Bachelor
Many of us take our independence for granted, comfortably performing all kinds of tasks and activities at home, school, work and in the community. For someone with an injury, illness, disability or psychosocial issues, it can be a different story.
A qualified Occupational Therapist, or OT, can make a difference to that person's restricted lifestyle. An OT helps people of all ages to develop, sustain, or restore participation in their day to day activities and improve their quality of life.
If you're a good communicator and a creative thinker with an interest in science, this might be the career for you.
One of the best things about studying Occupational Therapy at ECU is starting your practical experience in your first year. At ECU you'll gain valuable learning experiences in a range of settings and with people with differing needs through fieldwork placements all throughout the 4 year course.
During your fieldwork placements, you'll integrate your growing occupational therapy knowledge, skills and professional attitudes, while being supervised and assessed by registered occupational therapists.
Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) level
This course has been accredited by ECU as an AQF Level 7 Bachelor Degree Award.
Many of us take our independence for granted, comfortably performing all kinds of tasks and activities at home, school, work and in the community. For someone with an injury, illness, disability or psychosocial issues, it can be a different story.
A qualified Occupational Therapist, or OT, can make a difference to that person's restricted lifestyle. An OT helps people of all ages to develop, sustain, or restore participation in their day to day activities and improve their quality of life.
If you're a good communicator and a creative thinker with an interest in science, this might be the career for you.
One of the best things about studying Occupational Therapy at ECU is starting your practical experience in your first year. At ECU you'll gain valuable learning experiences in a range of settings and with people with differing needs through fieldwork placements all throughout the 4 year course.
During your fieldwork placements, you'll integrate your growing occupational therapy knowledge, skills and professional attitudes, while being supervised and assessed by registered occupational therapists.
Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) level
This course has been accredited by ECU as an AQF Level 7 Bachelor Degree Award.
Admission requirements you'll need to meet for this course.
All applicants must meet the academic admission requirements for this course. The indicative or guaranteed ATAR is as published (where applicable) or academic admission requirements may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:
* Further information can be found on the Study course entry page.
For international students, requirements include your secondary school results.
In addition to satisfying ECU minimum English standard requirements for this course, all applicants must also demonstrate English language proficiency as specified in International students are required to provide an IELTS Academic with an overall minimum score of 7.0 (no individual band less than 7.0). Internationally schooled applicants may also be required to meet this requirement. Alternative acceptable tests are as follows:
Note: English tests must be completed within 2 years of the proposed course commencement date and additional requirements may apply in relation to acceptable number of test sittings and combined scores across test sittings.
Minimum English standard requirements for this course may also be satisfied with one of the following:
Applications for this course are not accepted through ECU's Experience Based Entry Scheme.
Occupational therapy is one of the fastest growing health professions in Australia. Graduates are in high demand across a wide range of employment sectors.
Possible future job titlesOccupational Therapist, Rehabilitation Consultant, Health & Wellness Coordinator, Mental Health Clinician, Occupational Rehabilitationist, Safety Officer, Disability Worker, Neuromuscular Therapist, Hand Therapist, Paediatric Therapist