About Us

The Master of Occupational Therapy program at ISU is a fully accredited course of study that prepares students to sit for NBCOT's national certification examination and for entry into the field as competent occupational therapists, who assist their clients with doing what they want and need.

Masters students progress through a curriculum that is grounded in the basic sciences while also emphasizing the importance of knowledge in emerging practice areas. Our students gain essential knowledge of concepts such as diversity and rural health. Each student learns to deliver occupation-based treatments as part of an interdisciplinary team, according to principles of evidence-based and reflective practice. Students complete every classroom and clinical requirement over the course of eight consecutive academic semesters, beginning in the fall and finishing in May of their third year. All of our students emerge as skilled generalists, fully prepared to assume entry-level positions in all areas of contemporary occupational therapy practice.