Bachelor of Occupational Therapy

Overview

Manage the occupational needs of an evolving nation

Discover the science, strategies, and theories behind a profession dedicated to helping people live full and meaningful lives regardless of age, disability, or limitations - with the UC Bachelor of Occupational Therapy degree.

In this course, you will learn to assess a person’s unique issues to offer better, more tailored recovery solutions based on a wholistic and comprehensive look at an individual’s physical, psychosocial and environmental needs.

Successful completion of this course will give you a deeper understanding and appreciation of health issues in Australia, and the skills to help individuals, groups, and communities engage in the occupations they need to, want to or are expected to do.

This course also prepares you for further study opportunities and the chance to gain the additional skills to move into senior, more researched based positions.

Study a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy at UC and you will:

obtain a broad and coherent understanding of critical values, theories, perspectives and concepts that underpin the occupational therapy profession

be able to use your knowledge, skill and professional awareness to add value to the assessment, intervention and therapeutic process

communicate clearly and coherently in a range of occupational therapy settings to a variety of stakeholders

be able to read, critique and evaluate evidence from research into the practices of occupational therapy.