Occupational Health Studies, BS

General Education Requirements

Competencies

Competencies must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits.

♣ General Education Categories (34-35 credits total)

FYS, W-I, and OC courses must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits. Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines. First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements. 

 ‡ Written Communication (Level II & Level III) and Diversity, Power Dynamics & Social Justice

Courses taken for Written Communication Level II, Level III and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  Credits will be counted in the area where they apply.

♥       Students may choose to use support courses to satisfy general education categories, but may not be required to do so.  Note:  If a course is used to satisfy two or more requirements (for example, a support course and Scientific Reasoning requirement), the credits are counted in only one place.  Using a course to satisfy more than one requirement does not reduce the credit total required for graduation.  

♣       Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines.  First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements.

#       These Scientific Reasoning General Education Category courses do not have to be a sequence or be from the same discipline.

‡        Level II and Level III Written Communications courses and Diversity, Power Dynamics & Social Justice may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply. The credits are counted only in one area.

♦        General Education categories to be completed with the first 30 credits. Exceptions in the timing of these courses will be made for transfer students.

STUDENTS MUST COMPLETE ALL GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS AND SUPPORT COURSES BEFORE STARTING OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY COURSES

+ Advanced Placement Credits Required 21 Credits

Courses in Major (54 credits total)

♥ Required Support Courses (33 credits total)

• BIO 200 Anatomy and Physiology I
• BIO 201 Anatomy and Physiology II
• MAT 147 Statistics
• SMS 201 Perceptual Motor Learning
• SMS 300 Kinesiology
• BIO 400 Neuroanatomy
• PSY 101 General Psychology
• PSY 215 Introduction to Abnormal Psychology
• †  PSY 218 Childhood and Adolescence

• OR

• PSY 322 Adulthood and Old Age
• OCT 300 Interprofessional Practice in the Context of Diversity and Social Justice

Free Electives (1 credits minimum)

May be necessary to take additional credits to attain the minimum 120 credits required for graduation depending on choices made for general education or minor selection.

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Additional Information and Notes

†        Choose one or the other course to fulfill the Psychology Growth & Development course.

+        Advanced Placement credits will only be granted to students who have graduated from an accredited OTA Associate Degree Program and are certified as a COTA.

Exceptions in the timing of courses will be made for transfer students.

Total credits for graduation: 120