Program Description
The Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) in Center City is a program for students who have earned a bachelor’s degree in a field other than occupational therapy, or for those students enrolled in Jefferson's 3 + 3 Bachelor's to Doctor of Occupational Therapy program. The curriculum follows a traditional weekday format and is completed in 33 months, including fieldwork.
PLEASE NOTE: Students who entered OTD-CC program prior to Fall 2023 should consult their Department Handbook for their curriculum.
Curriculum: 33 months, 108 credits
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| OT 502 | Applied Anatomy & Kinesiology | 4 |
| OT 511 | Health & Health Conditions | 3 |
| OT 521 | Founda for Occ Ctrd Prac I | 2 |
| OT 536 | Occ Through the Life Span | 5 |
| OT 540 | Domains OT Practice: Fieldwork | 1 |
| OT 700 | Sem: Critical Occup Therapy | 1 |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| OT 508 | Neuroscience Foundations of OT | 4 |
| OT 522 | Found of Occupation- Practice | 2 |
| OT 557 | Evaluation Process | 4 |
| OT 560 | Environmental Competence | 3 |
| OT 562 | Environmental Comp in Action | 1 |
| OT 577 | Histor Analysis-Theory | 3 |
| OT 701 | Expl of Doctoral Level OT Prac | 1 |
| Credits | 18 | |
| Summer | ||
| OT 541 | Occ Analysis/Eval Field Lvl I | 2 |
| OT 603 | Research Design | 4 |
| OT 667 | Health Services Administration | 2 |
| Credits | 8 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| OT 640 | Inter: Enhn Hmn Per: Fldwrk L1 | 1 |
| OT 641 | Inter: Enhn Soc Prt: Fldwrk L1 | 1 |
| OT 652 | Inter: Enhan Hum Perf Prac/Lab | 5 |
| OT 658 | Inter: Enhan Soc Partici / Lab | 3 |
| OT 660 | Inter: Support Learning Occup | 3 |
| OT 703 | ProfessionalPracticeInquiryOT | 3 |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| OT 704A | Evidence-Based Prac & DDDMP I | 2 |
| OT 780 | Fieldwork Level II A | 9 |
| Credits | 11 | |
| Summer | ||
| Summer 1 | ||
| OT 704B | Evidence-Based Prac & DDDMP II (online April-June) | 2 |
| OT 781 | Fieldwork Level II B | 9 |
| Summer 2 | ||
| OT 705 | AdvEv Based Practice | 4 |
| OT 706 | VisPrac:CreateMeasureOutcomes | 3 |
| OT 707 | OTD Capstone:Prep for Exp/Proj | 2 |
| Credits | 20 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| OT 715 | Doctoral Cap Prep: Final Steps | 2 |
| OT 720 | Doctoral Capstone Seminar A | 7 |
| Credits | 9 | |
| Spring | ||
| OT 721 | Doctoral Capstone Seminar B | 9 |
| Credits | 9 | |
| Total Credits | 107 | |