OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY (OCCT)

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Courses

OCCT 704.  Research in Occupational Science and Therapy.  3 Credits.  

Examination of research approaches and issues within occupational science and occupational therapy. Development of skills in writing research proposals and applying research results to insure evidence-based practice.

Rules & Requirements  
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
OCCT 720A.  Fieldwork II.  6 Credits.  

Direct experience with clients/patients in varied service treatment settings. Experience will include adult disabilities.

Rules & Requirements  
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
OCCT 720B.  Fieldwork II.  6 Credits.  

Direct experience with clients/patients in varied service treatment settings. Experience will include adult disabilities.

Rules & Requirements  
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
OCCT 725.  Human Capacities: Body Structures and Functions I.  3 Credits.  

An introduction to the structures, functions, and processes of the human body that support participation. Mental and sensory processing, digestion, reproduction, endocrine, and immune responses that support occupation are explored.

Rules & Requirements  
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
OCCT 726.  Human Capacities: Body Structures and Functions II.  3 Credits.  

An introduction to the structures, functions, and processes of the human body that support participation. The focus is on motor and somatosensory capacities and the structures related to those functions.

Rules & Requirements  
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
OCCT 727.  Perspectives on Disability and Health I.  2 Credits.  

An exploration of the biological and phenomenological aspects of specific mental and physical health conditions that may be experienced by children, adolescents, and young adults.

Rules & Requirements  
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
OCCT 728.  Perspectives on Disability and Health II.  2 Credits.  

This course addresses the biological and phenomenological aspects of specific mental and physical health conditions that may be experienced by adults.

Rules & Requirements  
Requisites: Prerequisite, OCCT 727.  
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
OCCT 729.  Perspectives on Disability and Health III: Older Adults.  3 Credits.  

Complex health conditions and changes affecting older adults' capacity to engage in meaningful occupations. Biomedical and narrative perspectives.

Rules & Requirements  
Requisites: Prerequisites, OCCT 727 and 728.  
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
OCCT 736.  Occupational Therapy Practice Environments.  3 Credits.  

Overview of OT practice settings, professional organizations, and regulatory bodies. Factors influencing practice, including legislation, reimbursement, documentation, and culture of communities. Ethics, confidentiality, self-awareness, teamwork, and professionalism in practical settings.

Rules & Requirements  
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
OCCT 755.  Foundations of Occupational Therapy Practice.  4 Credits.  

Introduction of core foundations for occupation-centered occupational therapy practice. Students learn fundamentals of professional communication and behavior, therapeutic use of self, clinical reasoning, activity analysis, theory, and evidence-based practice.

Rules & Requirements  
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
OCCT 756.  Therapeutic Processes I.  3 Credits.  

Occupational therapy majors only. This course focuses on occupational therapy practice with children, adolescents, and young adults who have disabilities or health problems that inhibit occupational performance and/or social participation, across a variety of situations.

Rules & Requirements  
Requisites: Prerequisites, OCCT 755 and 765L.  
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
OCCT 757.  Therapeutic Processes II.  3 Credits.  

A focus on occupational therapy practice with adults that have physical and/or mental health conditions that impact their participation in occupations.

Rules & Requirements  
Requisites: Prerequisite, OCCT 727.  
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
OCCT 766L.  Therapeutic Processes Lab I.  2 Credits.  

Occupational therapy majors only. Provides opportunities for students to practice and begin developing key clinical skills in assessment, intervention planning, intervention strategies, and documentation in practice with children, adolescents, and young adults.

Rules & Requirements  
Requisites: Prerequisites, OCCT 755 and 765L.  
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
OCCT 767L.  Therapeutic Processes Lab II.  1 Credits.  

This applied lab addresses the content and technical skills of practice with adults who encounter occupational therapy due to various life and health conditions.

Rules & Requirements  
Requisites: Prerequisite, OCCT 766L.  
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
OCCT 770.  Occupational Science.  2 Credits.  

Introduction to the philosophical tenets of occupational science and their application to occupational therapy. The course highlights the multiplicity of interconnected factors which generate participation in occupational situations.

Rules & Requirements  
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
OCCT 771.  Life Course I: Early Years.  2 Credits.  

Changing capacities for engagement with occupations and occupational opportunities during childhood, adolescents, and early adulthood.

Rules & Requirements  
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
OCCT 772.  Life Course II: Adulthood.  1 Credits.  

Examination of the patterns of participation through occupational engagement with families, communities, workplace, and other social structures in the middle years of the life course.

Rules & Requirements  
Requisites: Prerequisite, OCCT 771.  
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
OCCT 773.  Life course III: Older Adults.  3 Credits.  

Changing capacities for engagement with occupations and occupational opportunities during older adulthood. Strategies for compensation and adaptation.

Rules & Requirements  
Requisites: Prerequisites, OCCT 771 and 772.  
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
OCCT 781.  Environments and Technologies.  2 Credits.  

Occupational therapy majors only. Exploration of environmental dimensions of performance. Learn to use assistive and rehabilitation technologies in practice. Students assess situational impact on performance, modify the environment for therapeutic effect, and utilize technology.

Rules & Requirements  
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
OCCT 836.  Community Level OT Practice.  3 Credits.  

This course develops the students' understanding of social systems, how they function, and are perpetuated through everyday practices. Students partner with community entities to identify strengths, resources, and service gaps and develop a response.

Rules & Requirements  
Requisites: Prerequisites, OCCT 727, 728, 757.  
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
OCCT 837.  Professional Development and Transition to Practice.  2 Credits.  

Professional understanding and skills to assess practice context, plan programs, and management of profession interpersonal relationship for collaboration and service delivery.

Rules & Requirements  
Requisites: Prerequisite, OCCT 736.  
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
OCCT 896.  Independent Study: Occupational Therapy and Science.  1-15 Credits.  

Elective. Independent study to pursue specific interests and topics. Faculty supervision. May be repeated for credit.

Rules & Requirements  
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
OCCT 990.  Applied Research Seminar I.  1 Credits.  

Applied Research Seminar with particular focus on the application of the scientific process to address an identified clinical problem.

Rules & Requirements  
Requisites: Prerequisite, OCCT 704.  
Grading Status: Letter grade.  
OCCT 992.  Master's Applied Research Experience.  3 Credits.  

Collaborative research projects in occupational science or occupational therapy. Emphasis on data collection, analysis, and professional communications of research findings.

OCCT 993.  Master's Research and Thesis.  3 Credits.  

Permission of the department.

Rules & Requirements  
Repeat Rules: May be repeated for credit.