Curriculum Overview

A complete listing of all core courses is available in the Occupational Therapy section of the JMU Graduate Catalog https://www.jmu.edu/catalog/

Graduation Requirements

Information on graduation requirements should be reviewed in the graduate catalog. Important factors include:

• Completing and submitting the Application for Graduate Degree form.
• Being continuously enrolled to the graduate program from admission to graduation.
• Completing the program with an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher
• Successfully completing the comprehensive examination.
• Successfully completing all Level II Fieldwork requirements.
• Returning all university and OT Program property.
• Resolving all university related fees or fines.

Courses

a breakdown of courses to be taken each semester during the course of the program.

Summer Year 1: 6-week courses
OT 510. Therapeutic Interaction	3
OT 530. Human Occupation & the Foundations of the Profession	3
OT 540. The Occupational Therapy Process	3
Fall Year 1
BIO 514. Clinical Anatomy for Occupational Therapists	4
OT 520. Occupational Development Through the Life Span	3
BIO 540. Functional Neuroscience	3
OT 545. Motor Skills Lab for Occupational Therapy	1
OT 561 Therapeutic Media in Occupational Therapy	2
Spring Year 1
OT 555. Level I Fieldwork One	1
OT 560. Sensorimotor Foundations of Occupation	3
OT 580. Occupational Dysfunction: Cause and Impact	3
OT 590. Foundations of Research in Occupational Therapy	3
OT 585. Psychosocial Perspectives in OT Practice	3
OT 591. Occupational Therapy Tutorial I	1
Summer Year 2
OT 538. Management of Occupational Therapy Practice	3
OT 663. Policy Analysis and Systems of Service Provisions	3
Fall Year 2
OT 600. Assistive Technology in OT Practice	3
OT 610. Occupational Therapy Intervention in Pediatrics	3
OT 620. School-Based Practice	2
OT 630. Evidence-Based Practice	2
OT 645. Level I Fieldwork Two	1
OT 691. Occupational Tutorial Group II	1
Spring Year 2
OT 640. Occupational Therapy Intervention Throughout Adulthood	4
OT 651. Community-Based Practice	2
OT 652. Innovations in Occupational Therapy Practice	2
OT 655. Level I Fieldwork Three	1
OT 692. Occupational Therapy Tutorial Group III	1
Summer Year 3
OT 665. Level II Fieldwork One (12-week placement)	6
Fall Year 3
OT 675. Level II Fieldwork Two (12-week placement)	6
OT 680. Research Project (online)	3