Occupational Therapy BSc (Hons) with foundation year

Course overview

Why you should study this course

Becoming an occupational therapist enables you to work in partnership with other people. Your values, skills and mindset will all be key in addressing barriers that prevent people from engaging in activities that provide meaning and purpose, shape identity and enhance health and wellbeing.

Foundation year

• Supports you to gain the academic skills required for degree-level study.
• Provides a grounding in key areas of anatomy, physiology, health and wellbeing.

Degree

• Our approach supports you to develop a strong sense of professional identity as an occupational therapist from the outset. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to learn to thrive in dynamic health and care environments and multidisciplinary teams, developing your relationship and teamworking skills.
• Your practice placements can be in a range of settings.^2,5 These could include charities, businesses, sports and leisure facilities, independent practice, the private sector and community facilities.
• Colleagues with lived experience as users of health and care services support teaching, learning and assessment.
• The diversity of our learner community is a key strength of the course, offering a space in which everyone can thrive.
• We offer opportunities to learn in a safe but realistic practice environment through simulation in our industry-relevant facilities.
• Engagement with the global occupational therapy community to foster the delivery of sustainable and inclusive occupational therapy.
• Access to success coaches, placement supervisors and specialist support for mathematics and academic writing.⁴

Studying in the School of Health and Care

Gain the skills and experience to transform lives, communities and the future of healthcare delivery. We aim to empower you to become a stand-out healthcare professional, capable, competent and confident in your field and role within the wider healthcare team.

While continuously developing your sense of professional identity as an occupational therapist from day one, you'll also collaborate with learners from other School of Health and Care fields, learning in an environment that puts inclusivity, diversity and dignity at its heart.

Careers and opportunities

Coventry University is a well-established provider of education in occupational therapy and this course has been designed with a focus on employability. It aims to prepare you for a long and rewarding career in clinical and non-clinical settings such as acute hospital settings, community settings, public health, industry, social enterprise, independent practice, teaching and research.

Accreditation of the course by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists¹ indicates recognition of qualification by the World Federation of Occupational Therapists. This opens up the opportunity to practice as an occupational therapist abroad (subject to meeting the registration requirements of the relevant country).