Admission Requirements

Getting Started

If you are not yet an FGCU Student, visit the Admissions Office Web site.

If you are a newly-admitted FGCU student please be sure to sign up for an Orientation session. As part of this session you will be meeting with an academic advisor who will assist you in registering for classes for your major. Distance Learning students are not rerquired to attend an Orientation session.

If you are a current FGCU student who wants to change your major or explore the requirements for any Arts and Sciences major, please call (239) 590-7196 to schedule an appointment to meet with an academic advisor.

Program Admission Requirements

Students are admitted to the post-professional certificate and master's programs in August and January of each year. Prospective graduate students must apply to BOTH the University AND the Department of Occupational Therapy and Community Health. For the University graduate application forms, go to http://www.fgcu.edu/Graduate/apply.html. The link for the Supplemental Application Form you need to complete for the Department is listed below.

Up to 9 credit hours of appropriate graduate level course work prior to enrollment in the program may be applied toward the degree or certificate. Applicants must submit a transcript indicating the award of a degree in occupational therapy. Requirements for admission include:

• A baccalaureate degree in occupational therapy or other equivalent credential
• A license or other credential indicating legal status as an occupational therapist
• A combined score of 1000 or above on the verbal and quantitative sections of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Analytical section score must also be reported.

Resources to help you with your application:

Supplemental Application.doc  (60Kb)

Supplemental Application.pdf  (112Kb)