OT Curriculum
As a post-baccalaureate, entry-level professional doctoral degree (OTD), applicants must complete all the requirements for a bachelor’s degree prior to matriculation into the program.
Beginning Fall 2025, the total length of the program is 100 credit hours and can be completed in just over 2.5 years (30 months of study across 8 consecutive semesters).
The curriculum includes:
- Three, 1-week Level 1 fieldwork experiences
- Two, 12-week Level 2 fieldwork experiences and
- One, 14-week Capstone Experience
In order to graduate, students must successfully complete:
- All didactic courses in the OT curriculum
- All fieldwork courses, including the two Level 2 fieldwork experiences in which students demonstrate competency for entry-level practice
- The doctoral-capstone experience
Year 1
Fall Semester, Year 1
- OTH 706 Foundations of Occupational Therapy – 3 credit hrs
- OTH 707 Functional Anatomy & Human Movement – 5 credit hrs
- OTH 711 Teaching & Learning 1- 1 credit hr
- OTH 714 Occupational Therapy Practice Contexts – 3 credit hrs
- OTH 721 Research and Critical Inquiry 1 – 3 credit hrs
Total: 15 credit hrs
Spring Semester, Year 1
- OTH 704 Neuroscience for Occupational Therapy – 2 credit hrs
- OTH 712 Psychosocial Aspects of Care – 3 credit hrs
- OTH 726 Occupational Patterns in Life and Cultures – 3 credit hrs
- OTH 727 OT in Mental Health – 4 credit hrs
- OTH 729 OT Motor Learning and Movement Analysis – 3 credit hrs
- OTH 730 Interprofessional Seminar 1 – 1 credit hr
- OTH 737 Level 1 Fieldwork in Mental Health – 1 credit hr
- OTH 821 Research and Critical Inquiry 2 – 1 credit hr
Total: 18 credit hrs
Year 2 (technically Summer II Year 1)
Summer Semester, Year 2
- OTH 715 Professional Engagement & Leadership – 1 credit hr
- OTH 811 Teaching and Learning 2 – 1 credit hr
- OTH 825 OT and Adult Musculoskeletal Conditions – 5 credit hrs
- OTH 832 Technology & Environmental Adaptation – 3 credit hrs
Total: 10 credit hrs
Fall Semester, Year 2
- OTH 728 Health Promotion and Community Practice – 3 credit hrs
- OTH 812 Community Practicum 1 – 1 credit hr
- OTH 813 Teaching and Learning 3 – 2 credit hrs
- OTH 822 Capstone Preparation 1 – 1 credit hr
- OTH 828 OT and Adult Neurologic Conditions – 5 credit hrs
- OTH 830 Interprofessional Seminar 2 – 1 credit hr
- OTH 831 Select Topics in OT Practice – 3 credit hrs
- OTH 841 Research and Critical Inquiry 3 – 1 credit hr
- OTH 842 Level 1 Fieldwork in Adult Physical Disabilities – 1 credit hr
Total 18 credit hrs
Spring Semester, Year 2
- OTH 759 Fieldwork Preparation – 1 credit hr
- OTH 812 Community Practicum 2 – 1 credit hr
- OTH 814 Organization & Management of Practice – 3 credit hrs
- OTH 815 Leadership, Policy and Advocacy – 3 credit hrs
- OTH 823 Capstone Preparation 2 – 2 credit hrs
- OTH 829 Pediatric Practice in OT – 5 credit hrs
- OTH 840 Interprofessional Seminar 3 – 1 credit hr
- OTH 843 Level 1 Fieldwork in Pediatrics – 1 credit hr
Total: 17 credit hrs
Year 3
Summer Semester, Year 3
- OTH 845 Clinical Fieldwork 2A (12 weeks) – 6 credit hrs
Total: 6 credit hrs
Fall Semester, Year 3
- OTH 835 Professional Competency – 1 credit hr
- OTH 855 Clinical Fieldwork 2B (12 weeks) – 6 credit hrs
Total: 7 credit hrs
Spring Semester, Year 3
- OTH 865 Capstone Experience (14 weeks) – 7 credit hrs
- OTH 922 Capstone Project – 2 credit hrs
Total: 9 credit hrs
Total Credit Hours: 100 credit hrs
Total Full-time Experiential Learning (Fieldwork and Capstone): 41 weeks
For students who have already been accepted to the program, the total length is 104 credit hours, 3.0 years (nine semesters).
The curriculum includes:
- Two, 12-week fieldwork experiences and
- One, 14-week Capstone Experience
In order to graduate, students must successfully complete:
- All didactic courses in the OT curriculum
- All fieldwork courses, including the two Level 2 fieldwork experiences in which students demonstrate competency for entry-level practice
- The doctoral-capstone experience
Year 1
Summer Semester, Year 1
- OTH 700 Human Anatomy – 5 credit hrs
- OTH 705 Introduction to Occupational Therapy – 1 credit hr
- OTH 711 Teaching and Learning 1 – 1 credit hr
Total: 7 credit hrs
Fall Semester, Year 1
- OTH 701 Kinesiology – 3 credit hrs
- OTH 702 Introduction to Neuroscience – 1 credit hr
- OTH 706 Foundations of Occupational Therapy – 3 credit hrs
- OTH 712 Psychosocial Aspects of Care – 3 credit hrs
- OTH 714 Occupational Therapy Practice Contexts – 2 credit hrs
- OTH 721 Research and Critical Inquiry 1 – 3 credit hrs
- OTH 726 Occupational Patterns in Life and Cultures – 3 credit hrs
Total: 18 credit hrs
Spring Semester, Year 1
- OTH 704 Neuroanatomy – 2 credit hrs
- OTH 727 OT in Mental Health – 3 credit hrs
- OTH 728 Health & Community Practice – 3 credit hrs
- OTH 729 OT Motor Learning and Movement Analysis – 3 credit hrs
- OTH 737 Level 1 Fieldwork in Mental Health – 1 credit hr
- OTH 730 Interprofessional Seminar 1 – 1 credit hr
- OTH 821 Research & Critical Inquiry 2 – 1 credit hr
Total: 15 credit hrs
Year 2
Summer Semester, Year 2
Sub-term 2
- OTH 715 Professional Engagement & Leadership – 1 credit hr
- OTH 811 Teaching & Learning 2 – 1 credit hr
- OTH 825 OT and Adult Musculoskeletal Conditions – 5 credit hrs
- OTH 832 Technology & Environmental Adaptations – 3 credit hrs
Total: 10 credit hrs
Fall Semester, Year 2
- OTH 812 Community Practicum 1 – 1 credit hr
- OTH 813 Teaching and Learning 3 – 2 credit hrs
- OTH 822 Capstone Preparation 1 – 1 credit hr
- OTH 828 OT and Adult Neurologic Conditions – 5 credit hrs
- OTH 830 Interprofessional Seminar 2 – 1 credit hr
- OTH 831 Select Topics in OT Practice – 3 credit hrs
- OTH 841 Research and Critical Inquiry 3 – 1 credit hr
- OTH 842 Level 1 Fieldwork in Adult Physical Disabilities – 1 credit hr
Total 15 credit hrs
Spring Semester, Year 2
- OTH 759 Fieldwork Preparation – 1 credit hr
- OTH 812 Community Practicum 2 – 1 credit hr
- OTH 814 Organization & Management – 3 credit hrs
- OTH 815 Leadership, Policy, and Advocacy – 3 credit hrs
- OTH 823 Capstone Preparation 2 – 2 credit hrs
- OTH 829 OT Practice in Pediatrics – 5 credit hrs
- OTH 840 Interprofessional Seminar 3 – 1 credit hr
- OTH 843 Level 1 Fieldwork in Pediatrics – 1 credit hr
Total: 17 credit hrs
Year 3
Summer Semester, Year 3
- OTH 845 Clinical Fieldwork 2A (12 weeks) – 6 credit hrs
Total: 6 credit hrs
Fall Semester, Year 3
- OTH 835 Professional Competency – 1 credit hr
- OTH 855 Clinical Fieldwork 2B (12 weeks) – 6 credit hrs
Total: 7 credit hrs
Spring Semester, Year 3
- OTH 865 Capstone Experience (14 weeks) – 7 credit hrs
- OTH 922 Capstone Project – 2 credit hrs
Total: 9 credit hrs
Total Credit Hours: 104 credit hrs
Total Full-time Experiential Learning (Fieldwork and Capstone): 41 weeks
View more information in the Course Catalog.