Applicants must have earned an undergraduate degree by the start of the graduate Masters of Occupational Therapy Program in June.  Completed high school AP courses do not count toward prerequisites.The required courses listed below must be completed before the program start date at a regionally accredited college/university level effective the 2019-2020 admissions cycle (Masters of Occupational Therapy Program class of 2022). Prerequisite courses in anatomy, physiology, and biomechanics/physics must be completed within 7 years of the occupational therapy program start date. 

• Applicants must earn a grade of “C” or higher in all prerequisite courses, with the exception of Anatomy and Physiology.
• For Anatomy and Physiology
  • Applicants must achieve at least a grade of “B” (3.0 on a 4.0 scale) in each course
  • Labs should use human models (no online labs).
    Students who enroll in anatomy, or combined anatomy & physiology classes through Summer Semester 2020, are exempt from the face to face lab requirement.
• For an applicant taking Statistics, two courses are preferred so that statistics and research methods are covered.

The transfer guide for all Virginia Community College System Equivalents [VCCS] courses that will transfer into JMU can be found at https://www.jmu.edu/registrar/transfer/index.shtml

Recommended course:  Research Methods (3 credits) that includes qualitative and quantitative designs [James Madison University equivalent HTH 408]