Dec 03, 2024  
2024-2025 Course Catalog 
  
2024-2025 Course Catalog

4+2 Biology B.S. to Master of Occupational Therapy


Students who are admitted to the 4+2 Master’s in Occupational Therapy (MSOT)  program enter the University as first-year students and successful candidates earn a bachelor’s degree in Biology   and Master of Occupational Therapy degree in a total of six years.

The first four years of the program are devoted to undergraduate coursework. The student will take courses in the major, prerequisite coursework for the MSOT program, and general education courses and will earn a bachelor’s degree in Biology. Upon completion of their B.S. in Biology, students will apply to the University of Hartford, where there are two admissions vacancies in the master’s program for qualified USJ students.

Requirements


  • All requirements of Biology, B.S.  degree
  • Complete 27 credits of course prerequisites for the M.S.O.T. included in the B.S. degree
  • All prerequisite courses completed with an overall GPA of 3.0. (BIOL 241, BIOL 242, MATH 110, PHYS 130, PSYC 100, PSYC 238, PSYC 368, SOCL 101)
  • Applicants must demonstrate a minimum of 10 hours at two occupational therapy-related settings with proper documentation of logged hours
  • Majors in biology are expected to earn a minimum grade of C or better in each biology course and a C- or better in each required supporting course with labs