Listed below are the MOT Program prerequisite courses as listed on the Selection Criteria page.  To  the right of each requirement are examples of equivalencies if taken at SSU.

*NOTE:  Applicants are NOT required to be an Occupational Therapy Assistant, or earn an associate's degree in the Occupational Therapy Assistant Program, to apply to the MOT program. 

Social and Behavioral Sciences: (3 or 4 unit course in each of the following, beyond introductory level)

1.  Developmental Psychology
     or Human Development                     PSYC1130
2.  Abnormal Psychology                       PSYC3160
3.  Adult development and/or Aging         SOCI2234*, PSYC3130 or 3131
4.  Social or Cultural Anthropology          ANTH2250, SOCI2234*,
                                                           SOCI3307, 3320, 3325,
                                                           SOCI3326, or 3340

Natural Sciences: (3 or 4 unit course in each of the following; upper division level of physical sciences within five years prior to admission to program).

1.  Human Anatomy with Cadaver lab       BIOL4660 or MOT 5502
2.  Neuroanatomy with lab                       BIOL3660 or MOT 5503
3.  Human Physiology with lab                 BIOL3561 or BIOL3650
4.  8 additional hours of physical science  CHEM, GEOL, NTSC, PHYS, or PSCI
                                                             (2000 level or higher)

Other course work: (3 or 4 unit course in each of the following)

1.  Medical Terminology                          BUHE3000
2.  Statistics                                          PSYC2120

*   SOCI2234 will meet the requirement for either Social Anthropology or Adult Development