The occupational therapist is a health professional who aids people in acquiring and maintaining life tasks which include motor skills, interpersonal skills, self-care abilities, work-related skills, and the use of leisure time. When these skills fail to develop or are limited due to illness or injury, occupational therapy may be utilized to train or restore some of these functional abilities.
Is this the right career for you? Contact the UWO Counseling Center for personal guidance and recommendations, understanding that the person you are as a college freshman is not the person you'll be upon entrance to chiropractic school.
Pre-occupational therapy students take some science courses along with a number of General Education courses. Accredited occupational therapy programs in Wisconsin are located at University of Wisconsin Madison, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Mount Mary College (Milwaukee) and Concordia University Wisconsin (Mequon). Both UW Madison and UW Milwaukee award Bachelor's degrees in occupational therapy as do Mount Mary and Concordia. Beginning in the fall of 1999, Concordia will offer an OT master's degree and will discontinue the undergraduate OT degree. UW LaCrosse has a program and is in the development/accreditation process now.
Students beginning their course work at UW Oshkosh who plan to become occupational therapists should plan to transfer to one of the above programs after one year. This is important as certain pre-professional courses are not available at UW Oshkosh. All students are encouraged to contact the school they will transfer to early in their college careers.
The following is a sample freshman year for those students planning to transfer to the University of Wisconsin Madison.
| Freshman Year | Freshman Year | ||||
| Semester I | Semester II | ||||
| Biology* | 26-105 | 4 cr. | Biology | 26-230 | 4 cr. |
| English | 38-101 | 3 cr. | Literature | 38-xxx | 3 cr. |
| Math** | 67-104 | 3 cr. | Chemistry+ | 32-101 or 32-105 |
4 cr. 4-5 cr. |
| Anthropology | 21-232 | 3 cr. | Statistics++ | 3 cr. | |
| Psychology | 86-101 | 3 cr. | Interim: Humanities Electives | 3 cr. | |
| 16 cr. | 17-18 cr. | ||||
| * Biology 26-105 is a prerequisite for 26-230 at Oshkosh, but otherwise
is not required by Madison. **Course taken depends on math placement. If not exempt from 67-103, student would have to take this first. + Chemistry 32-101 (4 cr.) may be appropriate if student has not had high school chemistry; otherwise select 32-105. ++Choose from several courses including math 67-201, psychology 86-203 (prerequisite for this course is math 67-104), and sociology 92-181. Math 67-107 is an appropriate statistics course only if the student has not yet taken math beyond 67-103. |
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Pre-occupational therapy students planning to transfer to UW Milwaukee should contact the School of Allied Health Professions. During their freshman year at UW Oshkosh they should plan to complete courses which will fulfill some of Milwaukee's distribution education requirements. These could include English 38-101 (3 cr.), mathematics through 67-104 (3 cr.), two humanities courses (6 cr.), two natural science courses (biology), psychology 86-101 (3 cr.), and psychology 86-205 or sociology 92-151 (3 cr.). See an academic advisor for other pre-professional course suggestions.
Advisor:
(Dempsey 130)
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