Health Sciences
5-Year Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapy (OT) professionals work with people of all ages, helping them to adapt to
their work and home environments following injury, illness or developmental or psychological
impairment. Occupational therapy professionals play an active role in assisting people as they
regain, develop and improve the skills necessary to live independent, productive and satisfying
lives.
Occupational therapy is not an undergraduate major. Dominican has a partnership with Rush University where students earn both a bachelor’s degree from Dominican and a Master of Science in occupational therapy from Rush University through an accelerated five-year program.
This is a competitive, selective program in which only two students from Dominican per year may be admitted. This program requires that students apply independently for admission to the Rush University OT program.
Students must complete all application materials by September of their third year at Dominican. Rush University courses begin the following June.
For the Rush University accelerated program, students complete all core curriculum, seminar (with exception of senior seminar) and general education requirements during their three years at Dominican.
The OT graduate courses at Rush University also satisfy the remainder of the undergraduate requirements at Dominican.
When the fourth year of study has been completed successfully at Rush University, students are awarded a bachelor’s degree from Dominican. To graduate with a bachelor’s degree from Dominican, students will need to have completed 100 semester hours of credit by the end of their junior year at Dominican.
Subsequent to an additional five quarters at Rush University, students also receive a Master of Science degree in occupational therapy.
Note: The OT program is housed in Dominican’s Psychology Department.
Occupational therapy is not an undergraduate major. Dominican has a partnership with Rush University where students earn both a bachelor’s degree from Dominican and a Master of Science in occupational therapy from Rush University through an accelerated five-year program.
This is a competitive, selective program in which only two students from Dominican per year may be admitted. This program requires that students apply independently for admission to the Rush University OT program.
Students must complete all application materials by September of their third year at Dominican. Rush University courses begin the following June.
For the Rush University accelerated program, students complete all core curriculum, seminar (with exception of senior seminar) and general education requirements during their three years at Dominican.
The OT graduate courses at Rush University also satisfy the remainder of the undergraduate requirements at Dominican.
When the fourth year of study has been completed successfully at Rush University, students are awarded a bachelor’s degree from Dominican. To graduate with a bachelor’s degree from Dominican, students will need to have completed 100 semester hours of credit by the end of their junior year at Dominican.
Subsequent to an additional five quarters at Rush University, students also receive a Master of Science degree in occupational therapy.
Note: The OT program is housed in Dominican’s Psychology Department.
Dominican University
7900 West Division St.,
River Forest, IL 60305
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