Program Technology Requirements
The prerequisite courses for the Occupational Therapy Assistant program consists of online, hybrid, and face-to-face courses. Students need to have a working computer, preferably a laptop, and internet service to complete assignments and assessments in the prerequisite and Occupational Therapy Assistant professional courses.
Computer requirements:
- Processor: i3 or i5
- RAM: 8 – 16 GB
- Hard drive: 256 – 512 GB SSD. No hybrid drives.
We recommend students to have laptops that are no more than two years old.
Chromebooks are not recommended.
If you are using Apple products, please ensure the computer has adequate storage to limit issues when saving documents to pdf format. Currently, Apple documents (i.e. .HIEC) will not open on the learning management system, Canvas.