Extended major
Available in the Bachelor of Health Science
Take a tour of our Prosthetics and Orthotics lab
Career opportunities
Clinical Prosthetist and/or Orthotist. The profession is prominent within public and private hospital settings, community based organisations, aged care facilities, the private health sector and academic arena. Services that may include allied health, rehabilitation and assistive technology services, are delivered across the entire age spectrum; resulting in services within the primary, secondary and tertiary care sectors.
Membership
The Prosthetics and Orthotics Extended Major is fully accredited by the Australian Orthotic Prosthetic Association (AOPA) Inc.
Extended major lead
For more information about studying Prosthetics and Orthotics at USC, please contact:
Brian Delaney
Senior Lecturer, Prosthetics and Orthotics
bdelaney@usc.edu.au
Adam Holden
Lecturer, Prosthetics and Orthotics
aholden@usc.edu.au
Extended Major (10)
Only students enrolled in the Bachelor of Health Science are eligible to undertake the Prosthetics and Orthotics Extended Major.
For a extended major in Prosthetics and Orthotics, students must successfully complete the following 10 courses:
Required courses (10)
Course | Semester of offer | Units | Requisites |
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HLT204 Climate Change Project | |||
OCC202 Foundations of Sustainability | |||
OCC232 Measuring Sustainability | |||
SPX202 Communicating Sustainability | |||
HLT320 Sustainability Problem Solving | |||
HLT321 Clinical Foundations in Orthotics | |||
HLT322 Therapeutic Skills | |||
HLT323 Foundational Placement Competencies in Allied Health | |||
HLT302 Biomechanics I | |||
SPX322 Clinical Foundations in Prosthetics |