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Acceptable Grades
Graduate students are expected to achieve a grade
of B- or better in all courses. Courses completed
with less than a B- may be retaken only once. The
original grade earned remains on the student’s
academic record. If a student obtains two grades of
less than B-, the student’s performance will be
reviewed by the department. This will usually result
in a recommendation to the dean that the student
be administratively withdrawn from the program.
Only the dean of the Graduate School of Arts and
Sciences may administratively withdraw an enrolled
student.
Grades of Incomplete
Students may not enter an occupational therapy
course with an incomplete or an unsatisfactory
grade in a prerequisite to that course. Grades of
incomplete are not automatically given. The student
who desires an extended time period in which to
complete the semester’s work in a particular course
must negotiate an incomplete with the instructor.
This negotiation must be completed by the final
class meeting of the course. Normally course work
must be completed six weeks into the following
semester. It is the responsibility of the student to
ensure that course work is completed and that the
process to update the transcript is followed through
to completion.
Students who, due to extenuating circumstances,
are not able to comply with any of the above grade
policies may petition the Department of Occupational
Therapy Academic Standards Committee for
a variance.
Withdrawals
A student is allowed no more than one withdrawal
from any required or elective class after the adddrop
period. Graduate students are not allowed to
repeat the same course more than once. Withdrawal
in any semester from two or more required courses
after the add-drop period will normally result in a
recommendation to the Dean of the Graduate
School by the Academic Review Committee that
the student be administratively withdrawn.
Required Occupational Therapy Courses
Students will take professional courses in accordance
with the Accreditation Council for Occupational
Therapy Education (ACOTE) Standards of an
Accredited Educational Program.
Fieldwork
The Accreditation Council for Occupational
Therapy Education (ACOTE) and the National
Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy
(NBOCT) require the equivalent of six months of
supervised Level II fieldwork in a hospital, school,
or health care agency as a prerequisite to taking the
certification examination. Tufts requires a minimum
of 960 hours of Level II fieldwork placements be
successfully completed within 24 months following
completion of academic preparation as entry-level
occupational therapy program degree requirements.
Two Level II fieldwork placements are arranged
with students by the department’s academic fieldwork
coordinator. In addition to these placements,
students participate in approximately 80 hours of
course-related Level I fieldwork concurrent with
specific courses arranged by the fieldwork coordinators.
Placements for Level I and II fieldwork are
subject to availability at locations that have
contracts with Tufts-BSOT. The availability of a
placement and the locations that have contracts
with Tufts-BSOT vary from semester to semester.
For more detailed information, please visit the
website http://ase.tufts.edu/bsot.
Occupational Therapy
Certificate Program
Faculty ADVISOR:
Professor Sharan L. Schwartzberg, Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapists are confronted with
administrative and supervisory responsibilities and
the need for increased specialization. Areas of
practice such as hand and upper extremity rehabilitation,
school-based practice, home care for the
elderly, mental health, and community services
expect extraordinary growth. To help occupational
therapists meet these demands, Tufts Department
of Occupational Therapy, in conjunction with the
Office of Graduate Studies, offers part-time
certificate programs in hand and upper extremity
rehabilitation, school-based practice, and a general
certificate tailored to individual student learning
needs.
The certificate program is open to those with a
bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree in occupational
therapy. The program is especially designed
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