Coursework

Baccalaureate Program: Occupational Studies

The program will include 126 semester units which will consist of 51 semester units of general education that are in alignment with the CSU-GE Breadth requirements and 75 semester units of coursework specific to Occupational Therapy Assistant.

Requirements for application: This program is only available to students who have already obtained a degree in Occupational Therapy Assistant from an accredited school.

For a copy of our program brochure, OS Program Brochure.pdf

COURSE SEQUENCE

First semester (Fall)
Units
Psych 210 - Statistics for Behavioral Science
4
OS 301 Therapeutic Approaches to the Older Adult
3
Physics 109 – Survey of General Physics
4
OS 304 Movement Theory & Analysis
3
Second SEMESTER (spring)
Math 319 Quantitative Research Methods for Healthcare Professionals
4
Sociology 100 – Introduction to Sociology
3
CMST 307 Health Communication
3
OS 312 Advanced Practice Areas in OT
3
SUMMER SEMESTER
OS 403 Leadership skills for the OTA
2
third SEMESTER (fall)
Philosophy 108 – Ethics**
3
OS 305 Advanced Pediatric Practice for the OTA
3
OS 325 Applying Research to Occupational Therapy Intervention
3
OS 310 Community-based OT
3
fourth SEMESTER (spring)
OS 412 Capstone seminar
3
OS 410 Healthcare Systems
3
OS 402 Neuro Principles in Human Performance
4
SOC 401 Sociology of Health, Illness, and Healing
3
TOTAL UNITS
126
Bolded Classes are Upper Division. Cost for Upper Division courses = $5,200 ($130 per unit x 40 units in program)
> Non-Bolded Classes are Lower Division. Cost of Lower Division courses = $644 ($46 per unit x 14 units in program). Equivalent classes can be taken at other colleges or before entering the program.
> *All fees and tuition are subject to change by the state legislature, Community College Board of Governors, District Board of Trustees. Required enrollment in additional lower division courses will result in an increase in tuition costs. Any additional requirements will be discussed with individual students during the application process and regularly scheduled counseling appointments.
>**Other Philosophy courses will not be substituted.

Lower Division General Education
There are some general educations courses that will need to be taken in addition to those required by the AS/AA in OTA to meet CSU-GE Breadth requirements and as prerequisites for upper division general education. Students should have transcripts evaluated by one of the SAC career technical education counselors prior to taking additional general education courses.

Coursework

Baccalaureate Program: Occupational Studies

COURSE SEQUENCE​

COURSE SEQUENCE