This concentration is only available to students who have been admitted into the Occupational Therapy program via the combined degree application process. Please see the Occupational Therapy web site for more information about this opportunity.
Concentration Requirements
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CMNS 315 | HEALTH COMMUNICATION | 4 |
| HLTH 194 | HUMAN PATHOGENS AND DEFENSE | 4 |
| HLTH 310 | FUNDAMENTALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY | 4 |
| HLTH 335 | COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT | 4 |
| HLTH 336 | PROGRAM EVALUATION | 4 |
| HLTH 360 | INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL HEALTH | 4 |
| OT 413 | MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING 1 | 3 |
| OT 414 | MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING II | 4 |
| OT 416 | LEVEL I FIELDWORK A: MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING | 1 |
| PSY 354 | COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY | 4 |
| Select one Statistics course from the following: | 4 | |
| BIOSTATISTICS | ||
| HEALTH STATISTICS | ||
| ELEMENTS OF STATISTICS | ||
| STATISTICS I | ||
Concentration Elective
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select one (1) elective from the following list to provide additional focus to your study: | 4 | |
| INTRO TO OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY | ||
| ETHICS FOR HEALTH SCIENCES | ||
| FUNDAMENTALS OF HEALTH EDUCATION | ||
| GAY MEN'S HEALTH MATTERS | ||
| QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH METHODS | ||
| MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH | ||
| HEALTH OF AGING POPULATIONS | ||
| PHYSIOLOGY OF POVERTY | ||
| HEALTH HUMANITIES | ||
| HEALTH LEADERSHIP | ||
| BIOETHICS IN SOCIETY CAPSTONE SEMINAR | ||
| DEATH AND DYING | ||
| FUNDAMENTALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH | ||
| MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF HUMAN DISEASE | ||
| TOPICS IN HEALTH SCIENCES | ||
| MENTORED RESEARCH EXPERIENCE IN HEALTH SCIENCES | ||
| INDEPENDENT STUDY | ||
| GLOBAL ISSUES IN WOMEN'S HEALTH | ||
or ANT 362 | GLOBAL HISTORY OF HEALTH | |
| GENERAL BIOLOGY II FOR SCIENCE MAJORS | ||
| GENERAL BIOLOGY III FOR SCIENCE MAJORS | ||
| INTERNATIONAL MONETARY ECONOMICS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO NEUROSCIENCE | ||
| HEALTH AND NUTRITION | ||
or SOC 370 | SOCIOLOGY OF FOOD | |
| KINESIOLOGY | ||
| HEALTH AND PUBLIC RELATIONS | ||
| HUMAN SEXUALITY | ||
| HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS | ||
| PERSONAL ADJUSTMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH | ||
or PSY 353 | INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND CLINICAL SCIENCE | |
or SOC 353 | SOCIOLOGY OF MENTAL ILLNESS | |
| SOCIOLOGY OF DRUGS | ||
or PSY 363 | SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS AND RECOVERY | |
| INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY I | ||
or PSY 106 | INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY II | |
| CULTURAL ISSUES IN PSYCHOLOGY | ||
| EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN TEAMS AND SMALL GROUPS | ||
or CMNS 251 | ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION | |
or PSY 355 | GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS | |
| PUBLIC HEALTH AND HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR | ||
Occupational Therapy Pre-requisites
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ANT 102 | CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY | 4 |
| BIO 201 | HUMAN ANATOMY | 4 |
| BIO 202 | HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY | 4 |
| HLTH 140 | MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY | 2 |
| NEU 201 | INTRODUCTION TO NEUROSCIENCE | 4 |
| PE 351 | KINESIOLOGY | 4 |
| PSY 106 | INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY II | 4 |
| PSY 303 | HUMAN DEVELOPMENT | 4 |
| PSY 353 | INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND CLINICAL SCIENCE | 4 |
First Year Occupational Therapy Courses
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| OT 411 | THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY | 4 |
| OT 415 | EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE I | 4 |
| OT 421 | INTER-PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION AND TEAMS | 2 |
| OT 431 | NEURO PROCESSING FOR OCCUPATIONAL PERFORMANCE | 4 |
| OT 432 | ETHICS AND ADVOCACY | 4 |
| OT 441 | MOVEMENT AND FUNCTION FOR OCCUPATIONAL PERFORMANCE | 4 |
| OT 451 | POSITIONING AND TECHNOLOGY TO ENABLE OCCUPATIONAL PERFORMANCE | 4 |
Open Electives
Open elective credit also is required to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 192 hours.