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Physical and Occupational Therapy Programs
Physical and Occupational Therapy Programs
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) (Rehabilitation Science) - Major in Occupational Therapy (90 credits) | |
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This degree provides access to the Master of Science, Applied, Occupational Therapy degree. This program offers students a basic health sciences foundation and undergraduate-level courses specific to the practice of Occupational Therapy. The Occupational Therapy curriculum emphasizes occupation and occupational performance in daily life, community rehabilitation, client-centred and evidence-based practice, clinical reasoning, ethics, teamwork and professionalism as essential components for the development of a humanistic, ethical, knowledgeable, competent, critical-thinking, and problem-solving occupational therapist. |
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Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) (Rehabilitation Science) - Major in Physical Therapy (90 credits) | |
This degree provides access to the Master of Science, Applied, Physical Therapy degree. This program offers students a basic health sciences foundation and undergraduate-level courses specific to the practice of Physical Therapy. This undergraduate program prepares students for the professional Master's program (Master of Science Applied in Physical Therapy). The Physical Therapy curriculum emphasizes clinical reasoning, diagnostics, evidence-based practice, community rehabilitation, teamwork, and professionalism as essential components for the development of a humanistic, ethical, knowledgeable, competent, critical-thinking, and problem-solving physical therapist. |
Physical and Occupational Therapy Admission Requirements and Application Procedures
Physical and Occupational Therapy Admission Requirements and Application Procedures
Admission Requirements for Undergraduate Programs
Admission Requirements for Undergraduate Programs
Students are admitted to a 90-credit Bachelor of Science (Rehabilitation Science) – Major in Occupational Therapy or Major in Physical Therapy. The undergraduate degrees are designed to lead to a master of science, applied, in the same discipline, i.e., Master of Science, Applied in Occupational Therapy or Master of Science, Applied in Physical Therapy. For entry to professional practice in Occupational Therapy or Physical Therapy a Master's Applied degree in Occupational Therapy or Physical Therapy is required.
Academic entrance requirements are available at mcgill.ca/applying.
Additional entrance requirements may be mandated, as described at mcgill.ca/spot/admissions and mcgill.ca/applying/nextsteps/documents/additional. This includes CASPer test and French language requirements.
Applicants are responsible for ensuring that all requirements are met prior to their respective deadlines.
Information is available from:
- Enrolment Services, Service Point
- 3415 McTavish Street
- Montreal QC H3A 0C8
- Telephone: 514-398-7878
- Email: admissions [at] mcgill.ca
- Website: mcgill.ca/servicepoint
Students who are required to withdraw from either the Occupational Therapy or Physical Therapy program will not be readmitted to either program.
Quebec applicants who have obtained a CEGEP Diploma of Collegial Studies are expected to have taken the following prerequisites:
- Biology - 00UK, 00XU, 01Y5, 01YJ, NYA;
- Chemistry - 00UL, 00UM, 00XV, 01Y6, 01YH, NYA, NYB;
- Mathematics - 00UN, 00UP, 01Y1, 01Y2, NYA, NYB;
- Physics - 00UR, 00US, 00UT, 01Y7, 01YF, 01YG, NYA, NYB, NYC;
- CASPer: Applicants are required to complete an online assessment called CASPer, as a component of the selection process ;
- proof of French proficiency mcgill.ca/undergraduate-admissions/apply/submit-documents#additional.
Applicants who have completed a minimum of one year of college or university studies (or equivalent) are expected to have taken the following college/university-level courses and prerequisites:
- two terms of biology with labs;
- two terms of general chemistry with labs;
- one term of organic chemistry with lab;
- two terms of physics (mechanics; electricity and magnetism; waves and optics) with labs;
- one term of differential calculus;
- one term of integral calculus;
- CASPer: Applicants are required to complete an online assessment called CASPer, as a component of the selection process ;
- proof of French proficiency mcgill.ca/undergraduate-admissions/apply/submit-documents#additional.
Applicants from the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries, with a French Baccalaureate or with an International Baccalaureate, please refer to details at mcgill.ca/applying.
Â鶹Çø Inter-Faculty Transfer
- two terms of biology with labs;
- two terms of general chemistry with labs;
- one term of organic chemistry with labs;
- two terms of physics with labs (including mechanics, electricity and magnetism, waves, and optics at the university level) or three terms of physics at the CEGEP level;
- two terms of calculus (differential and integral);
- CASPer: Applicants are required to complete an online assessment called CASPer, as a component of the selection process ;
- proof of French proficiency mcgill.ca/undergraduate-admissions/apply/submit-documents#additional.
High school graduates from outside Quebec who have been accepted into a 120-credit Science program who wish to transfer into the undergraduate programs in Rehabilitation Science (Major in Occupational or Physical Therapy) must have taken the Â鶹Çø courses and prerequisites listed below to be eligible to apply for transfer.
Equivalent Â鶹Çø Science Prerequisite Courses – Â鶹Çø Inter-Faculty Transfer
- Winter Term
- BIOL 112
- CHEM 120
- CHEM 212 *
- MATH 141
- PHYS 102 or PHYS 142
- CASPer: Applicants are required to complete an online assessment called CASPer, as a component of the selection process ;
- proof of French proficiency mcgill.ca/spot/files/spot/french_requirements_for_healthcare_0-ift_0.pdf.
* Alternatively, CHEM 212 can be taken intensively in the Summer term in the month of May.
Students applying for an inter-faculty transfer into the B.Sc. (Rehabilitation Science) programs offered at the School of Physical & Occupational Therapy must apply directly to the School of Physical & Occupational Therapy. Students must complete an inter-faculty transfer form available on Minerva as of March 1, as well as the for rehabilitation science, and French requirement mcgill.ca/undergraduate-admissions/apply/submit-documents#additional which complement the other elements in our applicant selection process.
All of the above documents must be submitted no later than April 1. Your application will be processed only if your file is complete. Late submission of documents or non-receipt of documents by the specified date may invalidate your application. Please refer to mcgill.ca/spot/programs/admissions-0/inter-faculty-transfers and University Regulations & Resources > Undergraduate > Registration > Interfaculty Transfer for details.
If you are accepted, you will enter the B.Sc.Rehab.Sc. program as a U1 student. Transfer credits will be reviewed following admission, and up to 30 transfer credits will be counted toward your degree. All transfer credits must be requested and processed by December of the first term of U1. Progression through the curriculum is conditional upon successful completion of each year's courses. Since the curriculum is sequential, the order of the courses is set and only offered in that year of the program, i.e., you must complete all courses in U1 to proceed to U2, etc. Students are not permitted to mix courses from different years in the same year. Therefore, the time required to complete the B.Sc.Rehab.Sc. degree is fixed at three years.
Requests for all transfer credits must be completed during the first semester in the program.
Admission Requirements for Qualifying Year – Master of Science, Applied
Admission Requirements for Qualifying Year – Master of Science, Applied
Students seeking admission to the Master of Science, Applied in Occupational Therapy or the Master of Science, Applied in Physical Therapy programs who have undergraduate degrees other than the B.Sc.Rehab.Sc. Major in Occupational Therapy or the B.Sc.Rehab.Sc. Major in Physical Therapy from Â鶹Çø are required to complete a graduate Qualifying Year (QY) prior to beginning the master's program. Students apply through Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies to the master's program.
Students wishing to enter the Qualifying Year of the M.Sc.A. in Occupational Therapy or Physical Therapy degree must consult the School of Physical & Occupational Therapy's Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies section, and the School's website at mcgill.ca/spot/programs/admissions-0.
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) (Rehabilitation Science) - Major in Occupational Therapy (90 credits)
The B.Sc.(Rehabilitation Science); Major in Occupational Therapy emphasizes basic health sciences foundation specific to the practice of Occupational Therapy. The program focuses on occupation and occupational performance in daily life, community rehabilitation, client-centered and evidence based practice, clinical reasoning, ethics, teamwork and professionalism as...
For more information, see Major in Occupational Therapy (90 credits).
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) (Rehabilitation Science) - Major in Physical Therapy (90 credits)
The B.Sc.(Rehabilitation Science); Major in Physical Therapy emphasizes basic health sciences foundation specific to the practice of Physical Therapy. The program focuses on clinical reasoning, diagnostics, evidence-based practice, community rehabilitation, teamwork and professionalism as essential components for the development of a humanistic, ethical,...
For more information, see Major in Physical Therapy (90 credits).