Your overall grade-point average must be at least a 3.0. Contact the department for advising as early in your college work as possible. When you are ready to apply to the professional program, the department will provide an application. If you are accepted, you will start your occupational therapy course work at the beginning of June. During your three years of preparatory study, you will average 15 credit hours a semester.
Occupational therapy is an exacting and demanding curriculum.
The more rigorously you prepare for it, the greater your chances for success. You must earn 83 credit hours in the professional program. Students complete a total of 44 graduate credit hours, which includes both academic and fieldwork study. Fieldwork experiences are arranged by the department and give you the opportunity to spend a total of six months in two different occupational therapy settings. These fieldwork experiences are completed during the spring of the second year and fall of the third year of study.