Occupational Therapy Assistant, A.A.S.

Program Notes

• This program prepares students to meet the educational requirements for licensure in the state of Illinois. For information about how this program may meet licensure requirements in other states, see State Licensure/Certification Information on the Parkland website.
• This is a selective admissions program; students must be admitted into the program before taking OTA courses. See the selective admissions page  for more information regarding admission, progression, and graduation.
• To be admitted to the program, students must have current placement out of MAT 072  and must place into ENG 101  and college level reading.
• A selective admission score of 2.5 or above must be attained to be considered for admission.
• Students who are non-native speakers of English must establish English proficiency through:
  • Minimum TOEFL iBT scores in reading, listening, speaking, and writing: 18-18-20-18; or
  • Minimum IELTS scores in reading, listening, speaking, and writing: 6-6-6.5-5.5.
• The OTA program uses a rubric with the selective admission score that gives additional admission points for completion of BIO 121 .
• For progression and graduation, students are required to maintain a 2.0 minimum GPA, a C or higher in all program courses, and a passing clinical grade in all OTA courses, and maintain Parkland College Code of Conduct and the OT Code of Ethics.
• A history of felony conviction may limit clinical placement and license to practice. Contact the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at 217/785-0800.
• All Level II fieldwork requirements for OTA 213  or OTA 217  must be completed by the end of the following semester in order to progress and/or graduate from the program.

Graduation Requirements

Suggested Full-time Sequence