OTA Frequently Asked Questions

​An Occupational Therapy Assistant provides service to individuals with physical, mental, or environmental disabilities who need to remediate skills of everyday tasks of work, self care, and leisure.

You might find an OTA working with a child in the public school that has handwriting problems, a stroke patient in the hospital, or a homemaker with severe arthritis that requires special equipment in the home.

The program takes two years to complete with classes only being offered during the Fall and Spring semesters.

California Community College are currently $46 per unit; with the OTA coursework being 46 units. Click here for more information.

Both the spring-start and fall-start programs have a combination of online and on campus lectures and lab classes.  In order to take online courses, student will need to have a computer with access to the internet and a working email address.  On campus courses will require students to be on campus two days per week. 

The program will take you two years to complete.

The OTA program accepts application two times a year; Spring & Fall semester has its own application period.  Please check the website for dates as they become available. As a result, students are unable to apply to the program before then.

No, on campus lecture and lab classes will meet on campus twice a week. ​Students are also required to complete 32 hours of Level 1 fieldwork per semester. During the fourth (final) semester students are required to complete two eight-week full-time (40 hours a week) Level II fieldwork rotation. No courses are offered during the winter or summer semesters. 

We require four prerequisite courses that may be completed here at SAC or at any other college/university as long as the coursework is equivalent. ​