Occupational Therapy

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Overview

The education program in occupational therapy, leading to an entry-level Master of Science in Occupational Therapy degree (M.S.O.T.), has both undergraduate and graduate components. Occupational therapy is a health and rehabilitation profession that provides services to individuals across the life-span whose abilities to cope with tasks of living are impaired by physical injury or illness, the aging process, psychological and social disability, or developmental disabilities. The goal of occupational therapy is to assist individuals to achieve a maximum level of independent living by developing and enhancing the capacities that remain after disease, accident, deformity or disability, and/or through adapting the individual’s environment.

The Occupational Therapy Program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), located at 4720 Montgomery Lane, P.O. Box 31220, Bethesda, MD 20824-1220. AOTA’s phone number is (301) 652-AOTA. Students successfully completing all requirements for both the undergraduate and graduate portions of the occupational therapy program (including all fieldwork) leading to the Master of Science Degree in Occupational Therapy, will be eligible to sit for the National Certification Examination for Occupational Therapy administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT). After successful completion of this exam, the individual will be an Occupational Therapist, Registered (OTR). Most states require licensure in order to practice; however, state licenses are usually based on the results of the NBCOT Certification Examination.

Freshman Admission to the Occcupational Therapy Program:

A limited number of first semester freshman students will be accepted for guaranteed admittance into the Master of Science in Occupational Therapy program. To be eligible for consideration as a freshman admit, students must:

• Have a minimum high school GPA of 3. 5 or better
• An ACT score of 26 or better or an SAT score of 1200 or better
• Be recommended based on an interview and/or timed essay.

If selected, these students will automatically begin the Master of Science in Occupational Therapy courses upon completion of prerequisite courses and application requirements (minus the on-campus writing sample) if they maintain a 3. 3 cumulative GPA. Students will be considered with the regular applicant pool if they do not maintain the required GPA.

Please refer to the Graduate Catalog for additional information regarding MSOT Program Requirements.

Programs

• Occupational Therapy

Courses

• OT 300 - Neuroanatomy
• OT 302 - Foundations in Occupational Therapy
• OT 304 - Therapeutic Occupation
• OT 413 - Developmental Structure Neurologic Cond
• OT 423 - Development Structure Orthopedic Cond
• OT 433 - Developmental Structure Across Lifespan
• OT 443 - Dev Structure Psychosocial Cond
• OT 490 - Special Topics
• OT 500 - Critical Inquiry I
• OT 510 - Occupational Assess Neurological Conditions
• OT 515 - Occupational Adaptation for Neurologic Conditions
• OT 520 - Occupational Assessment for Orthopedic Conditions
• OT 525 - Occupational Adaptation for Orthopedic Conditions
• OT 530 - Occupational Assessment Across the Lifespan
• OT 535 - Occupational Adaptation Across the Lifespan
• OT 610 - Community Integration
• OT 635 - Professional Issues in OT

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