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A Shared Purpose: Our 2023 Lookbook

For more than 80 years, the University of Southern California has been working to ensure that people of every age and from every circumstance can live life to the fullest. Today, the USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy continues to advance the profession of occupational therapy and the research discipline of occupational science.

USC established the first graduate programs in occupational therapy and occupational science, and is consistently ranked among the nation’s top educational institutions. Our scientists currently hold more than $27.6 million of federal grant funding. Our faculty clinicians deliver nearly 50,000 patient encounters every year. We have more than 100 full-time faculty members engaged in research, education and patient care.

To see how USC Chan is helping define the present and shape the future of occupational therapy, download our “A Shared Purpose” Lookbook (PDF).

Together, we have a shared purpose: our researchers, educators, clinicians, students and alumni are dedicated to optimizing the engagement of people — especially those with disability, injury, illness, lifestyle issues and/or chronic conditions — in the ordinary and extraordinary activities of life.

Fight On!

Grace Baranek PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Associate Dean, Chair and Mrs. T.H. Chan Professor of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

View / Download our “A Shared Purpose” Lookbook

USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
1540 Alcazar Street, CHP 133, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9003

ACOTE accreditation | NBCOT certification

The USC entry-level master’s degree program (cost of attendance) is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education® (ACOTE). The USC entry-level OTD degree program (cost of attendance) has been granted Candidacy Status by ACOTE. View our program’s ACOTE standards public data. ACOTE c/o Accreditation Department, American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.®, 6116 Executive Boulevard, Suite 200, North Bethesda, MD 20852-4929, (301) 652-6611 x2914, acoteonline.org

Professional program graduates are eligible to apply for certification by National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT), nbcot.org. Program results from the NBCOT can be found online at www.nbcot.org/Educators-Folder/SchoolPerformance.