{"id":22,"date":"2013-10-17T15:02:27","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T20:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/kinesiology\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2023-06-07T08:25:38","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T13:25:38","slug":"graduate-programs-in-occupational-therapy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/kinesiology\/graduate-programs-in-occupational-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Programs in Occupational Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><ul>\n<li><a href=\"#Minnesota\">University of Minnesota- Twin Cities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Creighton\">Creighton University<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#PTCAS\">Occupational Therapy Centralized Application Service (OTCAS)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a id=\"Minnesota\" name=\"Minnesota\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.physther.umn.edu\/\">University of Minnesota- Twin Cities<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Prerequisite Coursework<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Human Anatomy-3 credits<\/li>\n<li>Human Physiology-3 credits<\/li>\n<li>Statistics-3 credits (This course must include descriptive and inferential statistics)<\/li>\n<li>Introduction to Sociology or Cultural Anthropology- 3 credits<\/li>\n<li>General Psychology-3 credits<\/li>\n<li>Abnormal Psychology-3 credits<\/li>\n<li>Human Development across the life span-3 credits<\/li>\n<li>Medical Terminology-1 credit or the equivalent of a 1 credit online course<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*All courses must be complete no later than the end of summer session of the year of admission.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GPA<\/strong><strong>\u00a0Standards\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or above. Prerequisite coursework must be completed with a GPA of at least 3.0 and no single grade lower than a C. Courses must be taken A-F with the exception of Medical Terminology which requires only evidence of completion.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Volunteer\/Work Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Practical Experience is suggested, but not required for application. Although this type of experience is not required, the Admissions Committee does consider an applicant&#8217;s optional observation, volunteer and\/or work experience in occupational therapy and other health-related areas and believes these experiences strengthen the application.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nCurriculum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cahp.umn.edu\/sequence-ot\">Sequence information<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous Class Statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Size of Most Recent Entering Class<\/td>\n<td>\u00a045<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Anticipated Size of Next Entering Class<\/td>\n<td>\u00a045<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Percent of IN-STATE students in most recent entering class<\/td>\n<td>\u00a075%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Percent of OUT-OF-STATE (non-resident) students in most recent entering class<\/td>\n<td>\u00a025%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a02011 &#8211; 2012 average final 45 credit GPA for accepted applicants<\/td>\n<td>\u00a03.83<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a02011 &#8211; 2012 average prerequisite GPA for accepted applicants<\/td>\n<td>\u00a03.82<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a02011 &#8211; 2012 cumulative GPA for accepted applicants<\/td>\n<td>\u00a03.51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a id=\"Creighton\" name=\"Creighton\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.css.edu\/admissions\/graduate-studies\/doctor-of-physical-therapy.html\">Creighton University<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Prerequisite Courses<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"700\" cellspacing=\"4\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Courses<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Semester Hrs<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Quarter Hrs<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Theology, Philosophy and\/or Ethics\u00a0<\/strong>(also includes religion or logic)<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">4.5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Culture, Ideas and\/or Civilizations\u00a0<\/strong>(includes history, world religions, American studies, world literature, or women&#8217;s studies)<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">4.5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Anatomy\u00a0<\/strong>(If enrolled in a combined anatomy\/physiology course, 6 semester hours will be required.)<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">4.5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Psychology\u00a0<\/strong>(3 of the 6 hours must include either human development or abnormal psychology)<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>English Composition<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">4.5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Statistics or Research<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">4.5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Medical Terminology<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">1.5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>GPA Standards\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or better (a C- grade is\u00a0<strong>not<\/strong>\u00a0acceptable). All prerequisite coursework must be completed by August 1 of the desired year of entry.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nAdmission Deadlines<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Preferred Deadline: November 1, 2012<br \/>\nFinal Deadline: March 1, 2013<\/p>\n<p><strong>Program Information<\/strong><br \/>\nThe school enrolls 40-45 students each year. There are currently 4 St. Olaf Graduates in Creighton\u2019s OT program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spahp2.creighton.edu\/oasa\/share\/sharedfiles\/UserFiles\/file\/Curricula\/2012\/Occupational%20Therapy%20Curriculum%20-%20EOTD%20Campus%20and%20DIstance%20-%2011-12-12.pdf\">Curriculum layout by semester<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spahp2.creighton.edu\/offices\/occupationaltherapy\/Program%20Outcomes.aspx\">Program Outcomes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Erin McNamara \u201911: Occupational Therapy at Creighton University\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/kinesiology\/erin-mcnamara-11-occupational-therapy-at-creighton-university\/\">Student Profile: Erin McNamara &#8217;11<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a id=\"PTCAS\" name=\"PTCAS\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ptcas.org\/\">Occupational Therapy Centralized Application Service (OTCAS)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Minnesota- Twin Cities Creighton University Occupational Therapy Centralized Application Service (OTCAS) University of Minnesota- Twin Cities Prerequisite Coursework Human Anatomy-3 credits Human Physiology-3 credits Statistics-3 credits (This course [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":209,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1089,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions\/1089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}