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Piper Shaw OS Minor ’18

What brought you to USC?
The work hard, play hard mentality!

What made you decide to pursue the occupational science minor?
After taking some OT classes just for fun, I realized I had a true passion for helping people of all ages and abilities to engage in activities they enjoy and achieve balance in their life.

Describe your favorite occupational science minor course.
In OT 310, Creativity Workshop, we learned how engaging your creative mind can help enhance your life in many ways. Just a few examples of how we did this was by playing with clay, doing theater games, and working on an individual semester-long creative project of our choice. As an accounting major, I almost never give myself the time for creative activities, and this course definitely showed me how important and fulfilling creative acts can be!

If your childhood had a smell, what would it be?
Crayola crayons! My mom can attest that I spent hours and hours coloring as a child.

If you could visit any time in history, where would you go and why?
As a big fan of F. Scott Fitzgerald, I would love to visit the US during the Roaring ’20s.

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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 accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education® (ACOTE®) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). The USC entry-level doctorate in occupational therapy (OTD) degree program (cost of attendance) is accredited by ACOTE®. View our program’s ACOTE® standards public data. ACOTE® c/o the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.®, 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 510E, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 652-AOTA, www.acoteonline.org.

Professional program graduates are eligible to apply for the national certification examination administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®), nbcot.org. All states require licensure to practice; a felony conviction may affect a graduate’s ability to sit for the NBCOT® OTR certification examination or attain state licensure. Program results from the NBCOT® can be found online at www.nbcot.org/Educators-Folder/SchoolPerformance.