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The OTD academic program provides an innovative contemporary curriculum that is student focused to promote professional and scholarly excellence. Our educators, researchers, and leaders within the profession deliver this curriculum through a hybrid format. The best aspects of online instruction, hands-on laboratory sessions, and fieldwork/capstone experiences result in a dynamic educational program.  Online active learning accounts for 41% of the total academic program, immersive laboratory with modeled clinical experiences account for 12%, and 47% of the program is based in fieldwork and doctoral capstone experiences to the student.

Semester 1.1

Course Number Course Title Credit Hours
OTD 6311 Foundations of Occupational Therapy 3
OTD 6212 Scholarly Practice I 2
OTD 6215 Neuroscience in Occupational Therapy 2
OTD 6217 Analysis of Human Occupation Across the Lifespan 2
1.1 Total 4 Courses 9

Semester 1.2

Course Number Course Title Credit Hours
OTD 6420 Mental Health Populations and Practice in Occupational Therapy 4
OTD 6225 Fieldwork Seminar IA: Mental Health 2
OTD 6122 Conditions Impacting Occupational Performance 1
OTD 6227 Occupational Therapy Process Across the Lifespan 2
OTD 6124 Professional Competencies I 1
1.2 Total 5 Courses 10
*SEMESTER 1 TOTAL: 9 courses, 19 hours

Semester 2.1

Course Number Course Title Credit Hours
OTD 6430 Adult and Older Adult Populations and Practice in Occupational Therapy 4
OTD 6238 Fieldwork Seminar IB: Adults and Older Adults 2
OTD 6333 Human Movement 3
OTD 6237 Communication and Engagement in the Therapeutic Process 2
2.1 Total 4 Courses 11

Semester 2.2

Course Number Course Title Credit Hours
OTD 6242 OT Service Delivery and Organization 2
OTD 6144 Professional Development 1
OTD 6246 Scholarly Practice II 2
OTD 6248 Occupational Performance and Theories of Practice 2
OTD 6147 Conditions Impacting Occupational Performance II 1
2.2 Total 5 Courses 8
*SEMESTER 2 TOTAL: 9 courses, 19 hours

Semester 3.1

Course Number Course Title Credit Hours
OTD 6450 Children and Youth Populations and Practice in Occupational Therapy 4
OTD 6256 Fieldwork Seminar IC: Children and Youth 2
OTD 6255 Management of Occupational Therapy Services 2
OTD 6257 Educational Strategies and Learning in Healthcare and Academic Settings 2
3.1 Total 4 Courses 10

Semester 3.2

Course Number Course Title Credit Hours
OTD 6360 Wellness and Health Promotion 3
OTD 6262 Professional Competencies II 2
OTD 6265 Program Development 2
OTD 6161 Leadership and Advocacy 1
3.2 Total 4 Courses 8
*SEMESTER 3 TOTAL: 8 courses, 18 hours

Semester 4

Course Number Course Title Credit Hours
OTD 6V75 Level II Fieldwork I (first 12 weeks) 12
OTD 6572 Doctoral Mentorship I 5
*SEMESTER 4 TOTAL: 2 courses, 17 hours

Semester 5

Course Number Course Title Credit Hours
OTD 6V80 Level II Fieldwork II (first 12 weeks) 12
OTD 6383 Doctoral Mentorship II 3
OTD 6285 Scholarly Practice III 2
*SEMESTER 5 TOTAL: 3 courses, 17 hours

Semester 6

Course Number Course Title Credit Hours
OTD 6V09 Doctoral Capstone Experience (14 weeks) 15
OTD 6309 Doctoral Capstone Project 3
*SEMESTER 6 TOTAL: 2 courses, 18 hours

PROGRAM TOTAL: 33 courses, 108 hours

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