This limited access program is open to students regardless of race, disability, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, age, sex, sexual orientation/expression, marital status, veteran status, or genetic information.

Upon completion of the two-year 74-credit occupational therapy assistant (OTA) program the graduate will be awarded an associate in science (A.S.) degree. For information related to the national certification exam and licensure, please view the Career tab.

The program includes a combination of general education and professional OTA concentration courses. OTA courses include lecture, laboratory, and fieldwork experiences. Information outlining costs, requirements, deadlines and procedures is available from the Health Career Information Center at North Campus via email at hcic@fscj.edu and online.

A grade point average of 2.5 must be maintained throughout the program. A minimum grade of C or higher must be achieved in all professional coursework.

Prerequisite and General Education courses are offered in an online, on-campus and hybrid format. The OTA program courses that are offered fully online or in a hybrid format include OTH 1001, OTH 1704, OTH 2320C, OTH 2165C and OTH 2933. All other courses within the OTA program are offered in an on-campus or hybrid format, but all have components that require the use of technology.

Distance learning fees apply to all online courses. Face-to-face, hybrid and online classes that offer the flexibility of online exams through Smarter Proctoring or other online formats have an online testing fee. Classes that require labs may have additional lab fees. Lab fees are published in the class schedule.

FSCJ uses the learning management system (LMS) Canvas for all courses and for submission of all coursework. Therefore, the following are minimum requirements:

A Florida State College at Jacksonville student email account
A computer with the following:
- Internet access
- Web browser application such as Firefox or Chrome
- Office software (Microsoft Office 365 is free for FSCJ students)
- Web camera, microphone and speakers
- Software plug-ins such as
  - Adobe Acrobat Reader
  - Java (required for screen sharing on Canvas)
  - VLC Media Player

Many textbooks within the program are offered in an e-book format or provide supplemental resources for students online. Online subscription-based resources are utilized to supplement textbooks. Faculty hold office hours on-campus and virtually to meet the varying needs of student schedules through the use of Cisco Webex, Microsoft Teams, or Canvas Conferences.

Technology competencies include, but are not limited to, word processing skills, completing internet searches, downloading and uploading files, presentation development and recording, navigation of the learning management system, file management skills, videoconferencing skills and the ability to scan coursework for upload into the learning management system.

Graduation Rates

The total number of graduates from 2022-2024 was 36 with a three-year graduation rate of 77%. The graduation rates will be updated following the graduation of pending students from the Class of 2024. The graduation rate calculation was determined using the following formula provided by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education 2023 Standards as follows:

Graduation rate calculation: The number of students who graduate on time (G1) plus the number of students who graduate within 150% of the expected time (G2), divided by the number of students admitted in the original cohort (G3), minus the number of students who withdrew due to military, health, family issues, death and other reasons not related to academic and clinical performance (G4). Calculation per calendar year is (G1+G2)/(G3-G4).

Admission Year	Graduation Year	# of Admissions (G3)	# Withdrawn (G4)	# of (G1) Graduates	# of Graduates within 150% (G2)	ACOTE Graduation Rate
2021	2022	18	1	11	3	82%
2022	2023	23	4	13	1	74%
2023	2024	12	1	7	1	67%

3-year graduation rate: 77%

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