Augustana Pre-Occupational Therapy

Pre-Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapists help patients regain control over important job-related or day-to-day functions that may have been impaired through accident, disease, or birth trauma. Augustana’s pre-occupational therapy program is fantastic and our students have had a 100% acceptance rate in to graduate programs. Our pre-OT program includes courses in biology, psychology, chemistry and physics. The flexibility of the pre-OT curriculum allows a student to satisfy entrance requirements to any of the occupational therapy schools in the country and it prepares students for success both in graduate school and in their career.

One characteristic that almost all occupational therapy schools have in common is the desire for applicants to have a good understanding of the field, especially through clinical observations. Augustana assists our pre-occupational therapy students in gaining clinical experience. This allows students to get valuable insight into the profession during their years at Augie. The clinical experience required for entrance into occupational therapy programs is made available through the college at a variety of clinics in the Quad-Cities area and beyond.

Augustana offers two program options in pre-occupational therapy:

1. 3+2 program in conjunction with Washington University in St. Louis. In this program, students spend their first three years at Augustana and receive a B.A. degree with a major in either biology or psychology upon successful completion of the first year of the Washington University program. After a second year of graduate work they receive an M.S. in occupational therapy.

2. Four-year B.A. program (nearly any major) at Augustana followed by graduate work in occupational therapy. Students who choose this option may apply to any graduate program n the country or take advantage of an articulation agreement with Washington University in St. Louis. Augustana graduates who have met established criteria have a significant admissions advantage over students from other schools. Augustana College is the only undergraduate institution in the country with an articulation agreement with Washington University’s occupational therapy program.

Our new $23 million science complex secures Augustana’s place among the nation’s most respected centers of undergraduate instruction in science and the pre-health professions. The science building offers students the latest in high tech labs and research facilities, including the human cadaver dissection lab. Cadaver dissection offers pre-professional students an additional edge in preparation for optometry school as Augustana is one of the few undergraduate schools in the country to offer this hands-on opportunity to its students.

For more information contact:
Augustana Admissions
E-mail: admissions@augustana.edu