Students interested is pursuing degrees in Health Sciences and Occupational Therapy may do so through this unique combined program which may be completed in just over five years. This combined Bachelor's + Master's degree program allows students to complete 38 graduate credit hours while still undergraduates. These 38 graduate credit hours will count toward both the undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Interested students apply to enter DePaul's Occupational Therapy program in their first year of study and if accepted, they begin coursework in Occupational Therapy in their fourth year. Students must choose the Public Health Studies concentration in Health Sciences to pursue this path. See the Health Sciences (BS) and the Occupational Therapy (MS) catalog pages for more detail.