AA/AS in Occupational Therapy

The Occupational Therapy course falls under the Rehabilitation programme of the General Human Studies department at Hakuho Women's College. It is a three-year, co-educational course whose graduates receive an associate degree and become eligible for the occupational therapist national qualification. The college explains occupational therapy as using everyday activities such as eating and bathing, under medical direction, to improve physical and mental condition and restore the ability to adapt to society. It reports full employment among graduates, with many times more job offers than places. Students may continue in the college's one-year advanced courses. The speech-language-hearing course lets them hold two national qualifications, which the college describes as unique in Japan over four years. An occupational therapy advanced course leads to a bachelor's-equivalent qualification, and transfer to Yamato University is also possible. The college publishes a fee table covering the entrance fee and each year's tuition.