Professional Entry Master of Occupational Therapy Practice Postgraduate Programme By Monash University |TopUniversities

Professional Entry Master of Occupational Therapy Practice

Subject Ranking

# 68QS Subject Rankings

Tuitionfee

96,000 AUDTuition Fee/year

Main Subject Area

PsychologyMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Psychology

Degree

Other

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Master of Occupational Therapy Practice is an accelerated course allowing students of first degree other than occupational therapy, but in a related field, to obtain an entry level qualification at a postgraduate level of study to practice as an occupational therapist. A 1000-hour of fieldwork education is incorporated in this degree to commensurate with World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT) Minimum Standards for the Education of Occupational Therapists (2002), and provides an integrated curriculum centred on scenario-based learning. Occupational therapists work with people of all ages to address issues related to participation in everyday life caused by illness, psychological or emotional difficulties, developmental delay, the effects of aging, and life transitions such as retirement. 

Programme overview

Main Subject

Psychology

Degree

Other

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Master of Occupational Therapy Practice is an accelerated course allowing students of first degree other than occupational therapy, but in a related field, to obtain an entry level qualification at a postgraduate level of study to practice as an occupational therapist. A 1000-hour of fieldwork education is incorporated in this degree to commensurate with World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT) Minimum Standards for the Education of Occupational Therapists (2002), and provides an integrated curriculum centred on scenario-based learning. Occupational therapists work with people of all ages to address issues related to participation in everyday life caused by illness, psychological or emotional difficulties, developmental delay, the effects of aging, and life transitions such as retirement. 

Admission Requirements

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An Australian bachelor degree (or equivalent) with at least high credit (65%) average, and have completed either:

- A minimum of at least one six-credit-point unit of study in human anatomy/physiology or a related area from any recognised tertiary institution or

- The Monash Human Biology short course* or

- BMA1901 Human Structure and Function as a single-unit enrolment at Monash

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Tuition fees

Domestic
58,000 AUD
International
96,000 AUD

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