We have been granted candidacy status to begin our entry level OTD in Fall 2023. Student will begin with the MOT and during the first year learn more about the OTD. Students will decide at the end of the first year to either stay MOT or change to OTD.
Curriculum
MOT Program Length
7 semesters
- Start Fall/August 2024
- End Fall/December 2026
- Includes summer
OTD Program Length
8 semesters
- Start Fall/August 2024
- End Spring/May 2027
- Includes summer
- Final semester Capstone Experiential
Content Threads
- Pediatric
- Adult
- Psychosocial
- Research
- Leadership
Clinical Experiences
- 3 – Level I internships (psychosocial, pediatric, adult)
- 2 – Level II internships, 12 weeks, 40 hrs/wk
- 8 week – Pediatric community client, faculty mentored
- 8 week – Adult community client, faculty mentored
Additional OTD Courses (23.5 credits)
- OC TH 7110 Research II
- OC TH 7600 Pop-Based Programming
- OC TH 7871 Capstone I
- OC TH 7872 Capstone II
- OC TH 7873 Capstone III
- OC TH 7875 Capstone Experiential
Course Schedule (OTD in italics)
Fall 1
OC TH 6010 Foundations, Leadership and Scholarship of Occupation and Occupational Therapy (3)
OC TH 6020 Culture and Therapeutic Relating (2)
OC TH 6040 Creative Occupations (3)
OC TH 6050 BCO (6)
OC TH 6100 Intro to OT Process (2)
TOTAL CREDITS (16)
Spring 1
OC TH 6000 Research (3)
OC TH 6211 OT Process-Peds I (4)
OC TH 6311 OT Process-Psychosocial I (1)
OC TH 6411 OT Process-Adults I (3)
OC TH 7050 Neuroanatomy (5)
TOTAL CREDITS (16)
Summer 1
OC TH 6212 OT Process-Peds II (2)
OC TH 6312 OT Process-Psychosocial II (3)
OC TH 6412 OT Process-Adults II (3)
TOTAL CREDITS (8)
Students declare OTD by July 1
Fall 2
OC TH 6213 OT Process-Peds III (4)
OC TH 6313 OT Process-Psychosocial III (3)
OC TH 6413 OT Process-Adults III (2)
OC TH 7210 Leadership & Mgmt Seminar I (1)
OC TH 7310 Case Based Learning 1 (1)
OC TH 7110 Research II (2)
OC TH 7871 Capstone I (3)
TOTAL CREDITS (11 MOT/16 OTD)
Spring 2
OC TH 6414 OT Process-Adults IV (3)
OC TH 6415 OT Process-Adults V (2)
OC TH 6600 Pop-Based Programming (3)
OC TH 7220 Leadership & Mgmt Seminar II (1)
OC TH 7320 Case Based Learning 2 (1)
OC TH 7872 Capstone II (3)
TOTAL CREDITS (11 MOT/14 OTD)
Summer 2
OC TH 7710 Fieldwork II-A (9)
Fall 3
OC TH 7720 Fieldwork II-B (9)
OC TH 7230 Leadership & Mgmt Seminar III (1)
OC TH 7873 Capstone III (.5)
TOTAL CREDITS (9 MOT/10.5 OTD)
MOT degree completion
Spring 3
OC TH 7875 Capstone Experiential (14)
OTD degree completion