Five Year BSHS and MSOT

Perhaps you've been looking at Occupational Therapy and wondering if this is the career path for you. Ask yourself:

Do you...

• Have a calling to serve others?
• Find joy in helping people overcome obstacles and reach their goals?
• Want a career that combines your own passions and interests in productive and meaningful ways?

With the five-year Bachelor of Science in Health Science and Master of Science in Occupational Therapy program, you can help people improve their quality of life, independence, and state of health. In this program, you will:

As a graduate student in the five-year BSHS/MSOT program, you will:

• Learn techniques that can assist in the recovery from or prevention of illness and injury
• Explore what motivates people to accomplish goals and lead a meaningful life
• Discover how everyday activities (occupations) influence emotional, physical, and spiritual health
• Develop the skills, knowledge and values needed for a career helping others
• Position yourself to complete both a bachelor’s and master's degree in Occupational Therapy in just five years

Graduate with accredited BSHS and MSOT degrees.

The entry-level occupational therapy master’s degree program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) located at 4720 Montgomery Lane, Suite 200, Bethesda, MD 20814-3449.  ACOTE’s telephone number c/o AOTA is 301-652-2682. Graduates of the program will be eligible to sit for the national certification examination for the occupational therapist administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT). In addition, most states require licensure in order to practice; however, state licenses are usually based on the results of the NBCOT Certification Examination.  Note that a felony may affect a graduate’s ability to sit for the MBCOT Certification Examination or attain state licensure.

All students in the occupational therapy program at Alvernia University must complete Level II Fieldwork within 24 months of completing undergraduate or prerequisite course work. After passing the NBCOT Certification Examination, the student will be an Occupational Therapist, Registered (OTR) and after attaining state licensure they are entitled to use the designation OTR/L.

For information explaining all of the benefits of earning a degree from an ACOTE accredited program, please visit www.aota.org or www.acoteonline.org

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