MS Occupational Therapy

The Master of Science in Occupational Therapy (MSOT) is a post-baccalaureate professional program designed to prepare students for licensing as certified occupational therapists. Students benefit from personal attention, strong fieldwork partnerships, and research opportunities in a two-year, full-time program.

The MSOT program has been granted candidacy status by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE).

As a student in the MSOT program, you will benefit from:

• Small class sizes with personal attention, mentoring and career advising from our expert faculty

• Strong fieldwork partnerships 

• Research opportunities with faculty

• Inter-professional education with students in our physical therapy, prosthetics/orthotics, and related health programs

• State-of-the-art OT labs and facilities in our new academic building (see more below)

• Competitive tuition rates compared to other area MSOT programs

The Master of Science in Occupational Therapy program at the University of Hartford requires the following:

• A cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher.

• 10 hours of observation at two occupational therapy-related settings with proper documentation of logged hours.

  • Observation Hours (as called in OTCAS) should be used to explore different settings and populations within the field of occupational therapy. You must complete and provide documentation of at least 10 hours from at least two qualifying experiences.

  • Observation Hour Criteria (must meet both criteria)

    • Direct Interaction: There must be direct interaction with one or more individuals with a disability, illness, and so forth; thus, administrative experiences do not qualify.

    •  Completed within the Past Year: The hours used toward this requirement must have been completed in the past calendar year of the application deadline.

• Two letters of recommendation, including one from a course instructor or academic advisor and one from a supervisor in a professional or other work capacity.

• All prerequisites must be completed with a minimum grade of B- and overall cumulative GPA of 3.0 prior to the start of beginning the program.

Prerequisites

The following are prerequisite courses that must have been completed at the college level in the past five years. This includes university, four-year college or community college courses. It does not include preparatory or advanced placement courses.

• Human Anatomy: (4 credits) one course with laboratory

• Human Physiology: (4 credits) one course with laboratory; Note: when anatomy and physiology are taken as a combined course, two semesters (i.e., 8 credits) are necessary to meet the requirements

• Physics: (4 credits) one course with a laboratory

• Psychology: (9 credits) including general/introduction, developmental, and abnormal

• Sociology: (3 credits) general/introduction

• Statistics: (3 credits) course to include descriptive statistics, correlation, and introduction to inferential statistics