Pre-Occupational Therapy

Middle Tennessee State University

Occupational therapists use everyday activities to treat patients with injuries, illnesses, or disabilities. As a result, OTs are a crucial part of many treatment regimens, helping patients develop, recover, and improve the skills needed to live and work. Few health science careers draw from as diverse an array of interests and backgrounds as occupational therapy. Pre-OT students at MTSU come from studies and careers in childhood development, psychology, nutrition, health education, and more.

There is no Pre-Occupational Therapy major at MTSU. We feel very strongly that students are better served completing a major of their choice while preparing for a graduate program for OT. As a result, we have Pre OT students majoring in departments across campus including Exercise Science, Biology, and Psychology. All students will work with advisors in the Pre Professional Health Science Advising Centre to ensure that they are taking the recommended courses and getting appropriate extracurricular activities needed to be successful in a graduate program for OT.

Like so many fields in health care, occupational therapy is a career whose growth is basically guaranteed by an aging population and prevailing medical standards and approaches.

Career Starters

MTSU offers a variety of Pre-Professional Health Science tracks to help put students on a path to a rewarding career.

Pre-Chiropractic

Pre-Cytotechnology

Pre-Dental Hygiene

Pre-Dentistry

Pre-Diagnostic Medical Sonography

Pre-Medical Technology

Pre-Medicine

Pre-Nuclear Medicine Technology

Pre-Occupational Therapy

Pre-Pharmacy

Pre-Physical Therapy

Pre-Radiation Therapy Technology