Suggested Major

• Therapeutic Recreation (A concentration of Recreation & Parks Management [BS])

The Student Experience

• Faculty advising helps position students for acceptance into a master’s program in occupational therapy and is valuable in the application process.
• Coursework includes prerequisites for entry into a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy program, including:
  • human anatomy with lab
  • human physiology with lab
  • statistics
  • human development across the lifespan
  • abnormal psychology
  • medical terminology
  • biomechanics/motor development
  • occupational therapy general education requirements (such as general psychology, general biology, business ethics, sociology, anthropology)
• On degree completion, eligible for practice credentials in therapeutic recreation/recreation therapy.

Additional Information

• N.C. institutions that offer programs for a Master of Science (MS) in Occupational Therapy:
  • East Carolina University
  • Lenoir-Rhyne University
  • The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Winston-Salem State University