Occupational Therapy, MSOT

Admission

Application for admission to the graduate program in occupational therapy must be initiated through the Graduate School. The department requires that the applicant meet the following minimum admission requirements: a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, satisfactory Graduate Record Examinations, and acceptable TOEFL or TSL score for non-English foreign students. At the time of application, the applicant must submit two letters of reference, and a completed statement as specified in the Graduate School application.

For the professional (entry-level) master’s degree, the applicant must present evidence that the required prerequisite course work will be completed and an undergraduate degree (other than occupational therapy) conferred before the start of the program in the fall. Required undergraduate prerequisite courses include anatomy, physiology, statistics, developmental psychology or other course with emphasis on human development across the lifespan, abnormal psychology, introduction to anthropology or sociology, and a reasoning course such as logic, ethics, or research inquiry in social sciences. Students must demonstrate a proficiency in medical terminology or take a course in medical terminology.

Minimum degree requirement is 69 s.h. for project-based students and 75 s.h. for thesis students.

1. Professional (entry level) courses:

• OCCT 6000 - Foundations of Occupational Therapy
• OCCT 6001 - Occupation and Movement
• OCCT 6002 - Occupation and Movement Laboratory
• OCCT 6003 - Dyadic and Group Skills in Occupational Therapy
• OCCT 6004 - Dyadic and Group Skills in Occupational Therapy Laboratory
• OCCT 6005 - Health Impairments and Occupational Therapy I
• OCCT 6006 - Health Impairments and Occupational Therapy I Laboratory
• OCCT 6007 - Health Impairments and Occupational Therapy II
• OCCT 6008 - Health Impairments and Occupational Therapy II Laboratory
• OCCT 6009 - Neurological Foundations of Occupational Therapy
• OCCT 6080 - Environmental Contexts and Systems of Occupational Therapy
• OCCT 6100 - Therapeutic Use of Human Occupation I
• OCCT 6150 - Therapeutic Use of Human Occupation I Laboratory
• OCCT 6200 - Therapeutic Use of Human Occupation II
• OCCT 6250 - Therapeutic Use of Human Occupation II Laboratory
• OCCT 6300 - Therapeutic Use of Human Occupation III
• OCCT 6350 - Therapeutic Use of Human Occupation III Laboratory
• OCCT 6400 - Fieldwork I
• OCCT 6410 - Psychosocial Fieldwork I
• OCCT 6450 - Fieldwork II
• OCCT 6500 - Managing Occupational Therapy Services
• OCCT 6550 - Managing Occupational Therapy Services Laboratory
• OCCT 6600 - Concepts and Practice of Research in Occupational Therapy
• OCCT 6650 - Conducting Research in Occupational Therapy

2. Research options - 3-9 s.h.

(Choose one.)

Accreditation

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, Suite 200, Bethesda, MD 20814-3349. ACOTE’s telephone number c/o AOTA is 301-652-2682. Graduates of this program will be eligible to sit for the national certification examination for the occupational therapist administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT) located at 12 South Summit Avenue, Suite 100 Gaithersburg, MD 20877, 301-990-7979. After successful completion of this exam, the individual will be an occupational therapist, registered (OTR). In addition, most states require licensure in order to practice; however, state licenses are usually based on the results of the NBCOT certification examination. However, a felony conviction may affect a graduate’s ability to sit for the NBCOT certification examination or attain state licensure.