Occupational Therapy Assistant, AAS

East Central College offers the OTA program through the Missouri Health Professions Consortium (MHPC) and is coordinated though State Fair Community College as a hybrid program.

The AAS in Occupational Therapy Assistant is a one-plus-one-degree program which prepares students to practice as certified occupational therapy assistants (COTA) after meeting certification and state licensure standards. Occupational therapy assistants work under the direction of occupational therapists to provide rehabilitative services to persons with mental, physical, emotional or developmental impairments. Occupational therapy assistants work in a variety of settings including long-term care, acute and outpatient rehabilitation centers, school districts and home care.
Prerequisites/General Education: A selective admission process is utilized. Students must have a “C” or better in prerequisite coursework, have a cumulative college GPA of 2.5 and complete required observation hours to apply to the program.

Extra-Curricular/Cocurricular Opportunities at ECC: ECC offers a variety of clubs and cocurricular activities for all students.

Campus Offered	Credits Required
ECC-Union	82

Program of Study

Students should plan on attending full-time when taking the Professional Studies sequence. Course schedule is subject to change.

Please review the online college schedule at www.eastcentral.edu for the most current course offerings.

First Year Fall (16 Hours)

COL 100 - Campus Orientation Hours: 0
COL 101 - Falcon Seminar Hours: 1
PSC CIVICS - Civics Achievement Exam Hours: 0
ENG 101 - English Comp I Hours: 3
PSY 101 - General Psychology Hours: 3
MTH 110 - Intermediate Algebra Hours: 3 (Recommended) OR Core 42 Mathematical Science Hours: 3-5
COM 101 - Oral Communications Hours: 3 OR COM 110 Public Speaking Hours: 3
Core 42 Civics Requirement Hours: 3

First Year Spring (18 hours)

SOC 101 - General Sociology Hours: 3
HSC 113 - Medical Terminology Hours: 3
PSY 250 - Human Development Hours: 3 *
BIO 206 - Human Anatomy & Physiology I Lecture & Lab Hours: 4 *
BIO 207 - Human Anatomy & Physiology II Lecture & Lab Hours: 5 *

MHPC Occupational Therapy Assistant Program

Professional Year - Each August (48 hours)

Program Notes:

* Indicates coursework with a prerequisite or entry level test requirement. Consult an academic advisor and/or course descriptions for requirements and course sequence.

All science courses must not be older than five years prior to entrance into the program.

**Fieldwork requirements must be satisfied within 12 months of academic coursework.