Overview
The rigor and demands of the Occupational Therapy program at Georgia State University match the need for occupational therapy services in a dynamic healthcare system that is highly technological and global.
Features
Unique features of the program:
- Flipped classroom teaching model throughout the curriculum. The material is first introduced outside of class in a flipped classroom – via videos, websites, reading materials, etc. Then, skills that would have been homework in the traditional learning environment are mastered in the classroom with the instructor's assistance.
- Research partnerships with local universities and other schools at Georgia State, such as Georgia State's School of Music, Emory and Georgia Tech.
- Community-based learning opportunities working with at-risk and underserved populations, such as refugees, homeless veterans and adults with serious mental illness.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Human Gross Anatomy for Occupational Therapy
- Medical Conditions across the Lifespan
- Functional Movement Across the Lifespan
- Social and Cultural Determinants of Health and Occupation Across the Lifespan
- Analysis and Adaptation of Occupation
- Neuroscience Assessing Human Performance
- Assistive Technology and Environmental Assessment and Intervention Across the Lifespan
- Neurologic Assessment and Intervention Across the Lifespan
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
- GPA — 3. Your GPA, or Grade Point Average, is a number that indicates how well or how high you scored in your courses on average. Usually a GPA scales between 1.0 and 4.0, however different countries and universities can have different grading systems.
- GRE® — Required. The GRE® General Test is a widely administered admissions test that measures the skills needed in today's graduate and business school programs worldwide. It contains three sections - Verbal Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning, and Analytical Writing. Three scores are reported: a Verbal Reasoning score on a 130 - 170 score scale in one-point increments, a Quantitative Reasoning score on a 130 - 170 score scale in one-point increments, and an Analytical Writing score on a 0 - 6 score scale in half-point increments.
English requirements
- TOEFL® iBT — 90. TOEFL iBT® is accepted by more than 13,000 universities and other institutions in over 160 countries. The test can be taken at a test center or at home. The test measures your English-language abilities in an academic setting. The score refers to the total score of 4 subjects (writing, listening, speaking, and reading), each subject has a range of 0 - 30.
Other requirements
General requirements
The following is a list of minimum requirements for application to the program:
- A bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university with a minimum of a 3.0 cumulative GPA average based on a 4.0 scale for the undergraduate degree.
- GRE within the last five years, including the quantitative, verbal and analytical writing components.
- Three letters of recommendation. At least one from an occupational therapist, one from an academic instructor and one from a work supervisor, academic adviser or other health care professional (not family).
- Documentation of a minimum of 50 hours of work or volunteer experience in at least two different delivery systems, demonstrating exposure to and understanding of the occupational therapist's role.
- Personal statement.
- A resume of professional and volunteer experiences.
- Interview on request from Georgia State.
