Master of Occupational Therapy

What you will study

Students must complete 240 credit points to complete their degree.

Required Subjects
Students must take 210 credit points of the required subjects below:

• Foundations of Occupational Therapy
• Health Conditions and Multidisciplinary Management
• Neuroscience for Health Professionals
• Enabling Environments: A Systems Approach
• Engage: In Occupation
• Enable: Occupational Performance
• Occupational Therapy Roles and Responsibilities
• Evidence-Based Practice for Health Professionals
• Occupational Therapy: Work
• Occupational Therapy: Learn, Play, Connect
• Occupational Therapy: Independence and Participation
• The New Global Occupational Therapist
• Promoting the Occupational Health and Well-being of Communities
• The Occupational Therapy Professional: Practice, Standards and Quality
• Health Research Design and Planning
• Professional Practice in Occupational Therapy I (30 credit points)
• Professional Practice in Occupational Therapy II (30 credit points)

Alternative Option

Students must choose ten credit points of the following subjects.

• Educating the Health Workforce
• Managing People

Research Option
Students must choose one of the following research options (20 credit points).

• Clinically-Focused Research Pathway
• Business-Focused Research Pathway

Entry requirements

Admission criteria

• Successful completion of a recognised Bachelor's degree (or equivalent qualification) in a health-related field with a minimum GPA requirement of 1 (on a 4-point scale where 1 = pass). Must also meet subject prerequisites; see additional requirements.

Program prerequisites

• One (1) semester of anatomy
• One (1) semester of physiology
• Two (2) semesters of behavioural science.

For human anatomy and human physiology studies undertaken at other institutions, please refer to the information provided on our Master of Occupational Therapy prerequisites page.

If your subject/s are listed on this page, then you will not need to supply subject outlines with your application. If your subject/s are not listed, please first refer to the appropriate Bond University subject to use as an example of the required content and learning outcomes. Then, you must submit your subject outline/s in the supporting documents section of your application.

Recognition of Prior Learning

You can gain credit for earlier subjects if you have completed previous tertiary studies. To apply, you must submit your academic transcripts to the Office of Future Students, including detailed subject outlines or course descriptions for each relevant subject. We're here to help you through this process.

Outcomes

Learning outcomes

• Meet the requirements of the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia’s Threshold Competency Standards for the Occupational Therapy Profession.
• Develop mastery of, evaluate and critically reflect on the concept of occupation and its relationship to health, including application of occupational therapy theories (person-environment-occupation relationship) and processes.
• Apply complex and critical professional reasoning in planning and executing assessment and intervention for clients at an individual, group and community levels.
• Develop therapeutic and professional relationships, demonstrating skills in multidisciplinary teamwork and consumer and stakeholder engagement.
• Apply core occupational therapy interventions to enable and promote engagement in meaningful occupations in a range of health and social care contexts.
• Act as a consummate professional in multiple contemporary health and/or social care contexts, including consideration of social, cultural, political, institutional, service and economic factors.
• Demonstrate continuous development and improvement of: self as an occupational therapist; occupational therapy services; and the occupational therapy profession.
• Apply research and business or project management principles and methods through planning, conducting, evaluating and disseminating a research project.

Career outcomes

• Private and public health
• Public and community health
• Research

Fees and FEE-HELP

Indicative total program fee in 2025: $68,160 (domestic full-fee paying place)

A student’s annual fee may vary in accordance with:

• The number of units studied per term.
• The choice of major or specialisation.
• Choice of units.
• Credit from previous study or work experience.
• Eligibility for government-funded loans.

Student fees shown are subject to change. Contact the university directly to confirm.

FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee-paying domestic students with the cost of a university course.