At its core, occupational therapy aims to enable all people with different abilities to live meaningful lives. The goal of occupational therapy intervention is to promote wellness and participation by supporting independent function, enhance development, and prevent disability and/or handicap by promoting a balance between the client's occupations in self-care, productivity and leisure. Using a client-centred model and the most recent evidence, occupational therapists work with people of all ages, from infancy through midlife to old age, to navigate physical, emotional or social barriers. Occupational therapists can work with individuals, groups, communities and organizations.
With its energetic, dedicated faculty and tradition of excellence in education, research and service, the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy will prepare you to become an innovative healthcare practitioner. Small discussion groups, an interdisciplinary focus, varied clinical fieldwork placements, and opportunities for undergraduate research experience will help you gain the skills necessary to establish yourself as a highly competent, lifelong learner able to meet the standards of the profession.
This undergraduate program is a 90-credit degree that provides you with a basic health sciences foundation and undergraduate level courses specific to the practice of Occupational Therapy.