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Entry
Level Master's Degree | Five
Year Program | Two
Year Program | Ph.D.
Pre-Professional
Phase - Years 1-3
Sample Course Plan - 98 Credits
In most cases, courses listed in all caps must
be taken in the exact semester indicated; all
other classes are interchangeable.
Fall of
First Year - 16 credits
030 RESEARCH & INFORMATION SKILLS LAB
101 THINKING & WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM
103 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY
111 BIOLOGY I: CELLS, GENETICS, DEVELOPMENT
113 BIOLOGY I LAB
131 FUNDAMENTALS OF CHEMISTRY1/LAB
Spring
of First Year - 15 credits
100 ELEMENTS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
102 IMAGINATIVE LITERATURE & CRITICAL
WRITING
132 Basic Philosophical Questions
141 Social, Political, & Economic Systems
150 OT ORIENTATION
161 Arts & the Human Experience
Fall
of Second Year - 17 credits
151 Shaping of the Modern World
201 PHYSICS FOR LIFE SCIENCES I/LAB
207 ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY I
208 ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY I LAB
305 FOUNDATIONS & CONCEPTS OF OT
Required Sociology Elective
Spring
of Second Year - 16 credits
187 Christian Understanding of the Human Person
209 ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY II
210 ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY II LAB
225 Introduction to Biostatistics
310 OCCUPATIONAL PERFORMANCE THROUGHOUT THE LIFESPAN
353 Health Care Ethics
Fall
of Third Year - 16 credits
315 ANATOMY I/LAB
416 FUNDAMENTALS OF PRACTICE/LAB
Required General Elective
Required General Elective
Required General Elective
Spring
of Third Year - 18 credits
503 NEUROSCIENCE
537 HUMAN MOTION and MOVEMENT
548 MEDICAL CONDITIONS IN OT
Required General Elective
Required General Elective
STUDENTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO USE ELECTIVE COURSES TO PURSUE joint degrees, double majors, and minors in disciplines that complement their career objectives. Careful selection of one's required electives may increase employment and educational options in the future.
Students
must complete a MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY PROFICIENCY,
preferably before engaging in anatomy and
physiology coursework but no later than
the end of their third year.
PROFESSIONAL
PHASE: YEARS 4-5
Professional
Phase - 70 Credits
Professional phase courses are only offered
in the semester/term shown.
Summer of
Graduate Year I - 9 credits (3)
518 Humans, Groups & Occupations
535 Occupational Performance Evaluation / Lab
545 Occupational Performance Perspectives / Lab
Fall
of Graduate Year I - 16 credits (3)
511 Clinical Reasoning & Fieldwork IA
525 Psychosocial Function / Lab
530 Biomechanical Function / Lab
532 Qualitative Research
560 Sociocultural System & Networks
Spring
of Graduate Year II - 15 credits (3,4)
512 Clinical Reasoning & Fieldwork IB
520 Neuromotor & Sensory Function / Lab
530 Principles of Research
546 Cognitive & Perceptual Function / Lab
550 Environmental Adaptations & Rehabilitation Technology
610 Research Project I
Summer
of Graduate Year II - 13 credits (4)
541 Evidence Based Practice
561 Occupational Therapy Administration
555 Level IIA Fieldwork (1)
565 Community & World Healthcare Issues
611 Research Project II
Fall
of Graduate Year II - 14 credits
552 Clinical Seminar A
556 Level IIB Fieldwork (1)
557 Level IIC Fieldwork (1)
558 Level IID Fieldwork (1)
555 Level IIA Fieldwork
562 Leadership A
Graduation Seminar - 3 credits *
553 Clinical Seminar B
563 Leadership B
574 Fieldwork Proposal
or
612 Research Project IIIl
(1) Fieldwork - Students must complete Level II Fieldwork within 24 months after their didactic course work is completed. This six month full time fieldwork experience is approximately late June through December.
(2) 3 credit, elective research sequence will substitute for OCCTH 574.
(3) Students will have undergraduate status but will be admitted to graduate courses in the OT curriculum.
(4) BS degree in Health Sciences awarded at end of Spring semester. Students will be classified as graduate students beginning Summer term. * Upon course completeion and clearance for graduation, students can apply for the national certification exam as early as February and begin work. The MS OT will be awarded at May graduation. |
