Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT)

Eastern Washington University

You’ll learn from nationally recognized faculty and become a skilled and compassionate Occupational Therapist. The program focuses on general skills, leadership, and creative thinking. Graduates are committed to lifelong learning and high ethical standards. People with various backgrounds join, and it’s competitive to get in. The program lasts 2 1/2 years and is full-time at Eastern Washington University in Spokane.

Our mission is to prepare graduates to provide occupational therapy services with distinctiveness and compassion in a variety of professional practice environments.

The program provides a foundation of skills in general practice competencies, leadership, and creative and critical thinking processes, to facilitate the development of a respected, entry-level occupational therapist. Additionally, graduates demonstrate a commitment to the common good, creative life-long learning, and high ethical standards for professional practice.

Our graduates come from a wide variety of backgrounds. Common undergraduate degrees include psychology, biology, exercise science, and interdisciplinary studies but the program has had students from a wide variety of majors.