Occupational Therapy Accelerated Master’s

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The accelerated program provides a means by which highly qualified undergraduate students at East Carolina University enroll in the undergraduate program of Health Services Management with the intention of preparing for a professional master’s (entry-level) degree path in Occupational Therapy. The student in this program does not obtain an undergraduate degree, but completes a master’s degree in five years by completing a total of 162 credit hours including all foundations curriculum courses and core requirements of the undergraduate degree and graduate degree programs.

Admission

Students must maintain an accumulated grade point average (GPA) of 3.2/4.0 at East Carolina University in the undergraduate program. Students should apply to the graduate school in their junior year or after completing at least seventy-five (75) credit hours, including credits earned from advanced placement. Completion of the course requirements does not guarantee an admission to the Graduate School. Students who do not complete the occupational therapy program, must complete all required courses to obtain an undergraduate degree in Health Services Management.

Degree Requirements

Required courses include:

foundations curriculum courses
BIOL 2140
BIOL 2141
BIOL 2150
BIOL 2151
BIOS 1500
CHEM 1120
ECON 2113
HIMA 3000
HIMA 3120
HIMA 4030
HSMA 3020
HSMA 3025
HSMA 3030
HSMA 3035
HSMA 4010
HSMA 4050
HSMA 4055
OCCT 3000
OCCT 6000 - Foundations of Occupational Therapy
OCCT 6001 - Occupation and Movement
OCCT 6002 - Occupation and Movement
OCCT 6003 - Dyadic and Group Skills in Occupational Therapy
OCCT 6004 - Dyadic and Group Skills in Occupational Therapy
OCCT 6005 - Health Impairments and Occupational Therapy I
OCCT 6006 - Health Impairments and Occupational Therapy I
OCCT 6007 - Health Impairments and Occupational Therapy II
OCCT 6008 - Health Impairments and Occupational Therapy II
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
OCCT 6200 - Therapeutic Use of Human Occupation II
OCCT 6250 - Therapeutic Use of Human Occupation II
OCCT 6500 - Managing Occupational Therapy Services
OCCT 6600 - Concepts and Practice of Research in Occupational Therapy
OCCT 6300 - Therapeutic Use of Human Occupation III
OCCT 6350 - Therapeutic Use of Human Occupation III
OCCT 6400 - Fieldwork I
OCCT 6450 - Fieldwork II
OCCT 6455
OCCT 6550 - Managing Occupational Therapy Services
OCCT 6650 - Conducting Research in Occupational Therapy
OCCT 6701 - Assistive Technology Devices and Services
OCCT 6660 - Master’s Project or
BIOS 7022 - Biostatistics for Health Professionals II
OCCT 7000 - Thesis
PHIL 1110
PHIL 1175
PHIL 1180
PHIL 1500 or
PHIL 2275
PSYC 1000
PSYC 3206
PSYC 4375
SOCI 2110