Occupational Therapy
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Are you interested in undergraduate studies leading to a degree in occupational therapy?You're in the right spot. You'll enter the occupational therapy program as an undergraduate student, and earn a Bachelor of Science in health science and a Master of Science in occupational therapy in five-and-a-half years. |
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Are you interested in graduate studies leading to a degree in occupational therapy?You're looking for our master's entry program where you'll enter with a bachelor's degree already in hand and earn a Master of Science in occupational therapy in two and a half to three years. Learn more about our master's program. |
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Review our admissions requirements. |
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See our tuition and fee information for year five. |
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ContactAmanda Melemed |
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ResourcesDownload the shadow hours log (PDF) |
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View a sample schedule. |
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You will enter the health science occupational therapy program as a pre-occupational therapy student enrolled in the health science major. For your first four years, you will engage in courses and practica required for both the occupational therapy degree, the health science degree, and the College’s general education requirements. The professional component of the occupational therapy program begins in your fourth year and continues into the fifth, or graduate, year. It includes one summer, where you enroll in the professional level courses with graduate students in the entry-level master's program.
Classes on campus are followed by six months of full-time fieldwork in at least two occupational therapy settings. With hundreds of affiliated fieldwork sites across the country, the Springfield College occupational therapy program offers a wide range of experiences working with people with differing disabilities and conditions, using different treatment approaches, in various practice settings.