Program Requirements
Master of Science in Occupational Therapy
Pre-OT for Entry Level
Preparation for admission to the MSOT Entry Level program requires completion of the listed required general education courses and prerequisite courses for a minimum of 80 credit hours. Please refer to the online course catalog for further details on general education requirements: http://catalog.svsu.edu/.
I. GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES (38 CREDITS)
| Category 1: Literature - any course from the category | 3cr | ||
| Category 2: Arts - any course from the category | 3cr | ||
| Category 3: one course from: | 4cr | ||
| MATH | 132A | Statistical Methods: General Statistics |
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| MATH | 132B | Statistical Methods: Biostatistics |
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| Category 4: BIOL 111A - Principles of Biology One of the following lecture/lab sequences: | 4cr 5cr | ||
| CHEM | 111 | General Chemistry I Lecture |
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| CHEM | 111L | General Chemistry I Lab |
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| PHYS | 111 | General Physics I |
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| PHYS | 111L | General Physics I Lab |
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| Category 5: PHIL 205B - Professional Ethics: Health Care [CI] | 3cr | ||
| Category 6: PSYC 100 - General Psychology | 4cr | ||
| Category 7: SOC 111 -Introduction to Sociology | 3cr | ||
| Category 8: International Systems -any course from the category | 3cr | ||
| Category 9: one course from: | 3cr | ||
| COMM | 105A | Fundamentals of Communication |
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| COMM | 105B | Public Speaking |
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| COMM | 105C | Argumentation |
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| Category 10: ENGL 212 - Topics in Critical Writing | |||
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| TOTAL CREDIT HOURS | 38crs |
II. PREREQUISITE COURSES (42 CREDITS)
| BIOL | 231 | Physiological Anatomy | 4cr |
| HS | 220 | Information Management in Health Care | 3cr |
| KINE | 372 | Motor Learning and Development | 3cr |
| KINE | 374 | Kinesiology/Biomechanics | 2cr |
| KINE | 374L | Kinesiology/Biomechanics Lab | 1cr |
| KINE | 376 | Exercise Physiology | 2cr |
| KINE | 376L | Exercise Physiology Lab | 1cr |
| OT | 302 | Foundations in Occupational Therapy | 3cr |
| OT | 304 | Therapeutic Occupation | 3cr |
| OT | 413 | Developmental Structure and Neurologic Conditions | 3cr |
| OT | 423 | Development Structure and Orthopedic Conditions | 3cr |
| OT | 433 | Developmental Structure Across the Lifespan | 3cr |
| OT | 443 | Developmental Structure and Psychosocial Conditions | 3cr |
| PSYC | 210 | Applications in Human Development | 4cr |
| PSYC | 346 | Neuropsychology | 4cr |
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| TOTAL CREDIT HOURS | 42crs |
Following successful completion of all general education and prerequisite courses, with a grade equivalent of no less than 2.00 in each course, and an overall GPA of no less than 3.00 (based on a 4.00 scale), students may apply for admission to the Master of Science in Occupational Therapy - Entry Level Program