Bachelor (Honours)
Get your start in a rewarding career in health.
With La Trobe's Bachelor of Prosthetics and Orthotics (Honours) you can become a qualified health professional with expertise in treating people's physical and functional limitations. From first year, you'll undertake clinical placements and experiences both on campus in La Trobe's prosthetic and orthotic facilities and at external sites. You'll study anatomy, physiology, biomechanics and prosthetic and orthotic prescription, design and fabrication. Honours is offered in two streams: industry and research. You'll complete either a major industry-relevant honours project or a research honours project in the final years of the course.
You'll learn:
The qualification awarded on graduation is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) as Level 8.
Please note, the following course structure is indicative and subject to change depending on your course location, offer year or how you tailor your course with specialisations, majors, minors and electives. Structures for the following year are not normally finalised until October, so the sample provided is based on the most recently approved structure. For more information, please refer to the La Trobe University Handbook.
To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Prosthetics and Orthotics (Honours), students must complete a total of 480 credit points across 4 years.
Year 1 requires the completion of 120 credit points including:
Year 2 requires the completion of 120 credit points including:
Year 3 requires the completion of 120 credit points including:
Year 4 requires the completion of 120 credit points including:
Core subjects are required subjects in your course. You need to complete these subjects to attain your degree.
Subject name Subject code Year Credit points ACADEMIC INTEGRITY MODULE LTU0AIM 1 0 WOMINJEKA LA TROBE: INDIGENOUS CULTURAL LITERACY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION ABS0WOM 1 0 CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS OF MOVEMENT SPE1CBM 1 15 CLINICAL ORTHOTICS 1 POR1COF 1 15 FOUNDATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION HLT1FPC 1 15 HUMAN BIOSCIENCES A HBS1HBA 1 15 HUMAN BIOSCIENCES B HBS1HBB 1 15 PROSTHETICS AND ORTHOTICS CLINICAL TOOLS AND MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES POR1SUM 1 15 RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE IN PRACTICE HLT1RAE 1 15 UNDERSTANDING HEALTH AND WELLBEING PHE1UHW 1 15 ACUTE CLINICAL MANAGEMENT IN PROSTHETICS AND ORTHOTICS POR2SLF 2 15 ANATOMY OF LOWER LIMB & TRUNK HBS2ALT 2 15 ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND USER CENTRED DESIGN POR2ATD 2 15 CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES POR2CAT 2 15 CLINICAL ORTHOTICS 2 POR2EOF 2 15 INTEGRATING EVIDENCE INTO PRACTICE HLT2IEP 2 15 INTRODUCTION TO PROSTHETIC MANAGEMENT POR2MUL 2 15 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY HBS2PAT 2 15 ADVANCED PROSTHETIC MANAGEMENT POR3ELP 3 15 APPLIED CLINICAL RESEARCH IN PROSTHETICS AND ORTHOTICS POR3ACR 3 15 CLINICAL ORTHOTIC MANAGEMENT POR3CFA 3 15 CLINICAL TRANSTIBIAL PROSTHETICS POR3CTT 3 15 EVIDENCE FOR ORTHOTIC MANAGMENT POR3EFA 3 15 EVIDENCE OF TRANSTIBIAL PROSTHETICS POR3ETT 3 15 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON DISABILITY AND PROSTHETICS AND ORTHOTICS POR3PGD 3 15
Capstone subjects are required subjects in your course or major that help you integrate and apply the knowledge and skills you gain to solve real world problems. Capstone subjects are often taken towards the end of your course.
Subject name Subject code Year Credit points PROSTHETIC AND ORTHOTIC CLINICAL SKILLS POR4PCS 4 15 CLINICAL EDUCATION IN PROSTHETICS AND ORTHOTICS A POR4CEA 4 30 EXTENDED CLINICAL EDUCATION POR4ECE 4 30
Core choice subjects are one or more subject groups you need to select in your course. Core choice subjects may be specific to your course, major, minor, specialisation or other learning requirements.
Students to select one learning pathway from the list below.
Stream
For more information on these please refer to the La Trobe University Handbook.
The Handbook contains detailed course information designed for enrolled students, including course structures, electives and options. The delivery of this course can vary between campuses.
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As a trained prosthesis and orthotic professional, you could find employment in a variety of roles, such as:
The Bachelor of Prosthetics and Orthotics (Honours) is accredited by the Australian Orthotic Prosthetic Association (AOPA). Professional membership may require an application to the professional body and may have additional or ongoing requirements beyond the completion of the degree. Please contact the relevant professional body for details.