BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy at Leeds Beckett University

Make a difference to the lives of people with health and social difficulties. You’ll enable and empower clients to engage in life enriching activities. Through a combination of teaching, group work and 1,000 hours of placement experience in a variety of health and social care settings, this course will challenge your problem-solving and practical skills.

Faculty: School of Health  |  Duration: 3 years full-time  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: 20 Sep 2027  |  Location: Leeds, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 core modules: Occupations across the Lifespan, Professional Skills for Practice, Practice Placement 1 (2 weeks), Achieving Occupational Potential, Evidence for Occupational Therapy, Practice Placement 2 (5 weeks). Year 2 core modules: Occupational Therapy as a Complex Intervention, Occupational Centred Leadership, Critical Perspectives of Occupation, Research Methods & Design, Practice Placement 3 (5 weeks). Year 3 core modules: Applied Research, Visionary Occupational Therapy: Designing Tomorrow's Practice, Practice Placement 4 (6 weeks), Practice Placement 5 (10 weeks).

Career pathways

The need for qualified occupational therapists is rising, and as a registered occupational therapist you will be able to work in a range of settings. The majority of occupational therapists work within the NHS in acute and community settings and in social services, while others find careers in the private and voluntary sectors.

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