Degree Requirements

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY (MSOT)

Students may enter the Program through one of two educational tracks. Undergraduate students enter the Program through Track One (see Academics/Undergraduate/Health Sciences/Occupational Therapy), and graduate students enter the Program through Track Two. This is an accelerated academic Program which is designed to allow students to utilize summer sessions to maximize time to degree completion.

TRACK TWO

Students who enter the Program with a bachelor's degree in an area other than occupational therapy are expected to complete:

PREREQUISITE PHASE

Human Anatomy and Physiology (4 credits) and Physics or Chemistry (4 credits); and
Introduction to Psychology, and Sociology or Anthropology (4 credits); and
Developmental Psychology (3 credits)and Abnormal Psychology (3 credits); and
Statistics, i.e. biological, psychological or educational (3 credits.)

Graduate students are required to maintain a 3.0 CGPA, and must earn a minimum of a B- in all pre-professional, professional and graduate phase courses, and a Passing grade in fieldwork courses. Failure to meet these requirements will result in academic probation. Once admitted to the Program, students are expected to complete:

PRE-PROFESSIONAL PHASE: YEAR ONE (Summer & Spring)

Summer Semester

OTR 220 Occupational Science (3) - Online course
OTR 398 Directed Study (2-11) - With permission from the Program Director
Total Summer Session One: 3 Credits

Spring Semester

OTR 201 Group Dynamics (3)
OTR 204 Activity Analysis (3)
ORT 210 Professional Communication (2)
OTR 222 Gross Anatomy (4)
ORT 501 Kinesiology (4)
Total Spring Semester Two: 16 credits

PROFESSIONAL PHASE: YEAR TWO (Fall, Spring & Summer)

Fall Semester (Childhood-Adolescence)

OTR 506 Psychosocial Occupations (3)
OTR 516 Physical Occupations (3)
OTR 526 Assistive Technology 1 (3)
OTR 592 Fieldwork/Service Delivery (3)
OTR 623 Neuroscience (4)
Total Semester Three: 16 credits

Spring Semester (Adult-Elders)

OTR 606 Psychosocial Occupations (3)
OTR 616 Physical Occupations (3)
OTR 625 Assistive Technology 2 (3)
OTR 620 Outcomes (2)
OTR 692 Fieldwork/Service Delivery (3)
ENG 338 Scientific Writing (3)
Total Semester Four: 17 credits

Summer Session

OTR 700 Health & Wellness (3)
OTR 800 Foundations of Occupational Therapy (6)
Total Summer Session Five: 9 credits

GRADUATE PHASE: YEAR THREE (Fall, Spring & Summer)

Fall Semester

OTR 806 Occupational Therapy Process: Pediatrics (4)
OTR 816 Occupational Therapy Process: Adults (4)
OTR 826 Occupational Therapy Process: Geriatrics (4)
OTR 881 Research 1 (3)
OTR 892 Supervision/Management (3)
Total Semester Six: 18 credits

Spring Semester

OTR 896 Level II Fieldwork (6)
OTR 897 Level II Fieldwork (6)
*OTR 981 Research 2 (4)
Total Semester Seven: 16 credits

Summer Session

*OTR 981 Research 2 (4) [Course is completed during the Summer Session]

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