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Occupational Therapy

Queen Margaret University

Content

This four-year undergraduate course integrates learners from different routes into the profession of occupational therapy. You will have an option to choose to complete either a Master or a BSc (Hons) degree in occupational therapy. Studying on this course will give you the expertise, people skills and conceptual understanding that you will need to work as an occupational therapist. This course is responsive to the demands of the health and social care sector and there are practice-based learning opportunities across the course to integrate theory, knowledge and practice

Year One: Foundations of Occupational Therapy Practice/Personal Academic and Professional Development/Preparation for Practice-Based Learning/Practice-based Learning 1/Health Wellbeing and Participation in Occupation/Finding, Evaluating and Consuming Knowledge.

Year Two: Foundations of Occupational Therapy Practice/Personal Academic and Professional Development/Preparation for Practice-Based Learning/Practice-based Learning 1/Health Wellbeing and Participation in Occupation/Finding, Evaluating and Consuming Knowledge.

Year Three: BSc (Hons) route: Elective Module Occupational Therapy: Contexts, Collaborations and Communities/Practice-based Learning 3/Evaluating Occupational Therapy PracticeMOccTh route: Elective Module/Occupational Therapy: Contexts, Collaborations and Communities/Practice-based Learning 3/Evaluating Occupational Therapy Practice/Research Methods.

Year Four: BSc (Hons) route: Health Society and Occupation/Practice-based Learning 4/Dissertation ProjectMOccTh route: Health Society and Occupation/Practice-based Learning 4/Transforming Occupational Therapy Practice/Dissertation Project.

Entry Requirements

2025 entry requirements:
4 Highers at BBBB (standard entry) or BBCC (widening access entry) preferably including English or another English based subject plus English and Maths or Applications of Maths at National 5.

You would require a satisfactory PVG (Protecting Vulnerable Groups) check to show you are suitable for this type of course. Contact Disclosure Scotland for details.

Start Date

September

Qualification

Degree

Award

MOccTh/BSc Hons

Study Method

Full time

UCAS Code

B920

Course Length

4 years

Faculty

School of Health Sciences

Department

Health Sciences

SCQF Level

11

Website

www.qmu.ac.uk

Career Area

Health and Medicine

Career Sectors

Alternative Medicine

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