Descriptions of courses listed below are available on the Undergraduate Bulletins page.
Pre-Occupational Therapy
This pre-professional program encompasses the prerequisite courses needed to apply to most professional occupational therapy programs. These programs may accept students after their sophomore or junior year, or after obtaining a Bachelor's degree in any area as long as all the listed prerequisite courses are completed.
Recommended Courses
- ENG 101 – Composition (4)
- SPEE 100 – Fundamentals of Speech Communication (3)
- BIOL 100 – Our Natural World (4)
- BIOL 220 – Human Anatomy (4)
- BIOL 230 – Human Physiology (4)
- PHYS 211 – Principles of Physics I (4)
- PHYS 212 – Principles of Physics II (4)
- MATH 112 – College Algebra (4)
- STAT 154 – Elementary Statistics (3)
- HLTH 101 – Health and the Environment (3)
- HLTH 210 – First Aid and CPR (3)
- HLTH 321 – Medical Terminology (3)
- SOC 101 – Introduction to Sociology (3)
- TECH 180 – Technology and You (3)
- PSYC 101 – Psychology (4)
- PSYC 433 – Child Psychology (4) or
PSYC 436 – Adolescent Psychology (4)
- PSYC 455 – Abnormal Psychology (3)
- ART 230 – Fibers (3)
- ART 231 – Multi-Media Art Exploration (3)
- ART 330 – Fibers (3)
Choose One of the Following
- CHEM 100 – Chemistry in Society (4)
- CHEM 105 – Introduction to Chemistry (3)
For further information contact Mr. Mark Schuck (mark.schuck@mnsu.edu).
Pre-Physical Therapy
The Pre-Physical Therapy curriculum is primarily a science-oriented curriculum which would meet the requirements for admission to most schools of physical therapy. Most physical therapy schools now require a Bachelor's degree prior to application for admission, although a few still accept students following two or three years of college preparation.
Recommended Courses
- BIOL 105 – General Biology I (4)
- BIOL 106 – General Biology II (4)
- BIOL 220 – Human Anatomy (4)
- BIOL 230 – Human Physiology (4)
- PHYS 211 – Principles of Physics I (4)
- PHYS 212 – Principles of Physics II (4)
- MATH 112 – College Algebra (4)
- MATH 113 – Trigonometry (3)
- STAT 154 – Elementary Statistics (3)
- CHEM 201 – General Chemistry I (5)
- CHEM 202 – General Chemistry II (5)
- SPEE 100 – Fundamentals of Speech Communication (3)
- HP 265 – Orientation to Occupational and Physical Therapy (1)
- ENG 101 – Composition (4)
- PSYC 101 – Psychology (4)
- PSYC 433 – Child Psychology (4) or
PSYC 436 – Adolescent Psychology (4)
- PSYC 455 – Abnormal Psychology (3)
- HLTH 101 – Health and the Environment (3)
- HLTH 210 – First Aid and CPR (3)
- HLTH 321 – Medical Terminology (3)
- COMS 100 – Introduction to Computer Science (4)
- MATH 121 – Calculus I (4)
For further information contact Mr. Mark Schuck (mark.schuck@mnsu.edu).
