Curriculum

Degree Requirements

• Completion of the Doctor of Occupational Therapy curriculum (totaling 113 semester hours) with a passing grade in each course and a minimum 3.00 cumulative grade point average.
• Successful demonstration of professional performance standards throughout the student’s time in the OTD Program.
• Successful completion of Level I fieldwork, Level II fieldwork, and the doctoral capstone experience.
• Recommendation by the faculty of the Occupational Therapy Program, with final verification by the Program Director.
• Payment of all financial obligations to the University.         

Graduation

All students must apply for graduation. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of all program, college, and university degree requirements as published in the catalog, and to ensure that such requirements have been met or that appropriate waivers have been secured and filed in the Registrar’s Office. The application for graduation must be filed with the Registrar’s Office one term prior to the expected date of graduation.

The College awards degrees at the end of the semester in which all degree requirements have been met. These requirements are outlined in each program of study’s individual policy sections in this Handbook.

A commencement ceremony is held annually at the end of the spring semester. Only students who have met all degree requirements are eligible to participate.