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Crystal M. Lange College of Nursing & Health Sciences

Master of Science in Occupational Therapy

Mastering the dynamic world of health care, practice and leadership

The Master of Science in Occupational Therapy (MSOT) program is designed to prepare professionally qualified occupational therapists for a variety of roles including staff, management, research, and other leadership positions in occupational therapy to support intervention models for clients who are limited in their ability to perform developmentally appropriate tasks and roles.

Occupational therapy is a health and rehabilitation profession that provides services to individuals of all ages whose abilities to cope with the tasks of living are impaired by physical injury or illness, psychological and social disability, or developmental disabilities.

The occupational therapist collaboratively designs the intervention process to meet the unique needs of each client, and through evaluation and treatment, seeks to achieve habilitation restoration or improvement of impaired functions.  The goal of occupational therapy is to assist clients in achieving a maximum level of independent living by developing and enhancing the capacities that remain after disease, accident, deformity or disability.

ENTRY LEVEL MSOT PROGRAM
The professional program in occupational therapy provides students with the knowledge, techniques, and clinical reasoning skills necessary to assume entry-level positions as registered occupational therapists. The program requires three semesters of full time undergraduate academic course work and two years of full time graduate course work. This is followed by two full time internships of twelve weeks each.   A minimum of 68 credit hours are required for the Entry Level MSOT program

ADVANCED PRACTICE MSOT PROGRAM
The advanced practice program option is intended for therapists who hold a baccalaureate degree in occupational therapy and wish to advance their knowledge in program development, research, and a variety of leadership opportunities.  A minimum of 34 credit hours are required for the Advanced Practice program.

PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS

With the assistance of faculty advisors, participants will select a cognate area of concentration designed to meet their career goals.  Cognates may include the following:

Advance practice students will be admitted in cohorts.  Cohorts are groups of students who go through a program together by taking the same courses at the same time. Cohorts are very beneficial in furthering the development of:

ACCREDITATION
Saginaw Valley State University's Occupational Therapy program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy (ACOTE), affiliated with the American Occupation Therapy Association (AOTA) located at 4720 Montgomery Lane, PO Box 31220, Bethesda, MD 20824-1220 www.aota.org (301) 652-2682. 

A Masters Degree in Occupational Therapy is required to qualify for the National Occupational Therapy Registration Examination.   After successful completion of this exam, the individual will be an Occupational Therapist Registered (O.T.R.)