To become a qualified Osteopath you will need to complete 2 courses. The first is a bachelor of something in relation to Osteopathy, each Uni has their different courses, which is a 3 year full-time course, then to become qualified you will need to complete a Master of Osteopathy. It is offered at RMIT Uni and Victoria Uni, in Melbourne. In NSW the 3year degree is offered at Southern Cross Uni, but they are developing the Masters, which is due for release in 2010. University of Western Sydney, is now only offering the Masters Degree, as they had to shut down the 3 year course due to a lack of funding. I am planning to study at RMIT as has the longest running Osteopath program in Aus and is said to be the best by Osteopaths them self.
Hope this helps.
Peace out!
P.S the masters goes for 2 years full time, at the end of the course you will be regestered with the 'Australian Osteopath Association' and then you can start practicing... Yay!
After all this is finished you can become a animal osteopath... they are really rare and also can make alot of money... if you are hired by horse racing people, to crack the horses neck and perform treatments on them then that is where the money is.
