allows you to create an individual research project (this pathway is dependent on your GPA).
    Regardless of which honours pathway you choose, you will be eligible to apply for entry into a higher degree by research.

This degree is accredited (with conditions) by the Occupational Therapy Council of Australia (Ltd) (OTC) and approved by the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia (OTBA). Graduates will be eligible to apply for registration as an Occupational Therapist with the OTBA once they satisfy the OTBA registration criteria.

This degree will be compliant with World Federation of Occupational Therapists Minimum Standards for the Education of Occupational Therapists and will meet the Australian Occupational Therapy Competency Standards for safe and effective occupational therapy practice.

• Graduates can register with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia and practise as an occupational therapist in Australia.
• You can find work as an occupational therapist in hospitals, aged care services, child and adolescent services, community health and mental health, private practice, or vocational rehabilitation.
• This qualification equips graduates to be leaders in the delivery of digital health care, which is critical for people living in regional and rural communities, to be well-skilled in rural and remote health care.
• Graduates will be eligible for registration with overseas professional bodies to enable them to work internationally.

To complete this degree students must complete 32 units. To study full-time you would usually complete 4 units per semester.

Refer to the UniSQ Handbook for courses to be studied and recommended enrolment patterns.

You will also need to complete 1000 hours of supervised clinical experiences, in placements that will be organised by the University.

All students must be able to meet the physical and other professional requirements of clinical/professional practice within this degree.

Students are expected to fund a clinical uniform as well as travel and living expenses associated with placements, some of which may be outside the Ipswich/Toowoomba metropolitan area.

Complete your online application via QTAC (Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre).

If you are applying via QTAC, please check the QTAC closing dates.

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