Admissions

Eligibility for Admission

All students are strongly encouraged to attend an information session.  Your eligibility for admission will be determined during an information session.

Prerequisites

• Students with a bachelor's degree must have completed the defined 28 credit hours of prerequisite courses.
• Students grade point average for the required prerequisites must be above 3.0 for consideration.
• Students may retake prerequisites to improve their grade point average, but you cannot take or repeat any OT prerequisite course more than twice to obtain a passing grade.
• Conditional admission can be granted for students completing prerequisite courses; however, at least ONE of the science courses must be completed by the time of applying. 
• All courses must be completed by the summer semester of the year applying.

Required Prerequisite Courses

• Introduction to Anthropology or Sociology
• Developmental Psychology
• Abnormal Psychology
• Statistics
• Medical Terminology
• Introduction to OT
• Human Anatomy *
• Human Physiology *
• Cadaver Lab (30 hours)**

* The Anatomy and Physiology courses must be taken within 5 years of admission to the professional program.    ** Cadaver lab is only required for undergraduate combined BS/MOT students.

 

GPA Requirements

• Min GPA of 3.0 in the last 60 semester credit hours
• 2.9-2.99 may qualify for conditional admittance

             (a 3.0 in 1st semester at CSU removes conditonal status)

Recommendations
Each applicant must submit 3 recommendations through the OTCAS portal.

Human Service Experience
Each applicant must complete 40 hours of human service experience and submit the Human Service Experience Form which describes the applicant's experience and duties. Each applicant must document 40 hours of human service experience in OTCAS under the Observation Hours tab

Essay
Each applicant must submit a typed essay with his or her application. Your Personal Essay should address why you selected occupational therapy as a career and how this degree relates to your immediate and long-term professional goals.

Interview
Eligible applicants will be invited to an interview session with members of the Occupational Therapy Admission Committee. Students whose application does not meet the admission requirements may be invited to meet with the program director to discuss options for strengthening their application.

If there are any questions regarding the application process for the Master of Occupational Therapy program, please feel free to contact the department at (773) 995-2366. Prerequisite Requirements for MOT Students 

 

How to Apply

Undergraduate Combined BS/MOT

Pre-OT students need to meet with their Pre-OT Advisors every semester to make sure they are on track to meet the requirements. Pre-OT students typically apply in Spring of their junior year and enter the combined program in their senior year.

Graduate/MOT

OTCAS application for both MOT and Combined Programs