Occupational TherapyFour Year Pre-requisite Plan
Occupational Therapy Four Year Plan
Requirements for Occupational Therapy programs vary from school to school and can change year to year, students must carefully examine the pre-requisite requirements of the schools they are interested in to be current and accurate when registering for courses at Gustavus. Consult the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. website www.aota.org to view a list of accredited OT Doctoral-Level Programs and OT Master’s Level Programs and the requirements and statistics for the 150+ Occupational Therapy programs.
For many Occupational Therapy programs, all prerequisite courses must be completed by the time of application. For example, if an applicant applied in the summer following their junior year, all pre-requisite requirements would need to be completed by the end of the junior year. Many programs also require that no pre-requisite course have a grade lower than a C, a minimum GPA requirement and a certain amount of observation/shadowing hours.
*Course sequence will vary by major.
First Year: Fall
FTS 100 (Writing Intensive course- WRITI)
PSY 100 General Psychology
First Year: Spring
S/A 111 Cultural Anthropology or S/A 112 Principles of Sociology or S/A 113 Social Problems
Second Year: Fall
HES 234 Human Anatomy & Physiology I
HES 212 Lifespan Development or (PSY 234 Child Developmental and PSY 334 Adult Development)
Second Year: January Interim
NDL 068 Career Exploration (strongly recommended)
Second Year: Spring
HES 235 Human Anatomy & Physiology II
PSY 241 Abnormal Psychology
Third Year: Fall
HES 214 Medical Terminology
Third Year: Spring
MCS 142 Introduction to Statistics (or equivalent, not E/M- 125)
Research Methods (required for some programs including St. Scholastica; recommended)
Pre-requisite Requirements MN Occupational Therapy Programs:
- College of St. Scholastica (40 hours minimum observation requirement)
- St. Catherine University (50 cumulative hours in at least 2 settings with direct contact)
- University of Minnesota (20 hours minimum observation requirement in at least two practice areas)
- University of Minnesota, Rochester (20 hours minimum observation requirement in at least two practice areas)
Consult the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. website to view a list of accredited OT Doctoral-Level Programs and OT Master’s Level Program sand the requirements and admission statistics for the 150+ Occupational Therapy programs.
Updated 6/17/2016 HB