The Occupational Therapy Program at Sacred Heart University requires students to have a background in a variety of physical and social sciences. As such, the following courses are prerequisites for entering our program.- Biology I with lab (4 credits)
- Human Anatomy and Physiology I and II with lab (8 credits *)
- Psychology (3 credits)
- Abnormal psychology (3 credits)
- Life Span Development or Developmental Psychology (Must include the study of the entire life-span, from birth to old age) (3 – 9 credits)
- Sociology (3 credits)
- Statistics (Must include descriptive statistics, probability, confidence intervals, correlation and hypothesis testing) (3 credits *)
- Interpersonal Communication, Group Dynamics, Family Systems (3 credits)
- Diversity or Multicultural Studies (3 credits **)
- Ethics or Bioethics (3 credits **)
It is highly recommended that the students take Physics with Lab elective for 4 credits, and a neuroscience elective for 4 credits
* Must have taken within the past ten years
** For Adult Student Applicants; may be taken concurrently with the program but must be completed by the beginning of the student's second level II Fieldwork.