Advocate for the Future

Enrolling Now, Classes Begin October 21, 2019

UPCOMING PROSPECTIVE STUDENT EVENTS:
• online info session | april 9 | 8:30 p.m.
• GRADUATE OPEN HOUSE | LONGMEADOW campus |  MAY 29 | 5:30 - 7:30 P.M.

Bay Path’s post-professional Occupational Therapy Doctorate (OTD) program is designed for busy professionals, allowing students to complete their degree while maintaining work-life balance. It is designed to help licensed Occupational Therapists remain competitive in the ever-changing landscape of their profession by expanding their knowledge, skills, and experience, to become dynamic clinical scholars.

In this flexible, 100% online program, students will use critical thinking to advance their careers in leadership, advocacy, and ethics, becoming innovators within the profession while continuing to work.  

About the Degree

• Classes start every February and October
• 36 credit Master's to post-professional OTD
• 54 credit Bachelor's to post-professional OTD
• Tracks available in Administration, Advanced General Practice, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Education, or Mental Health (click on the track for curriculum and course schedule)
• Fully accredited program offered 100% online, no residency requirement 
• Students can complete the program in 4-8 terms
• Unique curriculum includes coursework in evidence based practice, occupational science, community practice, bioethics, leadership & advocacy, and professional writing
• Students can tailor their capstone projects around their career interests, see our program outcomes
• Collaborate with a network of like-minded professionals and supportive faculty in a small, intimate, highly dynamic and interactive online community 
• Access to mentoring, tutoring, library resources, academic resources, and career services to assist students in becoming independent and successful learners
• Financial aid is available to qualified applicants
• No GMAT or GRE required

See You at the 2019 AOTA Annual Conference & Expo in New Orleans!
OTD Program Coordinator, Julie Watson PhD, OTR/L will be co-presenting: Feminine Management in Spinal-Cord Injury, in a poster-presentation on Thursday, April 4, 2019, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Stop by booth #1754 to meet Dr. Watson Thursday, from 5:00-7:30 p.m. or Friday, from 11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.