Courses & Curriculum

Course Descriptions

A full list of course descriptions can be found on the MUSC Bulletin. Courses for the OTD program are indicated with the prefix OTD.

Curriculum

 
Year  Semester  Course Credit Hours
1 Summer OTD-800 Intro to Occupational Therapy 3
    OTD-802  Therapeutic Interactions  1
    OTD-803 Therapeutic Interactions Lab 1
    OTD-806
 Human Anatomy 5
    OTD-807 Surface Anatomy Lab 1
      Total Semester Hours 11
         
1 Fall OTD-810 Neuroscience 4
    OTD-813 Musculoskeletal I 3
    OTD-813L Musculoskeletal I Lab 2
    OTD-815
 Evidenced-Based Practice I 2
    OTD-817 Pediatrics I 3
    OTD-817L Pediatrics I Lab 1
    IP-711 IP Foundations & Teamstepps 1
      Total Semester Hours 16
         
1 Spring OTD-809 Pathophysiology  3
    OTD-814
 Musculoskeletal II 3
    OTD-814L Musculoskeletal II Lab 1
    OTD-819 Neurorehabilitation I 2
    OTD-819L Neurorehabilitation I Lab 1
    OTD-818 Pediatrics II 3
    OTD-818L Pediatrics II Lab 2
      Total Semester Hours 15
         
2 Summer OTD-830 Leadership and Management I 2
    OTD-820 Neurorehabilitation II 1
    OTD-816
Level I Fieldwork A  1
    OTD-820L Neurorehabilitation II Lab 1
    OTD-825  Evidenced-Based Practice II  1
    OTD-842
Musculoskeletal III   2
    OTD-842L Musculoskeletal III Lab  1
    Total Semester Hours 9
       
2 Fall OTD-831 Leadership and Management II 3
    OTD-835  Scholarship I  1 
    OTD-835S  Scholarship I Seminar   1
    OTD-821 Neurorehabilitation III 3
    OTD-821L   Neurorehabilitation III Lab  1
    OTD-822
Level I Fieldwork B  1
    OTD-840 Psychosocial Practice 2
    OTD-840L  Psychosocial Practice Lab 1
      Total Semester Hours 13
         
2 Spring OTD-805 Population Health 3
    OTD-812 Visionary Leadership 3
    OTD-838  Synthesis of Clinical Skills   1
    OTD-832L
Synthesis Lab  1
    OTD-834  Topics in Aging   1
    OTD-834L  Topics in Aging Lab  1
    OTD-836  Scholarship II  1
    OTD-836S  Scholarship II Seminar  1
    OTD-846
Level I Fieldwork C  1
    IP-###  IP Concentration Course of choice  1
      Total Semester Hours 14
         
3 Summer OTD-854
Level II Fieldwork A  12
         
      Total Semester Hours 12
         
         
 3  Fall OTD-880 Professional Seminar 1
    OTD 839  Level II Fieldwork B  12 
      Total Semester Hours 13
         
 3  Spring OTD-887 Capstone  14
     Total Semester Hours  14
       
    Total Credit Hours:    117