Occupational Therapy (MScOT)
Faculty of Health Professions
| Description: | The "occupation" part of occupational therapy refers to what occupies people every day: caring for themselves, having fun, and doing work, whether at home, on the job or at school. When life is challenged by illness, injury, developmental delay or challenging social conditions, occupational therapists assist people to continue to do the things they want to do every day. They're concerned with helping people fulfill their potential, preventing disabilities, and promoting health. The School of Occupational Therapy changed its entry-level program from a Bachelor's to a Master's degree in the fall of 2006. The 22-month, full-time program includes fieldwork experiences requiring use of your knowledge base to develop competencies required of entry level occupational therapists. |
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| Careers: | - Clinical occupational therapy specialist - Community occupational therapist - Research occupational therapist |
| Website: | Occupational Therapy |
| Program options: | Master of Science-Occupational Therapy (MScOT) Program notes: - Preference is given to residents of the Atlantic provinces - Accredited by the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT) - Approved by the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT) |
| Length of program: | 2 years |
| Prerequisites: | - Undergraduate degree - Minimum B average from previous academic study - One undergraduate credit in Human Physiology and one undergraduate half-credit in Human Anatomy Not a prerequisite, but if you want to learn more about occupation, consider taking OCCU 2000.03 Occupation and Daily Life as an elective. |
