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2005-06 Undergraduate Catalog
Course Descriptions

Occupational Therapy
College of Public Health and Health Professions

OTH 3000 Survey of Occupational Therapy
Credits: 2.
Concepts, history, current practice and trends in occupational therapy. Types of employment in various health care systems.

OTH 3200C Applied Human Development 1
Credits: 3; Prereq: PSY 2012; majors/minors only, or permission of instructor.
Application to occupational therapy of principles of human growth and development from infancy to adolescence.

OTH 3201 Applied Human Development 2
Credits: 2; Prereq: HAS 3111 and HSC 3502; majors/minors only, or permission of instructor.
Application to occupational therapy of principles of human growth and development from young adulthood to senescence.

OTH 3413C Applied Kinesiology
Credits: 3; Coreq: OTH 4412.
Biomechanics of movement, palpation, goniometry, manual muscle testing, and motion analysis for occupational therapy.

OTH 4013 Preclinical Seminar
Credits: 2; Prereq: acceptance into the postbaccalaureate program.
Introduction to clinical and professional roles for post-baccalaureate students entering the master's program in occupational therapy.

OTH 4314 Psychiatric Disorders
Credits: 3; Prereq: PSY 2012
Study of major psychiatric syndromes and their management. The continuum of disorders from health to psychopathology.

OTH 4412 Musculoskeletal Anatomy
Credits: 3; Prereq: majors/minors only. Coreq: OTH 4412L.
Comprehensive foundation in the human musculoskeletal system.

OTH 4412L Musculoskeletal Anatomy Lab
Credits: 2; Coreq: OTH 4412; majors/minors only.
Intensive laboratory study of the human musculoskeletal system.

OTH 4418 The Nervous System and Disorders
Credits: 3; Prereq: majors/minors only. Coreq: OTH 4418L.
Comprehensive foundation in neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and neuropathology.

OTH 4418L The Nervous System and Disorders Lab
Credits: 2; Prereq: majors/minors only or permission of instructor; Coreq: OTH 4418.
Lab for OTH 4427. Lab activities involve the study, under supervision, of cadaver musculoskeletal anatomy.

OTH 4905 Individual Work
Credits: 1 to 4.

OTH 4930 Special Topics
Credits: 3.



General Education Categories

  • Composition (C)
  • Mathematical Sciences (M)
  • Humanities (H)
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences (S)
  • Physical (P) and Biological (B) Sciences
  • International and Diversity focus (I)

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