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Bachelor of Physiotherapy

BPhty

320 cp

Minimum duration: 4 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

Course available at:
Brisbane Queensland
Sydney (North Sydney) NSW

EFTSL value of units: All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

1. Admission Requirements1

To be eligible for admission to the Bachelor of Physiotherapy course, an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites at year 12 level, or equivalent:

New South Wales
Prerequisites: English (any); plus one of biology, chemistry or physics.

Queensland
Prerequisites: English (4, SA); plus one of biology, chemistry or physics (4, SA).

2. Requirements for Completion of the Degree

To qualify for the degree, a student must complete 320 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

  1. 70 cp from Foundation Units;
  2. 30 cp from Interprofessional Units;
  3. 220 cp from Physiotherapy Practice Units.

3. Progression within the Course

Students normally complete a unit or units at an introductory level (100-level) in an approved sequence before undertaking advanced level units (200 or 300-level) in that sequence.

In all aspects of progress through the course, students will be advised by the Course Coordinator and bound by decisions of the School Committee.

Schedule of Unit Offerings

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Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.

Foundation Units

Unit CodeCredit PointsUnit Name
BIOL11910Foundation Biological Science 1
BIOL12010Foundation Biological Science 2
PHTY10010Physiotherapy Anatomy 1
PHTY10110Physiotherapy Anatomy 2
PHTY20010Physiotherapy Pathophysiology 1
PHTY20110Physiotherapy Pathophysiology 2
PHTY20310Clinical Exercise Physiology for Physiotherapists (Pre: BIOL119)

Interprofessional Units

Unit CodeCredit PointsUnit Name
HLSC11110The Person, Health and Wellbeing
HLSC12010Society, Culture and Health
HLSC22010Health Care Ethics (Pre: Foundation Year Units)

Physiotherapy Practice Units

Unit CodeCredit PointsUnit Name
PHTY10210Foundations of Physiotherapy Practice 1
PHTY10310Foundations of Physiotherapy Practice 2 (Pre: PHTY100. Co: PHTY101)
PHTY20210Movement Science and Practice 1 (Pre: PHTY103)
PHTY20410Movement Science and Practice 2 (Pre: PHTY202)
PHTY20510Cardiorespiratory Science and Practice 1 (Pre: PHTY200)
PHTY20610Musculoskeletal Science and Practice 1 (Pre: PHTY100 and PHTY103)
PHTY20710Musculoskeletal Science and Practice 2 (Pre: PHTY101 and PHTY206)
PHTY30010Cardiorespiratory Science and Practice 2 (Pre: PHTY200 and PHTY205)
PHTY30110Musculoskeletal Science and Practice 3 (Pre: PHTY206)
PHTY30210Neurological Science and Practice 1 (Pre: PHTY201 and PHTY204)
PHTY30310Neurological Science and Practice 2 (Pre: PHTY201 and PHTY204)
PHTY30410Paediatric Physiotherapy Practice (Pre: PHTY204)
PHTY30510Physiotherapy Practice 1
PHTY30610Physiotherapy Practice 2
PHTY40010Physiotherapy Practice 3 (Pre: PHTY305)
PHTY40110Physiotherapy Practice 4 (Pre: PHTY400)
PHTY40210Physiotherapy Clinic 1
PHTY40310Physiotherapy Clinic 2
PHTY40410Physiotherapy Clinic 3
PHTY40510Physiotherapy Clinic 4
PHTY40610Physiotherapy Clinic 5
PHTY40710Physiotherapy Clinic 6


1 A student must also comply with the Admission Rules.