Required Prerequisites: Preparation

General Pre-requisite Course Work:

  • Biology with lab (4 credits required)
  • Human Physiology with lab (4-8 credits required)*
  • Abnormal Psychology (3 credits required)
  • Introduction to Statistics (3 credits required)
  • Sociology or Anthropology (3 credits required)
  • Oral Communications (2-3 credits)*
  • Medical Terminology (2-3 credits)

Human and Biological Sciences (4 additional credits required from the following course choices):

  • Human (Systemic) Anatomy and lab (4-8 credits)*
  • General Physics with lab (4 credits)
  • General Chemistry and lab (4 credits)

Please Note: Beginning in the 2014 admission cycle, Anatomy with lab (4 credits) will be required. Chemistry and Physics will not be required and will not serve as a substitution for the anatomy with lab requirement.

TOTAL 19 (21) credits

Note: A 2 course Anatomy and Physiology sequence will meet the requirement for a 4 credit lecture lab physiology course. Applicants must successfully complete both courses to meet the requirement. Completion of the 2 course sequence will also count as a 4 credit Anatomy course. Courses in oral communication include: public speaking, therapeutic or personal communication, etc.

Pre-OT Course Work:
(Applicants for conditional admission. See note below.)

  • Applied Human Development I (3 credits)
  • Applied Human Development II (2 credits)
  • Pathophysiology (3 credits)
  • Nervous System with lab (5 credits)
  • Musculoskeletal Anatomy with lab (5 credits)
  • Kinesiology (3 credits)

TOTAL 21 credits

Note: Conditional Graduate students apply for conditional admission into the MOT program after completing the general prerequisite course work. Students must meet all other admission requirements. Students admitted to this program complete the Pre-OT courses during the Fall and Spring semesters after admission prior to beginning the MOT courses in the Summer.