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ACU Occupational Therapy Graduate Degrees

Applications are currently open for the Fall 2024 start date through OTCAS. We review completed applications on an ongoing basis until each cohort is filled. Applicants are encouraged to apply early to be considered for scholarships and other departmental incentives.
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Applications are currently open for the Fall 2024 start date through OTCAS. We review completed applications on an ongoing basis until each cohort is filled. Applicants are encouraged to apply early to be considered for scholarships and other departmental incentives.

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Earn Your OT Degree from ACU

Leading and serving others through faith, graduate occupational therapy students at ACU receive training in research techniques applicable in the field and beyond, hone their skills in multiple applied settings, and develop a specialty in clinical practice, research, administration, leadership, program and policy development, advocacy, education, or theory development. 

Masters
  • Two-years (full-time; 69 hours)
  • Two-part supervised fieldwork experiences
    • Level I: Three fieldwork experiences
    • Level II: Two-12 week assignments in OT settings
  • One-to-one faculty-student mentorship
Doctoral
  • 29 months (full-time; 85 hours)
  • Two 12-week supervised fieldwork rotations
  • 14-week specialized doctoral capstone
  • One-to-one faculty-student mentorship

Rolling Admission: Qualified applications are reviewed until the cohort is filled. For the fall start date, we generally close applications by April 1.

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Dynamic Careers in Occupational Therapy

Upon earning your bachelor’s degree, you have two paths to enter the field: a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy or a Doctor of Occupational Therapy, which blends similar competencies with research, leadership skills, policy and program development knowledge, and mentorship. Once on the job, occupational therapists assist individuals who, through physical illness, injury, age, or a congenital or developmental disability, experience difficulties in carrying out activities of daily living. 

Accreditation

MSOT:

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 6116 Executive Boulevard, Suite 200, North Bethesda, MD 20852-4929. ACOTE’s telephone number c/o AOTA is 301-652-6611, and its web address is www.acoteonline.org.

OTD:

The entry-level Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) program at ACU is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), located at 6116 Executive Boulevard, Suite 200, North Bethesda, MD 20852-4929. ACOTE’s telephone number c/o AOTA is (301) 652-AOTA and its web address is www.acoteonline.org.

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).

After successful completion of this exam, the individual will be an Occupational Therapist, Registered (OTR). In addition, all 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 conviction may affect a graduate’s ability to sit for the NBCOT certification examination or attain state licensure.