Bachelor of Applied Science (Occupational Therapy)
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Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Bachelor of Applied Science (Occupational Therapy) |
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Students complete 192 credit points of units of study comprising: | |||
(a) 138 credit points of core units listed below; and | |||
(b) a major in Disability, Participation and Health; OR | |||
(c) a minor in Disability, Participation and Health; and | |||
(d) where appropriate, elective units of study from Table A or Table S to satisfy a total of 192 credit points for the course. | |||
Note: All Occupational Therapy students must complete the relevant pre-placement requirements prior to all work integrated learning or fieldwork placements. | |||
Year 1 core units |
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BIOS1168 Functional Musculoskeletal Anatomy A |
6 |
Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
OCCP1103 Occupational Therapy Theory and Process |
6 |
Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
OCCP1104 Analysing and Teaching Occupations |
6 |
Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
OCCP1105 Physical Capacity and Occupational Performance |
6 | A BIOS1168 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
OCCP1106 Psychosocial Capacity and Occ Performance 1 |
6 |
Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
Year 2 core units |
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OCCP2101 Self-maintenance and Rest Occupations |
6 | A OCCP1101 and OCCP1102 and OCCP1104 P OCCP1103 and OCCP1105 and OCCP2090 N OCCP2085 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
OCCP2102 Home and Community Occupations |
6 | A OCCP1101 and OCCP1102 and OCCP1104 and OCCP1105 P (OCCP1103 and OCCP2090) or (OCCP1096 and OCCP1099) N OCCP2087 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
OCCP2105 Practice Education 1 |
6 | P (OCCP1103 AND OCCP1104 AND OCCP1105 AND OCCP1106) OR (OCCP1099 AND OCCP1100) N OCCP2086 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
BIOS1171 Neuroscience |
6 | C OCCP2104 N BIOS2171 or BIOS2103 or ANAT2X10 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
OCCP2103 Occupational Performance at School |
6 | A OCCP1101 and OCCP1102 P OCCP1103 and OCCP1105 and OCCP1104 or (OCCP1096 and OCCP1097 and OCCP1098) N OCCP3076 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
OCCP2104 Neuromotor Capacity and Occupational Perf |
6 | A BIOS1168 and BIOS1171 P OCCP1103 and OCCP1105 C BIOS1171 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
Year 3 core units (2023) |
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Units of study offered from 2023. OCCP3XXX Practice Education 2, OCCP3XXX Practice Education 3, OCCP3XXX Using and Generating Evidence in OT, OCCP3XXX Infancy and Pre-School Occ Performance, OCCP3XXX Cognitive Capacity and Occ Performance | |||
Year 4 core units (2024) |
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Units of study offered from 2024. OCCP4XXX Work Occupations, OCCP4XXX Psychosocial Capacity and Occ Perf 2, OCCP4XXX Healthy Ageing and Participation, OCCP4XXX Practice Education 4 |