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Occupational Therapy Assistant

Health Career Admissions
Program Code: GOTA AAS

Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.)
Minimum graduation requirement — 72 semester hours

The Occupational Therapy Assistant Program prepares the student to practice occupational therapy at the assistant level. OT assistants work with clients who have physical, cognitive, and emotional impairments to improve and support functional performance in daily activities. Employment opportunities are located in hospitals, clinics, extended care facilities, school systems, day-care centers, and home health care. Upon successful completion of the program, graduates ar eligible to take the certification examination given by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT) to become a certified occupational therapy assistant (COTA). Licensure for COTAs is also required for practice by the state of Illinois. This program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc., 4720 Montgomery Lane, P.O. Box 31220, Bethesda, MD 20824-1220, 301/652-AOTA.

Program Notes
• This is a selective admissions program — you must be admitted into the program before taking OTA courses. Assessment into ENG 101, MAT 095, and college-level reading (83 or above on COMPASS)  is required for admission to the program. See a counselor/advisor or the health professions recruiter to advise you through the application process.  
• Credit/no-credit options are not available for BIO, ENG, or OTA courses. Students are required to keep a current CPR card, 2.0 minimum GPA, a C or higher in all OTA and BIO courses, and a passing clinical grade in all OTA courses.
• All Level II fieldwork requirements for OTA 213 or OTA 217 must be completed by the end of the following semester in order to progress and/or graduate from the program. Fieldwork II alternates may be required to take OTA 213 and OTA 217 in a different sequence.

Suggested Full-time Sequence
FALL 1st Semester OTA 111 OTA 112 BIO 121 PSY 101 SOC 101	SPRING 2nd Semester OTA 113 OTA 114 OTA 115 BIO 122 ENG 101 PSY 209
FALL 3rd Semester OTA 211 OTA 212 OTA 213 OTA 214 ENG 102	SPRING 4th Semester OTA 215 OTA 216 OTA 217 OTA 218 Focus elective

Requirements	Credit Hours
Required Program Courses (45 hours)
OTA 111 Introduction to Occupational Therapy	3
OTA 112 Therapeutic Media (Fieldwork I Experience)	3
OTA 113 Health and Occupation I	3
OTA 114 Therapeutic Process I	3
OTA 115 Fieldwork I/Clinic II	4
OTA 211 Health and Occupation II	3
OTA 212 Therapeutic Process II	3
OTA 213 Fieldwork II/Clinic I	5
OTA 214 Occupational Therapy Theory	3
OTA 215 Health and Occupation III	3
OTA 216 Therapeutic Process III	3
OTA 217 Fieldwork II/Clinic II	6
OTA 218 Therapeutic Groups	3
Other Required Courses (8 hours)
BIO 121 Anatomy and Physiology I	4
BIO 122 Anatomy and Physiology II	4
Required General Education Core Courses (19 hours)
ENG 101 Composition I	3
ENG 102 Composition II	3
PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology	4
PSY 209 Human Growth and Development	3
SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology	3
Focus elective	3
Total Semester Credit Hours	67
Focus Electives (Choose one 3-hour course from the following)
PSY 103 Adult Development and Aging	3
PSY 201 Psychology of Personality	3
PSY 203 Abnormal Psychology	3
PSY 207 Introduction to Child Psychology	3
PSY 208 Adolescent Psychology	3
SOC 102 Social Problems	3
SOC 202 Sociology of Deviant Behavior	3
SOC 203 Intergroup Relations in Diverse Societies	3