Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapy Assistant coursework

Semester 1 – Always begins in Fall

Occupational Therapy Assistant Coursework

Total Program credit hours : 78

Please note that courses denoted with an asterisk (*) must be completed before the beginning of the third semester

Semester 1 – Always begins in Fall

Course title	#	Credit hours
*Anatomy & Physiology 1 with lab	Bio 254/256	4
*General Psychology	Psy 102	3
*Composition and Rhetoric 1	Engl 101	3
Orient to Occupational Therapy	OTA 155	3
OT Growth and Development	OTA 160	3
Semester credit hours		16

Semester 2 – Spring

Course title	#	Credit hours
*Anatomy & Physiology 2 with lab	Bio 255/257	4
*Public Speaking	Comm 110	3
*Med Terminology & Documentation	Rhab 340	3
Fieldwork 1b	OTA 161	1
Principles of OT	OTA 165	3
OT Therapeutic Media	OTA 165	3
Semester credit hours		17

Semester 1 or 2: student must complete Intro to Sociology: Soc 101

3 credit hours

Semester 3 – Fall

Course title	#	Credit hours
Fieldwork 1c	OTA 223	1
Functional Kinesiology	OTA 230	4
OT in Physical Disabilities 1	OTA 240	4
OT in Psychosocial Dysfunction	OTA 242	4
OT in Pediatrics	OTA 245	4
Semester credit hours		17

Semester 4 – Spring

Summer/Fall following completion of academic requirements