Occupational Therapy

Visit the Hofstra campus or connect with the graduate admission team. We will answer your questions and put you in touch with program faculty or degree candidates to learn more. Contact us at graduateadmission@hofstra.edu or call 516-463-4723.

To be considered for the MS in Occupational Therapy program, you must have completed an undergraduate degree from an accredited institution.

Prerequisite coursework includes:

• Abnormal Psychology (or psychopathology or psychology of deviance): 3 s.h.
• A course in developmental psychology (human development across the life span including theories of development): 3 s.h.
• Human Anatomy (laboratory component required): 4 s.h.
• Human Physiology (laboratory component required): 4 s.h.
• Social Behavioral Science course (e.g. sociology, anthropology, political science, public health, epidemiology): 3 s.h.
• Recommended: Elementary Statistics (can be online course)

Start your application by clicking here and submit:

• Transcripts from all previously attended colleges and universities.
• Documentation of at least 20 observation hours of occupational therapy related experience in at least two settings.
• Three letters of recommendation, with at least one letter from a licensed Occupational Therapist
• Essay stating your career goals, interests, and experiences

An interview with the program director or faculty member may be required.

Visit the Occupational Therapy program page to learn more.

International students: Please review additional admission requirements.

Applications must be submitted to the Occupational Therapy program by the deadline of February 1 for admission to the class that begins the subsequent September. Applications submitted prior to the deadline are given preference, with all others reviewed on a space-available basis.