This program is a full-time, 5 year program.

Core Curriculum Requirements
Students majoring in occupational science must complete the core curriculum requirements of the Doisy School of Allied Heath Professions, excluding the history requirements.

Note: Prerequisite course descriptions at end of typical course of study

Typical Course of Study

Freshman Year
Fall Semester			Spring Semester
ENGL 190	Strategies of Rhetoric & Research	3	ANAT 100	Basic Human Anatomy	3
PSY 101	General Psychology	3	SOC 110 Intro to Sociology 3 or SOC 120 Intro to Anthropology 3		3
PHIL 105	Introduction to Philosophy	3	MATH 120	College Algebra	3
BIOL 104	Prin of Biology I	4	THEO 100	Theological Foundations	3
OCS 100	Seminar in Occupational Therapy Practice	1	OCS 101	Intro to Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy	2
semester total: 14			semester total: 14

Sophomore Year
Fall Semester			Spring Semester
PHIL 205	Ethics	3	lective	Philosophy or Theology Elective	3
CHEM 153	Prin of Chemistry I	4	lective	Fine Arts Elective	3
PSY 439	Abnormal Psychology	3	PSY 205 Foundations of Research Methods & Stats 4 or RMET 410 Intro to Inferential Stats 3		3-4
NURS 243 Human Development Through the Life Span 3 or EDF 470 Human Growth & Development 3 or SWRK 225 Human Development Through the Life Cycle 3		3	lective	Literature Elective	3
semester total: 13			semester total: 13

Junior Year
Fall Semester			Spring Semester
PPY 254	Human Physiology	4	OCS 305	Applied Medical Terminology I	2
OCS 312	The Study of Occupation	4	OCS 352	Occupational Health and Wellness	4
OCS 322	Contexts of Occupation	4	OCS 362	"Lived Experience" of Disability & Chronic Conditions	4
OCS 332	Evoloution & Development of Occupation	4	OCS 372	Occupations in a Global Society	4
			OCS 382	Occupational Science Inquiry	4
semester total: 16			semester total: 18
Summer Session
ANAT 400	Human Gross Anatomy for AHP	6
semester total: 6

Senior Year
Fall Semester			Spring Semester
MOT 500	Foundational Concepts in Occupational Science*	1	ANAT 430	AHP Neurosciences	5
MOT 515	Kinesiology	2	OCS 450 Applied OT 2 or MOT 550 Masters Project 2		2
OCS 462 Clinical Conditions & Phenomen 4 or MOT 520 Clinical Conditions & Phenomen 4		4	OCS 445   3 or MOT 545 Person Environment Occupation II 3		3
OCS 472 Fund of Occupation Centered Practice 4 or MOT 530 Fund of Occupation Centered Practice 4		4	OCS 440   3 or MOT 540 Human Environment Adaptation I 3		3
OCS 482   4 or MOT 535 Person Environment Occupation I 4		4	OCS 441   3 or MOT 541 Human Environment Adaptation II-Mental Health 3		3
OCS 446   3 or MOT 546 Person-Environment-Occupation III-Older Adults 3		3
semester total: 17-18			semester total: 16

Year Five
Fall Semester			Spring Semester
MOT 525	Policy & Management	3	MOT 570	Advanced Fieldwork	6
MOT 555	Human Environment Adaptation V	3	MOT 575	Advanced Fieldwork	6
MOT 560	Human Environment Adaptation III/Child	4	MOT 585	Independent Study Masters Project	4
MOT 565	Applied OT Research II	4
MOT 556	Human Environment Adaptation IV-Psychosocial	3
semester total: 17			semester total: 16
total hours required: 157

* For Post Baccalaurate students only (MOT 500).

** Students still complete the 125 hours required for the B.S.O.S. degree at the end of the second semester of the senior year.

*** CURRICULUM IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT PRIOR NOTIFICATION

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