Occupational Therapy, OTD

Degree Requirements

The entry-level OTD program consists of six semesters and three summer terms of didactic and fieldwork education and doctoral internship. 130 credits are required. The description below provides a semester-by-semester list of the courses and the number of semester credits associated with each course; course descriptions follow later in this section. Successful completion of all courses, fieldwork, and internship is required.

The first two years of the program are delivered on campus in Hillsboro, Ore., while Year 3 is offered in a distance-based learning environment.

Prior to enrolling in each term’s classes, students must successfully complete the previous term’s coursework and be approved to continue study by the School of Occupational Therapy faculty. Prior to enrolling in the OTD program students must have earned a bachelor’s degree.

• OTD 500 - Foundations of Occupation & OT I 4 credit(s)
• OTD 505 - Foundations of Occupation & OT II 4 credit(s)
• OTD 510 - Human Movement for Occupation 4 credit(s)
• OTD 515 - Neuroscience for Occu Performance 3 credit(s)
• OTD 520 - Capstone Experience & Project: Introduction 1 credit(s)
• OTD 521 - Capstone Exp & Project: Exploration 1 credit(s)
• OTD 530 - OT Process-Adults:Psychosoc Challenge I 3 credit(s)
• OTD 535 - OT Process-Adult Psychosoc Challeges II 3 credit(s)
• OTD 540 - Exploration of Occupational Science 3 credit(s)
• OTD 552 - Level I Fieldwork: Psychosocial 1 credit(s)
• OTD 570 - OT Process-Adult Physical Challenges 4 credit(s)
• OTD 581 - Evidence-Based Practice I 3 credit(s)
• OTD 620 - OT Process with Children & Youth I 4 credit(s)
• OTD 625 - OT Process with Children & Youth II 4 credit(s)
• OTD 630 - Community Based Practice I 3 credit(s)
• OTD 631 - Community Based Practice II 3 credit(s)
• OTD 640 - Mgmt of Occupational Therapy Services 3 credit(s)
• OTD 645 - Culture & Occupation 2 credit(s)
• OTD 654 - Level I Fieldwork: Child/Adolescent 1 credit(s)
• OTD 656 - Level I Fieldwork: Adulthood 1 credit(s)
• OTD 661 - Level II Fieldwork Seminar 1 credit(s)
• OTD 662 - Integrating the OT Process 3 credit(s)
• OTD 670 - OT Process: Adult: Neurological 4 credit(s)
• OTD 675 - OT Process with Older Adults 4 credit(s)
• OTD 681 - Evidence-Based Practice II 3 credit(s)
• OTD 710 - Occupational Justice 3 credit(s)
• OTD 715 - Practitioner As Educator 3 credit(s)
• OTD 720 - Advances in OT Practice 3 credit(s)
• OTD 750 - Level IIA Fieldwork 12 credit(s)
• OTD 752 - Level IIB Fieldwork 12 credit(s)
• OTD 780 - Scholarship & EBP III 3 credit(s)
• OTD 771 - Capstone Exp & Project: Generation 1 credit(s)
• OTD 772 - Capstone Exp & Project: Development 1 credit(s)
• OTD 773 - Capstone Exp & Project: Collaboration 1 credit(s)
• OTD 774 - Capstone Experience & Project: Proposal 1 credit(s)
• OTD 820 - Transition to Practitioner 2 credit(s)
• OTD 860 - Capstone Experience 14 credit(s)
• OTD 865 - Capstone Project 3 credit(s)
• CHP 515 - Interprofessional Competence 0.5 credit(s)

Graduate Certificate Option: Doctor of Occupational Therapy and Gerontology Certificate

Students pursuing the OTD may apply to earn the Graduate Certificate in Gerontology, either concurrently or following completion of the OTD. The gerontology program is interdiscipliniary and interprofessional with faculty and students from across the health professions.  All gerontology courses are fully online and asynchronous.

The Graduate Certificate in Gerontology is a 15-credit program and can be completed in one year.  Students have up to four years to complete the certificate.

Candidates from the School of Occupational Therapy must go through the formal admission process for the Certificate.