Occupational Therapy, BSc (Hons)
Swansea UniversitySingleton Park Campus, United Kingdom
Course overview
Our Occupational Therapy course will equip you with the expertise to begin your career in this diverse and rewarding profession. You will build the knowledge, skills and experience to become a compassionate and work-ready practitioner, who understands the power of meaningful activity to transform lives. Throughout this course, which can be studied 3 years full-time or 4 years part-time, you will learn how to deliver evidence-based occupational therapy to individuals, groups and communities, supporting people of all ages to overcome barriers to participation, enhance their wellbeing and achieve their full potential.
Through a mix of theoretical learning, immersive simulation and high-quality placements, you will build the knowledge and experience required to be eligible to apply to the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and become a registered occupational therapist. Areas of learning include: Occupational Science and the foundations of practice Mental and physical health across the lifespan Leadership, digital capability and evidence-based decision making Community, public health and socially responsive practice
Key highlights
- Eligible to apply for HCPC registration as an occupational therapist
- Immersive simulation alongside theoretical learning
- High-quality practice placements build work-ready experience
- Covers mental and physical health across the lifespan
- Modules in leadership, digital capability and evidence-based decision making
- Explores community, public health and socially responsive practice
Entry requirements
- A-level: BBB — BBB.
- Access to HE Diploma — 60 credits overall with at least 45 at level 3 and 15 at level 2
- BTEC: DDM — …minimum of 24 distinctions, a minimum of 18 merits and a maximum of 3 passes BTEC: DDM T Levels: Merit Welsh BACC: B and BB at A level or DD at BTEC Irish Leaving Certificate: 360 For non-standard applicants: It is recognise…
- T-level: Merit — …distinctions, a minimum of 18 merits and a maximum of 3 passes BTEC: DDM T Levels: Merit Welsh BACC: B and BB at A level or DD at BTEC Irish Leaving Certificate: 360 For non-standard applicants: It is recognised that ind…
- A-level: BB — …and a maximum of 3 passes BTEC: DDM T Levels: Merit Welsh BACC: B and BB at A level or DD at BTEC Irish Leaving Certificate: 360 For non-standard applicants: It is recognised that individuals without formal qualifications m…
- BTEC: DD — …passes BTEC: DDM T Levels: Merit Welsh BACC: B and BB at A level or DD at BTEC Irish Leaving Certificate: 360 For non-standard applicants: It is recognised that individuals without formal qualifications may have relevant…
- Additional condition: interview — Applicants who meet the entry requirements and selection criteria will be invited to interview, which may take place in person or via telephone/video call.
- Additional condition: dbs_check — …interview, any offer of a place will be conditional upon a satisfactory DBS/police check or equivalent from your home country as well as an occupational health declaration and assessment prior to starting y…
- Additional condition: occupational_health — All applicants will be required to have a satisfactory enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check and occupational health check.
Scholarships
International Excellence Scholarships
Scholarships are awarded as a discount on tuition fees worth up to £5,000 in the first year of study, with a further £2,000 awarded in Year 2 (for £5,000 awardees only, subject to achieving a 70% average).
Swansea University Sport Scholarship
Financial support (of up to £2000).
Thrive Bursary
The Thrive bursary is a £4,000 reduction in tuition fees for the first year of study, with a progression bursary of £2,000 in subsequent years (applied as a discount off tuition fees).
Up to £4,000
Careers this course leads to
- Occupational therapist
- Mental health occupational therapist
- Paediatric occupational therapist
- Community occupational therapist
- Rehabilitation occupational therapist
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Swansea University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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