Graduate Programs

Occupational Therapy Master's Program (M.S.)

Admission Requirements

• Application Deadline: Feb 1 (Fall 2009)
• 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-baccalaureate study.
  
• Complete the following eight admission prescreening courses with a minimum grade of C:
  
  1. English Composition
  2. Introductory Sociology
  3. Introductory Psychology
  4. Abnormal Psychology
  5. Basic Statistics
  6. Human Anatomy and Physiology I with lab (taken within the last 5 years)
  7. Human Anatomy and Physiology II with lab (taken within the last 5 years)
  8. 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 letters of recommendation. (Hard copies or online recommendations are accepted – hard copies must attach personal assessment form.)
• 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

• 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

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 (6)

Office of Graduate Studies
7800 York Road, Suite 216

Phone: 410-704-2501
Fax: 410-704-4675
E-mail: admissions@towson.edu