Graduate Programs
Occupational Therapy Master's Program (M.S.)
Admission Requirements
- Possess a bachelor's degree with a minimum GPA
of 3.00 for full admission or a 2.50 GPA for conditional admission.
All GPA calculations for admission are based upon the last 60
units of undergraduate and or post-bacalareate study.
- Complete the following eight admission prescreening courses
with a minimum grade of C:
- English Composition
- Introductory Sociology
- Introductory Psychology
- Abnormal Psychology
- Basic Statistics
- Human Anatomy and Physiology I with lab (taken within the
last 5 years)
- Human Anatomy and Physiology II with lab (taken within the
last 5 years)
- Physics (including mechanics and a lab)
- Complete and verify at least 30 hours of human service activity. This work or volunteer
experience must have involved direct contact with people with
disabilities, and/or illness, and/or other disadvantages. Examples
include work/volunteer experience in hospitals, nursing homes,
rehabilitation facilities, senior centers, drug rehabilitation
programs, programs for the homeless, camps and/or attendant care
for a child, an adolescent or an adult. The following experiences
do not satisfy this requirement: babysitting with children who
do not have disabilities and administrative clerical work. All
30 hours of human service activity must have been completed
within two years of the application deadline. The 30 hours must
have been completed in no more than three different settings,
and the applicant must have been in each setting for at least
10 hours.
- Three Reference Forms.
- Graduate occupational therapy admission essay.
Send all admission materials to:
Graduate School Office
Towson University, 8000
York Road, Towson, MD 21252
For more information regarding admission prerequisite courses and
other aspects of the application process, contact:
CHP Admissions Coordinator
Towson University
8000 York Rd.
Towson, MD 21252-0001
410-704-2653
Early Admission Option for Professional Master Degree Program
Students are eligible for early admission to the Professional Master
Degree Program if they have:
- a 3.60 GPA (based on the last 60 units of undergraduate course
work)
- completed all except two of the pre-screening course requirements
(all completed with a C or better)
- completed the human service activity, essay and three reference
forms. Send essay and three reference forms to: Graduate School
Office, Towson University, 8000 York Road, Towson, MD 21252.
Early admission is offered on a limited basis and guarantees the
student a place in the next upcoming class. Students interested
in this option should contact the College of Health Professions
admissions coordinator or the department's professional master degree
program director.
Academic Standards for Professional Master Degree
Prerequisite Courses
- Students must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.00 during the semesters
in which they are taking Master degree prerequisite courses.
- Students may receive a maximum of two "C" (2.00) grades during their
master degree prerequisite course work.
- Students may repeat a maximum of two courses during their master
degree pre-requisite course work.
- Students may repeat the same course only once.
- Students may repeat a maximum of one Level II Fieldwork experience.
- Students must have a GPA of 3.00 in master degree prerequisite
course work to be eligible to enroll in Occupational
Therapy Internship I.
- Students must have a GPA of 3.00 in master degree prerequisite
course work to be
eligible to enroll in graduate course work including electives.
Prerequisite Courses
BIOL 427
HLTH 207
OCTH 211
OCTH 213
OCTH 216
OCTH 217
OCTH 218
OCTH 221
OCTH 313
OCTH 314
OCTH 317
OCTH 319
OCTH 320
OCTH 323
OCTH 325
OCTH 326
OCTH 428
OCTH 435
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Neuromuscular Mechanisms of the Upper
Body (2)
Health Care in the United States (3)
Philosophy of Occupational Therapy
(3)
Small Group Dynamics (3)
Life Span Adaptations and Occupations(4)
Analysis of Occupational Performance
I (4)
Analysis of Occupational Performance
II (3)
Clinical Kinesiology (3)
Adult Neurological Occupational Therapy
(3)
Psychosocial Dysfunction (5)
Adult Musculoskeletal Occupational Therapy (3)
Physical Dysfunction Clinical (2)
Psychosocial Function Clinical (3)
Gerontological Occupational Therapy
(3)
Pediatric Occupational Therapy (4)
Pediatric Clinical (2)
OOccupational Therapy Organizations
in Modern Society (4)
Occupational Therapy Internship I
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College of Graduate
Studies and Research
7800 York Road, Suite 216
Phone: 410-704-2501
Fax: 410-704-4675
E-mail: grads@towson.edu
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