First steps toward a career in occupational therapy.
The pre-occupational therapy (OT) focus is an advising program to help students select courses and become well prepared for application to occupational therapy school.
The steps toward your career as a occupational therapist begin by taking the required pre-OT courses, completing your undergraduate degree, and gaining required clinical experience. Common prerequisite courses include 解剖学, 生理学, 化学, 生物学, 普通心理学, 变态心理学, 发展心理学, 统计数据, 人类学和社会学/. Common pre-OT majors include 心理学, 生物学, and exercise science. You will also need to seek out volunteer opportunities to shadow occupational therapists and to gain clinical experience.
Completing these steps are prerequisites for applying to either a masters or doctoral occupational therapy (OT) program.
This program is a good fit if you:
- 享受科学和心理学
- Like to work with people and to help others
- Are interested in caring for people’s health
This program prepares you to become an:
- 职业治疗师
