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Curriculum Overview
The MSOT curriculum is designed to be a fulltime lockstep professional program consisting of four semesters of didactic work followed by two semesters of fulltime academic fieldwork experience. The entire program is intended to be completed over six consecutive semesters beginning in the fall of Year I and concluding in the summer of Year II.
Curriculum at a Glance
| MSOT PROFESSIONAL YEAR 1 | ||
| Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
Summer 2025 (10 |
| OTH 500 Human Capacities I (6 credits) | OTH 525 Human Capacities II (3 credits) | OTH 535 Environment, Technology, and Occupation (3 credits) |
| OTH 505 Foundations of Inquiry 1 (3 credits) | OTH 530 Occupation-based Interventions I: Infants, Children, and Adolescents (6 credits) | OTH 550 Occupation-based Interventions II: Adults (6 credits) |
| OTH 510 Introduction to Occupation and Occupational Therapy (4 credits) | OTH 540 Foundations of Inquiry II (3 credits) | OTH 560 Level IB Fieldwork: Adults and Older Adults (1 credit) |
| OTH 515 Psychosocial Processes Across the Life Course (3) | OTH 545 Level IA Fieldwork: Infants, Children, and Adolescents (1 credit) | OTH 565 Level IC Fieldwork: Non- traditional (1 credit) |
| OTH 520 Professional Seminar (2 credits) | OTH 555 Occupation-based Health Promotion and Chronic Condition Management (3 credits) | *OTH 570 Professional Seminar II (2 credits) (Will be moving to Fall 2025) |
| IPE Passport (0 credit hrs.) Complete a minimum of 4 Passport Activities by end of Fall Year 2 | ||
| Total = 18 | Total = 16 | Total = 13 |
| MSOT PROFESSIONAL YEAR 2 | ||
| Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
Summer 2025 |
| OTH 605 Occupation-based Interventions III: Older Adults (6 credits) |
OTH 635 Level II Fieldwork A (6 credits) |
OTH 640 Level II Fieldwork B (6 credits) |
| OTH 610 OT Management and Entrepreneurship (4 credits) | ||
| OTH 615 Foundations of Inquiry III (3 credits) | ||
| OTH 625 Level ID Fieldwork: Mental Health (1 credit) | ||
| *OTH 570 Professional Seminar II (2 credits) (Will be taught here in Fall 2025) |
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| Total = 14 | Total = 6 |
Total = 6 |
Total: 73 credits
Contact Information
Heather Fritz, PhD, OTR/L CHC
Associate Professor and Founding Director
School of Occupational Therapy
MultiCare Learning Center, Room 107
hfritz@pnwu.edu
509-249-7956
Jami Flick, PhD, MS, OTR/L
Director of Clinical Education
School of Occupational Therapy
MultiCare Learning Center, Room 123
jflick@pnwu.edu
509-249-7956
Kathleen Carrillo, BSHM
Executive Assistant
School of Occupational Therapy
MultiCare Learning Center, Room 105
kcarrillo@pnwu.edu
509-249-7839