Prerequisites
All applicants must complete the following courses with a grade of C or better with a
minimum overall pre-requisite GPA of 3.00:
| I. |
English - 6 semester hours; English
Composition and/or writing intensive courses. |
| II. |
Human Anatomy and Physiology (with labs) - 6 semester hours |
| III. |
Social Sciences - 15 semester hours, including: |
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3-6 semester hours: Developmental Psychology or Life Span
Development course(s) covering the life span. Many courses say they cover the life span, but may primarily
focus on one area (e.g., childhood, adolescence, adulthood, or the elderly). Read your bulletin carefully and
take course(s) that prepare you well across the life span. (Many students come more prepared in child
development. You may want to consider a course in adult development to supplement your Developmental Psychology
or Life Span Development course if the emphasis was on children/adolescents). |
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3 semester hours: Abnormal Psychology. |
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6-9 semester hours: Other social sciences (e.g., psychology, sociology, social
psychology, anthropology; theories of personality is highly recommended. Political science, history and
economics courses are not acceptable for this prerequisite requirement). |
| IV. |
Statistics - 3 semester hours - A basic statistics course should
cover, descriptive statistics, t-test, chi-square, analysis of variance (ANOVA), linear regression and
correlative analysis. |
In addition, students are required to have a basic level of computer competence,
the ability to use a personal computer for word processing, e-mail, online bibliographic searches, and Internet
list-serve discussions. It is also helpful for students to be familiar with presentation and spreadsheet software.
A medical terminology class/course is recommended, but not required.
| For the following prerequisite courses, no more than 7 years
must have lapsed from the course completion to the date of enrollment in the Entry-Level Professional
Master's Degree Program in Occupational Therapy: |
| Human Anatomy and Physiology with Lab(s) |
| Life Span Development |
| Abnormal Psychology |
| Statistics |
There is no time limit on how current other prerequisite courses must be.
These are minimum requirements. Applicants are encouraged to take other liberal arts and
science courses to develop intellectual competence, enrich interest areas, and promote awareness of a range of social and
cultural values.
Rare exceptions to the prerequisites will be considered based on clearly
demonstrated knowledge, skills, and abilities comparable to those described. CLEP (College Level Examination
Program) might be best considered. If you have any questions about courses meeting our pre-requisite criteria,
please contact Lawrencine Smith at (804) 828-2219 or at lsmith@vcu.edu
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