Spring 2027

Orientation to Occupational Therapy

Orientation to Occupational Therapy explores the field as a potential career, introducing concepts of human occupation and adaptation, and surveys OT practice settings and clinical groups.

offering recorded1 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Sarah Zurawski

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.88 GPA, 96.5% A/AB (n=57 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.89 GPA, 95.0% A/AB (n=60 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.92 GPA, 97.0% A/AB (n=66 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Describe the philosophical base of the profession of Occupational Therapy

  • Define Occupational Therapy

  • Identify the unique non-clinical and clinical roles of an occupational therapist

  • Interpret meaning of occupation and its value to health and well-being

  • Identify the domain and process of occupational therapy

  • Identify professional behaviors essential to the practice of occupational therapy

  • Describe the educational requirements and applicable national and state credentialing involved in becoming an occupational therapist

  • Identify how evidence based research impacts occupational therapy

  • Evaluate whether your personal goals and values align with the core tenets of occupational therapy and evaluate occupational therapy as a personal career choice

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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OCCTHER 100

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.80 GPA, 90.5% A/AB (n=63 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.88 GPA, 96.5% A/AB (n=57 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.92 GPA, 97.0% A/AB (n=66 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

SARAH ZURAWSKI is recorded teaching in Fall 2014, Spring 2016, Fall 2018, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Online Only0 / 600

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.88 GPA, 96.5% A/AB (n=57 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.89 GPA, 95.0% A/AB (n=60 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.92 GPA, 97.0% A/AB (n=66 letter grades).

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Topics

  • General concepts of human occupation and adaptation
  • Survey of OT practice settings and clinical groups
  • Domain and process of occupational therapy
  • Educational requirements and credentialing for occupational therapists

Skills

  • Describe the philosophical base of the profession of Occupational Therapy
  • Identify the unique non-clinical and clinical roles of an occupational therapist
  • Interpret meaning of occupation and its value to health and well-being
  • Evaluate whether personal goals and values align with the core tenets of occupational therapy and evaluate occupational therapy as a personal career choice

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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OCCTHER 100 · Spring 2027

Orientation to Occupational Therapy

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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