OTA-102 Human Movement and Occupation
3 credits—This course studies the interrelationship between the central nervous system, peripheral nervous system, and musculoskeletal system and analysis of functional movement required for engagement in occupation. Formal and informal biomechanical assessment methodologies are presented. Students will utilize assessment data for the occupational therapy process in collaboration with the occupational therapist to plan client-centered treatment sessions.
Lecture Hours: 16 Lab Hours: 64
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in BIO-168, BIO-173, OTA-107, and OTA-120. Minimum grade of C- in PSY-111, ENG-105, and HSC-113. Minimum grade of C- in SPC-112 or SPC-101. Minimum grade of C- in MAT-156 or MAT-110.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $836.00
OTA-103 Task Analysis
3 credits—The course will introduce the development and emergence of human occupational performance throughout the lifespan by exploring areas of occupation, occupational roles, habits and routines. Students will learn to analyze occupational tasks and functional activity demands, grade and adapt activities, and build the basic skills necessary for teaching therapeutic activities to meet the needs of occupational therapy consumers, either individually or in groups. Emphasis will be placed on the use of occupation-based media as a means of understanding a client’s cognitive and functional performance. The significance of context and environment will also be explored in relationship to program planning and implementation of therapeutic interventions. Additional topics include an introduction to note writing and goal development.
Lecture Hours: 16 Lab Hours: 64
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in BIO-168, BIO-173, OTA-107, OTA-120, and OTA-115. Minimum grade of C- in PSY-111, ENG-105, and HSC-113. Minimum grade of C- in SPC-112 or SPC-101. Minimum grade of C- in MAT-156 or MAT-110.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $792.00
OTA-105 OTA and Professional Issues I
2 credits—This is the first of three courses that focuses on the various aspects of professional issues which will allow the student increase their skills as they transition to a clinician. The course will focus on various types of documentation, advocacy, types of research, and locating, selecting, and comprehending scholarly reports.
Lecture Hours: 32
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in OTA-120, OTA-115, BIO-168, and BIO-173. Minimum grade of C- in HSC-113, PSY-111, and ENG-105. Minimum grade of C- in SPC-112 or SPC-101. Minimum grade of C- in MAT-156 or MAT-110.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $843.00
OTA-107 Introduction to Occupational Therapy
3 credits—This course introduces the key concepts of occupational therapy a health and wellness profession. The roles of occupational therapists are explored, including traditional and emerging health care, community-based, and education settings. The course will introduce foundational and philosophical concepts, professional ethics, and emergence of occupational therapy practitioners. Students will participate in activities to developing an understanding of the occupational therapy process and the skills needed by a healthcare professional.
Lecture Hours: 48
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in BIO-168. Minimum grade of C- in HSC-113, PSY-111, and ENG-105. Minimum grade of C- in MAT-156 or MAT-110.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $937.00
OTA-115 OTA and Pathophysiology
3 credits—Pathology and general health management of diseases and injuries across the lifespan are encountered in occupational therapy treatment settings and the occupational therapy practice framework. Includes etiology, symptoms, and the client's physical and psychological reactions to disease and injury.
Lecture Hours: 48
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in BIO-168. Minimum grade of C- in PSY-111, HSC-113, and ENG-105. Minimum grade of C- in MAT-156 or MAT-110.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $702.00
OTA-120 Neuroanatomy for the OTA
3 credits—This course provides a comprehensive study and in-depth knowledge of the structure and function of the central, peripheral, somatosensory, motor, and autonomic nervous systems. Special emphasis is placed on examining the functions of the nervous system and the neurological basis of dysfunction related to occupational performance.
Lecture Hours: 48
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in BIO-168. Minimum grade of C- in PSY-111 and ENG-105. Minimum grade of C- in SPC-112 or SPC-101. Minimum grade of C- in MAT-156 or MAT-110.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $1,042.00
OTA-201 Pediatrics and Occupation
3 credits—The first in a sequence of courses addressing conditions causing disruption of occupational behaviors, skills, and life roles in humans throughout the lifespan. This course presents occupational and developmental frameworks for understanding the occupational nature of infants and children through the adolescent period, their families and caregivers. Means of applying the occupational therapy process by the occupational therapy assistant is studied within the contexts of a variety of disorders, conditions, and circumstances affecting this period of human development.
Lecture Hours: 48
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in OTA-102, and OTA-103, and OTA-105.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $702.00
OTA-202 Pediatric OTA Skills
3 credits—Structured experiential learning will provide opportunities for the student to solidify knowledge, develop and practice professional skills and behaviors utilized in the occupational therapy process with infants and children through the adolescent period and their families in a variety of settings.
Lecture Hours: 16 Lab Hours: 64
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in OTA-102, and OTA-103, and OTA-105.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $978.00
OTA-204 Pediatric Psychosocial Conditions and Occupations
1 credits—The first in a sequence of courses addressing psychosocial conditions causing disruption of occupational behaviors, skills, and life roles in humans throughout the lifespan. This course presents occupational and developmental frameworks for understanding the occupational nature of infants and children through the adolescent period, their families and caregivers. Means of applying the occupational therapy process by the occupational therapy assistant is studied within the contexts of a variety of mental health disorders, conditions, and circumstances affecting this period of human development.
Lecture Hours: 16
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of C in OTA-102, and OTA-103, and OTA-105.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $234.00
OTA-221 Level I Fieldwork Pediatrics
1 credits—Students will be participant-observers in settings providing occupational therapy services to children and/or adolescents. Emphasis will be placed on development of professional work habits and supervisory collaboration.
Co-op Hours: 64
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in OTA-102, and OTA-103, and OTA-105.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $234.00
OTA-222 OTA and Professional Issues II
1 credits—This is the second of three courses that focuses on the various aspects of professional issues which will allow the student increase their skills as they transition to a clinician. This course will concentrate on principles of teaching and learning process in various settings, health literacy, advocacy, billing, measuring outcomes and documentation, supervision, communication, health and wellness for the client and occupational therapy practitioner, managing one’s career, and intraprofessional role of occupational therapist and occupational therapy assistant.
Lecture Hours: 16
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in OTA-102, and OTA-103, and OTA-105.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $234.00
OTA-311 Adult Psychosocial Conditions and Occupations
2 credits—The second in a sequence of courses addressing psychosocial conditions causing disruption of occupational behaviors, skills, and life roles in humans throughout the lifespan. This course presents theoretical frameworks and models for understanding the occupational nature of early to middle adulthood at home, at work, and in the community. Approaches to applying the occupational process by the occupational therapy assistant is studied within the contexts of a variety of psychosocial disorders and conditions, and circumstances affecting this period of human development.
Lecture Hours: 32
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in OTA-201, and OTA-202, and OTA-204, and OTA-221, and OTA-222.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $468.00
OTA-312 Adult Psychosocial OTA Skills
2 credits—Structured experiential learning will provide opportunities for the student to solidify knowledge, develop and practice professional skills and behaviors utilized in the occupational therapy process for individuals experiencing disruption in social, emotional and interactional abilities needed for adaptive occupational performance. Both individual and group intervention strategies are explored.
Lecture Hours: 16 Lab Hours: 32
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in OTA-201, and OTA-202, and OTA-204, and OTA-221, and OTA-222.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $903.00
OTA-313 Level I Fieldwork Psychosocial
1 credits—Students will be participant-observers in settings providing occupational therapy services to adult consumers with psychosocial conditions. Emphasis will be placed on application of didactic information, development of professional work habits, and supervisory collaboration.
Co-op Hours: 64
Pre/Co-requisite(s): A minimum grade of C in OTA-201, OTA-202, OTA-204, OTA-221, and OTA-222.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $234.00
OTA-314 Management and the OTA
3 credits—This course will investigate the business and management issues as well as the role and responsibility of the occupational therapy assistant. Topics include literacy education, teaching and learning process for educational settings, evidence-based practice, leadership and management in occupational therapy, organizational planning, culture in the work place, changes that occur, management and supervision, financing and budgeting, professional standards, ethical and legal considerations, interprofessional and intraprofessional relationships.
Lecture Hours: 48
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in OTA-201, and OTA-202, and OTA-204, and OTA-221, and OTA-222.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $702.00
OTA-315 Adult Physical Conditions and Occupations
2 credits—The second in a sequence of courses addressing physical conditions causing disruption of occupational skills and life roles in humans throughout the lifespan. This course presents theoretical frameworks and models of practice for understanding the occupational nature of early to middle adulthood at home, work and in the community. Approaches for applying the occupational process by the occupational therapy assistant is studied within the contexts of a variety of physical disorders including conditions, and circumstances affecting this period of human development.
Lecture Hours: 32
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in OTA-311, and OTA-312, and OTA-313, and OTA-314.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $468.00
OTA-316 Physical OTA Skills
2 credits—Structured experiential learning will provide opportunities for the student to solidify knowledge, develop and practice professional behaviors utilized in the occupational therapy process for individuals experiencing disruption in motor and sensory-perceptual abilities needed for adaptive occupational performance.
Lecture Hours: 16 Lab Hours: 32
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in OTA-311, and OTA-312, and OTA-313, and OTA-314.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $811.00
OTA-401 Elders and Occupation
2 credits—The third in a sequence of courses addressing conditions causing disruption of occupational behaviors, skills and life roles in humans throughout the lifespan. This course presents theoretical frameworks and models for understanding the occupational nature of late adulthood at home, at work, and in the community. Approaches to applying the occupational therapy process by the occupational therapy assistant is studied within the context of a variety of disorders, conditions, and circumstances affecting this period of human development.
Lecture Hours: 32
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in OTA-311, and OTA-312, and OTA-313, and OTA-314.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $627.00
OTA-402 OTA Skills for Elders
2 credits—Structured experiential learning will provide opportunities for the student to solidify knowledge, develop and practice professional skills and behaviors utilized in the occupational therapy process with elder consumers in a variety of settings.
Lecture Hours: 16 Lab Hours: 32
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in OTA-311, and OTA-312, and OTA-313, and OTA-314.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $468.00
OTA-403 Level I Fieldwork Physical Dysfunction
1 credits—Students will be participant-observers in settings providing occupational therapy services to adult consumers with physical dysfunction. Emphasis will be placed on development of profesional work habits and supervisory collaboration.
Co-op Hours: 64
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in OTA-311, and OTA-312, and OTA-313, and OTA-314.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $234.00
OTA-502 Level II Fieldwork A
5 credits—The first of two courses consisting of 8 weeks of full-time community-based clinical education. Students will participate in the delivery of occupational therapy services, in collaboration and with supervision from a currently licensed or credentialed occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant. They will work with individuals at different point of the lifespan, experiencing disruption of occupational performance.
Co-op Hours: 320
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in OTA-315, and OTA-316, and OTA-401, and OTA-402, and OTA-403.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $1,255.00
OTA-503 Level II Fieldwork B
5 credits—The second of two courses consisting of 8 weeks of full time community-based clinical education. Students will participate in the delivery of occupational therapy services, in collaboration and with supervision from a currently licensed or credentialed occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant. They will work with individuals at different points of the lifespan, experiencing disruption of occupational performance.
Co-op Hours: 320
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in OTA-502 including a passing score of the AOTA Fieldwork Performance Evaluation (FWPE) for the Occupational Therapy Assistant Student.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $1,295.00
OTA-504 Student to Clinician
1 credits—This course is the final course of three for aspects of professionalism which focuses on the various topics as a student increases their skills with transitioning to a clinician. The course will concentrate communicating the distinct nature of occupational therapy to variety of individuals, increasing knowledge of the occupational therapy practice’s aspect of business management, process of the requirements credentialing for and licensure, competency-based supervisory process, scholarly activity and communication of information, strategies for ongoing professional development in practice and academic settings, and professional responsibility in regards to liability.
Lecture Hours: 16
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in OTA-502 including a passing score of the AOTA Fieldwork Performance Evaluation (FWPE) for the Occupational Therapy Assistant Student.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $234.00
