Unit of Study OCCU2005 Lifespan Development and Occupational Transitions (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

OCCU1001 - Introduction to Occupational Therapy and Human Occupations

Unit description

This unit explores human development across the lifespan and students will learn about occupational roles in infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood and older adulthood. Students will explore a range of personal, cultural, social and environmental factors that influence occupational role acquisition, transition and loss over the lifespan.

Unit content

Occupations from a life course perspective
Infancy and early childhood
Middle childhood and adolescence
Early and middle adulthood
Older adulthood
Cultural influences on lifespan development and occupation engagement

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Coffs Harbour	Term2	Term2
Gold Coast	Term2	Term2

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

discuss the key elements of lifespan development and explain how these relate to occupational performance

analyse the dynamic process of occupational role acquisition, transition and loss across the lifespan

analyse the important issues influencing occupations and occupational role performance across the lifespan

describe how culture influences lifespan development and occupational transitions

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Case study	60%
Presentation	40%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Case study	60%
Presentation	40%

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Domestic

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