The attendance pattern for this course is full time or part time according to candidate choice.

The master's degree in these resolutions is a professional master's course, as defined by the Coursework Rule.

Available places will be offered to qualified applicants based on academic merit, according to the following admissions criteria.

Admission to candidature for the Master of Occupational Therapy requires a PhD, master's or bachelor's degree from an Australian institution or equivalent. Applicants without a degree in a health related area such as medicine, nursing, allied health or health sciences or human functioning (education, anthropology, anthropometrics, built environment) must complete prescribed units of study in anatomy and/or psychology as electives.

The units of study that may be taken for this course are set out in the Table of Units of Study for the Master of Occupational Therapy.

To qualify for the award of the Master of Occupational Therapy a candidate must complete 96 credit points of units of study, including:

90 credit points of core units; and

6 credit points of elective units, chosen either from the list of elective units in the Table or, with the approval of the Dean, from any postgraduate units offered by the Faculty of Health Sciences or by any other faculty in the University.

These resolutions apply to students who commenced their candidature after 1 January, 2011 and students who commenced their candidature prior to 1 January, 2011 who elect to proceed under these resolutions.

Candidates who commenced prior to 1 January, 2011 may complete the requirements in accordance with the resolutions in force at the time of their commencement, provided that requirements are completed by 1 January, 2016, or later date as the faculty may, in special circumstances, approve.