For your first four years, you will engage in courses and practica required for both the degree, the health science degree, and the College’s general education requirements. The professional component of the occupational therapy program begins in your fourth year and continues into the fifth, or graduate, year. It includes one summer, where you enroll in the professional level courses with graduate students in the entry-level master's program.
Classes on campus are followed by six months of full-time fieldwork in at least two occupational therapy settings. With hundreds of affiliated fieldwork sites across the country, the Springfield College occupational therapy program offers a wide range of experiences working with people with differing disabilities and conditions, using different treatment approaches, in various practice settings.
Careers and Internships
Internships and Fieldwork
Students in the occupational therapy graduate program will complete two, full-time internships, lasting 12 weeks each, working in the field under the direction of experienced therapists. More than 300 fieldwork sites affiliated with the Springfield College Department of Occupational Therapy extend across the country and offer a wide range of experiences with people with differing disabilities and conditions, with different treatment approaches, and in various practice settings. Our full-time academic fieldwork coordinator will work closely with you to arrange field placements that help you meet your professional goals.
Career Outcomes
- 97 percent of 2015-16 occupational therapy students were either employed or enrolled in graduate school within six months of graduation, according to our post-graduation survey.
