Major in Occupational Therapy (90 credits)

Program Requirements

The B.Sc.(Rehabilitation Science); Major in Occupational Therapy emphasizes basic health sciences foundation specific to the practice of Occupational Therapy. The program focuses on occupation and occupational performance in daily life, community rehabilitation, client-centered and evidence based practice, clinical reasoning, ethics, teamwork and professionalism as essential components for the development of a humanistic, ethical, knowledgeable, competent, critical thinking and problem-solving occupational therapist.

Required Courses (75 credits)

• ANAT 315 Clinical Human Musculoskeletal Anatomy (3 credits)

  Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Anatomy & Cell Biology : The regional human gross anatomy of the skeleton, joints, muscles and neurovascular structures of the body as it relates to physical and occupational therapists. Laboratories include the study of prepared cadaveric specimens and the completion of a cadaveric-dissection.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Fall

  • 2 hours lectures, 2 hour laboratory

  • Restriction: Open to students in Physical and Occupational Therapy and Kinesiology. Not open to students who have taken or are taking ANAT 314.

• ANAT 316 Clinical Human Visceral Anatomy (3 credits)

  Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Anatomy & Cell Biology : The gross anatomy of the various organ systems of the human body, with emphasis on those aspects of greatest relevance to physical and occupational therapists. Laboratories include the study of prepared specimens.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Winter

  • Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory

  • Prerequisite: ANAT 315 or permission of instructor

  • Restriction: Open to students in Physical and Occupational Therapy and Kinesiology. Not open to students who have taken or are taking ANAT 214.

• ANAT 321 Circuitry of the Human Brain (3 credits) *

  Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Anatomy & Cell Biology : This course explores the functional organization of the human brain and spinal cord. The course focuses on how neuronal systems are designed to subserve specific motor, sensory, and cognitive operations.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Fall

  • 3 hours lecture

  • Prerequisites: ANAT/BIOC 212 or BIOL 201; and one of PHGY 209, NSCI 200 or PSYC 211; or permission of instructor

• ANAT 323 Clinical Neuroanatomy (3 credits) *

  Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Anatomy & Cell Biology : This course will focus on the structural and functional relationships of the central nervous system. The human neuroanatomy will be introduced via pathological cases and will be illustrated by use of new medical imaging techniques.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Prerequisites for Physical & Occupational Therapy students: ANAT 315 and ANAT 316

  • Prerequisites for Honours Anatomy & Cell Biology students: ANAT 214 and ANAT 314.

  • Restrictions: Restricted to Honours Anatomy & Cell Biology students and Physical & Occupational Therapy students.

  • Not open to students who have taken or are taking ANAT 321.

• IPEA 500 Roles in Interprofessional Teams

  Offered by: Medicine and Health Sciences (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)

  Overview

  IPEA : A half day workshop, including preparatory work, that introduces interprofessional education, interprofessional practice, and the roles of the different healthcare professionals that make up an interprofessional team.

  Terms: Fall 2024

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

• IPEA 501 Communication in Interprofessional Teams

  Offered by: Medicine and Health Sciences (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)

  Overview

  IPEA : A half day workshop, including preparatory work, introducing effective communication and interactions in interprofessional teams.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

• OCC1 245 Introduction to Professional Practice 1 (3 credits)

  Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

  Overview

  Occupational Therapy : Introduction to Occupational Therapy through interactive seminars.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

• OCC1 443 Constructing Mental Health (3 credits)

  Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

  Overview

  Occupational Therapy : This course provides foundational knowledge for occupational therapy practice in psychiatry from a historical and critical perspective. Students will have the opportunity to develop mental health literacy, and apply previously learned concepts for occupation-focused reasoning in the domain of mental illness and mental health.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Prerequisite(s): OCC1 245 & POTH 250

  • Restriction(s): This course is only open to U2 students in the BSc. (Rehab.Sc); Major in Occupational Therapy.

• OCC1 450 Enabling Leisure Occupations (3 credits)

  Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

  Overview

  Occupational Therapy : An examination of the concepts of leisure and play as occupations throughout the lifespan. Students will explore a variety of adapted leisure activities including those available within local community organizations and will appreciate the role of occupational therapy in, and importance of, enabling leisure occupations.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Prerequisite(s): OCC1 245 & POTH 250

  • Restriction(s): This course is only open to students in the BSc. (Rehab.Sc); Major in Occupational Therapy.

• OCC1 500D1 Pre-Clinical Practicum Seminar

  Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

  Overview

  Occupational Therapy : This compulsory seminar course will comprise 5 pre-clinical seminars of two hours each to be offered in the U3/QY year during the Fall term (one seminar; total of 2 hrs) and during the Winter term (4 seminars; total of 8 hrs). This course is a prerequisite for Clinical Practicum 1 and 2 (OCC1 501 and OCC1 502).

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Restriction(s): Open only to students registered in the following programs: BSc Rehabilitation Science (Major Occupational Therapy) and MSc Applied Qualifying Year for Occupational Therapy.

  • Students must register for both OCC1 500D1 and OCC1 500D2.

  • No credit will be given for this course unless both OCC1 500D1 and OCC1 500D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.

• OCC1 500D2 Pre-Clinical Practicum Seminar

  Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

  Overview

  Occupational Therapy : This compulsory seminar course will comprise 5 pre-clinical seminars of two hours each to be offered in the U3/QY year during the Fall term (one seminar; total of 2 hrs) and during the Winter term (4 seminars; total of 8 hrs). This course is a prerequisite for Clinical Practicum 1 and 2 (OCC1 501 and OCC1 502).

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Restriction(s): Open only to students registered in the following programs: BSc Rehabilitation Science (Major Occupational Therapy) and MSc Applied Qualifying Year for Occupational Therapy.

  • Prerequisite(s): OCC1 500D1.

  • No credit will be given for this course unless both OCC1 500D1 and OCC1 500D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.

• OCC1 545 Therapeutic Strategies in OT 1 (8 credits)

  Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

  Overview

  Occupational Therapy : Evaluation, intervention and planning using a neuromuscular skeletal framework.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Restriction: U3/QY OT students only

• OCC1 547 Occupational Solutions 1 (6 credits)

  Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

  Overview

  Occupational Therapy : Assessment and treatment of clients with disorders of the nervous system.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Restriction: U3/QY OT students only

• OCC1 548 Holistic Approaches in OT (3 credits)

  Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

  Overview

  Occupational Therapy : The theory, principles of treatment, clinical reasoning and therapeutic use of activities in the OT intervention of acute and chronic medical and surgical conditions.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Restriction: U3/QY OT students only

• OCC1 549 Therapeutic Strategies in OT 2 (4 credits)

  Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

  Overview

  Occupational Therapy : Advanced Therapeutic Strategies for systemic and complex conditions.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Prerequisite: OCC1 545

  • Restriction: U3/QY OT students only

• OCC1 550 Enabling Human Occupation (3 credits)

  Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

  Overview

  Occupational Therapy : Occupational performance (productivity, self-care, leisure) is examined through the Canadian Occupational Performance Model and the Model of Human Occupation, both of which focus on the interaction of the individual with the environment. Human performance is analyzed focusing on prevention of disability and/or restoration of function.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Restriction: U3/QY OT students only

• OCC1 551 Psychosocial Practice in OT (3 credits)

  Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

  Overview

  Occupational Therapy : Principles of basic psychosocial assessments and treatment approaches for psychiatric conditions.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Restriction: U3/QY OT students only

• PHGY 209 Mammalian Physiology 1 (3 credits)

  Offered by: Physiology (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Physiology : Physiology of body fluids, blood, body defense mechanisms, muscle, peripheral, central, and autonomic nervous systems.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Fall

  • 3 hours lectures weekly

  • Prerequisites: BIOL 112, CHEM 110, CHEM 120, PHYS 101 or PHYS 131, and PHYS 102 or PHYS 142. Pre-/co-requisites: BIOL 200, CHEM 212 or equivalent.

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PHGY 211 or students who are taking and who have taken NSCI 200.

  • Restriction: For students in the Faculty of Science, and other students by permission of the instructor

• PHGY 210 Mammalian Physiology 2 (3 credits)

  Offered by: Physiology (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Physiology : Physiology of cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, endocrine and renal systems.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Winter

  • 3 hours lectures weekly

  • Prerequisites: BIOL 112, CHEM 110, CHEM 120, PHYS 101 or PHYS 131, and PHYS 102 or PHYS 142. Pre-/co-requisite: BIOL 200, BIOL 201, BIOC 212, CHEM 212 or equivalent.

  • Restriction: For students in the Faculty of Science, and other students by permission of the instructor

  • Although PHGY 210 may be taken without the prior passing of PHGY 209, students should note that they may have some initial difficulties because of lack of familiarity with some basic concepts introduced in PHGY 209

• POTH 204 Introduction to Statistics for OT/PT (3 credits)

  Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

  Overview

  Phys & Occ Therapy : Methods for describing data and testing theories for research and everyday use.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking PSYC 204.

• POTH 225 Introduction to Biomechanics in Rehabilitation Sciences (3 credits)

  Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

  Overview

  Phys & Occ Therapy : The study of fundamentals of biomechanical analysis applied to the extremities and lumbar spine. The application of biomechanical principles to clinical and research situations.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Prerequisites: PHGY 209 and ANAT 315

  • Restrictions: Only for BSc Rehab Science students (U1 students) for both programs (PT and OT).

• POTH 250 Introduction to Professional Practice 2 (3 credits)

  Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

  Overview

  Phys & Occ Therapy : This course addresses the fundamentals of professionalism and professional behavior, the principles of massage, professional touch, and basic profession-specific interviewing skills. Interviewing skills will be practiced with client-visits in the community. Cultural competence and its application to clinical practice, patient /therapist relationship, and web searching will be addressed.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • 3 hours/week for 13 weeks

• POTH 305 Statistics for ExperimentalDesign OT/PT (3 credits)

  Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

  Overview

  Phys & Occ Therapy : The statistical analysis of research data obtained from experimental designs, including introduction and review of basic statistical concepts, different types of analysis of variance (ANOVA) and simple and multiple linear regression.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Prerequisite: Successful completion of POTH 204 or an equivalent introductory statistics course.

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking PSYC 305 or equivalent.

• POTH 401 Research Methods (3 credits)

  Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

  Overview

  Phys & Occ Therapy : A lecture and seminar course on the principles of and methods used in clinical and rehabilitation science research.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

• POTH 434 Musculoskeletal Biomechanics (3 credits)

  Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

  Overview

  Phys & Occ Therapy : Lecture-based course, discussing biomechanical properties of musculoskeletal tissues, mechanical factors involved in injury, and potential for adaptation and recovery. By reviewing fundamental principles of motion, biomechanics of motion is integrated with properties of biological tissues. Students learn how fundamental principles relate to injury, and to scientifically-based clinical evaluations and treatments.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

• POTH 455 Neurophysiology (3 credits)

  Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

  Overview

  Phys & Occ Therapy : A study of the neurophysiological principles of sensori-motor interaction as they relate to posture, motor control and cognition.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • 3 hours/week

• POTH 563 Foundations of Professional Practice (3 credits)

  Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (School of Physical & Occupational Therapy)

  Overview

  Phys & Occ Therapy : Study and analysis of foundations for professional practice and systems which impact the role of the occupational and physical therapy professional in health service delivery settings. This course includes sections on 1) healthcare environments and systems; 2) management, safety and quality assurance; and 3) professionalism and ethics.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Restrictions: Only open to students in the BSc(RehabSc); Major in Physical Therapy and BSc(RehabSc); Major in Occupational Therapy, students in the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy. Not open to students who have taken OCC1 546 and PHTH 570.

* Note: Students may choose ANAT 321 or ANAT 323 but not both.

Complementary Courses (15 credits)

These courses are to be completed prior to entering third year (U3). The complementary credits are chosen from the following areas:

- Psychology
- Management (in the area of personnel and private practice management)
- Academic Writing
- Sociology/Anthropology courses
- French or English second language course if not proficient in French or English (maximum of 6 credits)
- Students may also take a 3-credit Sports Medicine Practicum course as part of the complementary courses. (Selection interview required for Sports Medicine Practicum.)
- Maximum of 3 credits of a personal interest course.