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Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours)

This course equips you with practical skills, enabling you to use specific activities to help patients participate in life roles. It is designed to ensure you are equipped with an underpinning knowledge in professional practice, human body systems, psychology and contemporary healthcare. Your education and training will include occupational therapy units covering a wide range of practice contexts. The course focuses on practical learning experiences so you benefit from industry placements across a range of practice areas including our purpose-built allied health clinic.

Professional Recognition
This course has received conditional accreditation with Occupational Therapy Council (Australia and New Zealand).
This is the first stage to achieving full accreditation. As a graduate, you will be eligible to apply for national registration to practise as an Occupational Therapist and work in a variety of settings.

Campus Information

Rockhampton North

With its convenient central location and state of the art facilities, CQUniversity Rockhampton City (Former CQ TAFE) offers a wide range of study options from certificates and diplomas to undergraduate programs. If you have an interest in short courses in a range of areas including business, hospitality or beauty, or would like a more long term career pathway like a bachelor course, CQUniversity Rockhampton City (Former CQ TAFE) is an ideal place to study and advance your career.

Bundaberg

CQUniversity Bundaberg is located on a green, tree-studded 23-hectare site on Bundaberg's southern outskirts, adjacent to the airport and only six kilometres from the Bundaberg city centre. CQUniversity Bundaberg offers small class sizes, with very individually-focussed, high-quality educational service provision, across a wide range of university study courses. CQUniversity Bundaberg has a friendly, supportive atmosphere that caters for students of all ages. You can study on-campus or online from home. Prior learning and work experience are taken into consideration and CQUniversity also offers enabling courses to help you prepare for tertiary education.

Intakes

March

Application Processing Time in Days: 15

Application Process

COE

4 Days

Minimum English Language Requirements

English Level Description	IELTS (1.0 -9.0)	TOEFL IBT (0-120)	TOEFL CBT (0-300)	PTE (10-90)
Expert	9	120	297-300	86-90
Very Good	8.5	115-119	280-293	83-86
Very Good	8	110-114	270-280	79-83
Good	7.5	102-109	253-267	73-79
Good	7	94-101	240-253	65-73
Competent	6.5	79-93	213-233	58-65
Competent	6	60-78	170-210	50-58
Modest	5.5	46-59	133-210	43-50
Modest	5	35-45	107-133	36-43
Limited	4	32-34	97-103	30-36
Extremely Limited	< 4	< 31	< 93	< 30

Job Opportunity Potential

CQUniversity has one of the largest and fastest-growing footprints of any university in Australia. In 2014 the University merged with CQ TAFE, bringing together more than 175 years combined experience in the delivery of education and training, and establishing Queensland’s first dual sector, comprehensive university.

CQUni Careers also offers employers the opportunity to recruit CQUniversity students and graduates by promoting vacancies and connecting them through our employer and industry engagement events

The Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours) is your gateway to a career in roles such as:

Occupational Therapist
Mental Health Worker
Rehabilitation Consultant
Policy Maker in local and federal government.
As an Occupational Therapist you may find employment in a range of settings such as:

community health
industry
public and private hospitals
rehabilitation centres
schools
nursing homes
research institutions
centres for persons with a social, intellectual or physical disability
private practice.

PSW Opportunity

2 /3 /4 Year Post Study Work Visa Opportunities

Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria

English (Units 3 & 4, C) or equivalent; one of Biology, Chemistry or Physics (Units 3 & 4, C) or equivalent

English Language Proficiency Requirements

If you were not born in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa or United States of America, you are required to meet the English Language Proficiency requirements set by the University.

Applicants are required to provide evidence of completion within the last 5 years of:

A secondary qualification (Year 11 and 12, or equivalent), or
Bachelor level qualification study for a period of at least 2 years fulltime with a minimum overall GPA of 4.0

completed within Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, South Africa, Ireland or United states of America, which will meet the English proficiency.

If you do not satisfy any of the above you will need to undertake an English language proficiency test and achieve the following scores:

An International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic) overall band score of at least 7.0 with a minimum 7.0 in each subset; or
An Occupational English Test with Grades A or B only in each of the four components.

English test results remain valid for no more than two years between final examination date and the date of commencement of study, and must appear on a single result certificate.

Central Queensland University (CQU)

Rockhampton , Queensland ,Australia