Choose Your Home Campus
Each student admitted to the OTA program will select one “home” campus from among the member community colleges offering the program of study.
Home Campus
The admitted student is expected to enroll and pay tuition and fees directly to the “home” campus. When professional coursework is delivered face-to-face or in a group instructional television mode, the admitted student is also expected to physically attend coursework delivered at the “home” campus.
Travel Requirements for Labs & Clinical Training
Admitted students may be required to travel to other approved site(s) to attend assigned practice laboratory and clinical training. Once a student completes all program requirements, the “home” campus shall grant and confer the student’s certificate/degree, and these outcomes shall be counted and reported in accountability measures such as graduation rates, retention rates, and other institutional assessments.
Licensure & Employment Eligibility
The MHPC OTA Program is designed to meet educational requirements for a OTA license required for employment as a licensed Occupational Therapist Assistant. The MHPC Associate Degree Occupational Therapy Assistant Program is designed to meet educational requirements for a OTA license required for employment as a Occupational Therapist Assistant. Completion of the MHPC Occupational Therapy Program meets educational requirements for licensure in all 50 states including Guam, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia.
Admissions
- Each student admitted to a Consortium program will select one “home” campus from the member community colleges offering the program of study.
- The Governing Board authorizes the establishment of additional, more highly “selective” requirements and criteria for admissions to each CBHE approved Consortium program. Each Consortium program shall establish universal admissions criteria and admission processes and procedures.
- A Consortium admissions counselor and/or program academic advisor at each “home” campus will be assigned to work with students admitted into a Consortium program and assist Consortium program officials regarding advising pre-professional students in the general education phase of coursework. All advisement and admissions processes and procedures shall be coordinated by the Consortium Program Oversight Committee through organizational “dotted line” relationships with other key Consortium staff and local community college structures.
Registrar and Cashier Functions
- The Consortium Program Oversight Committee and each program director, along with local registrars and cashiers of the member institutions shall work together to establish policies, processes, and procedures to enroll all matriculated students each semester and record all course work grades, transcript grades, and bill students for tuition and fees.
- Students matriculated into the Consortium program will enroll at the “home campus” community college of the student’s choice and will pay the required tuition and fees to the home campus. It is generally understood that once admitted to the Consortium program, students are counted and reported as students of the “home” community college.
- All prerequisite general education and science coursework taken prior to a student’s formal admission to the Consortium program shall be paid in the same manner as other native students attending the home community college campus.
Financial Aid
The Consortium Program Oversight Committee and each program director shall work together to establish policies, processes, and procedures for administering financial assistance to program students.
It is generally understood that once admitted to the Consortium program, students are counted and reported as students of the “home” community college. This process shall determine the student’s “home-campus” for federal and state financial aid eligibility and account service.
It is the intent of this Consortium agreement that all financial aid services shall be provided by the local member community college at their expense, and not by the Consortium.
MHPC OTA Program Technology Requirements:
MHPC uses Canvas, a web-based learning management system (LMS). Students and faculty use it to access and manage online courses and to communicate about course content, assignments, exams, and more. To deliver online courses and to enhance on-ground and hybrid classes. If you have any technical questions or concerns, please call the 24/7 Help Desk at 1-866-295-3070!
Just log in to mySFCC and click the Canvas icon on the Welcome page. That’s how easy it is to take MHPC OTA online hybrid courses. Instructors cover the same content as in on-campus classes; the only difference is that you do the work using a computer and the internet without coming to campus.
- Take courses both online and on campus to complete OTA degree requirements
- Access course syllabi and information, post comments and turn in assignments from anywhere you have access to a computer and the internet
- Connect directly with online instructors and advisors when you have questions or concerns
- Access MHPC OTA ready, our student orientation module, at your convenience and as often as you want
What Does ‘Hybrid’ Mean
Classes combine classroom and online coursework and typically meet only once week on campus.
Technical Requirements
If you’re planning to enroll in MHPC OTA program, you’ll need regular access to a computer with internet access. The following suggested and required computer standards can help you avoid some common technical problems.
Non-Curricular Student Activities and Events
- Students accepted into a Consortium program will be afforded the same access rights to non-curricular events and activities as those afforded to other currently enrolled native students on the “home campus”.
- This understanding will enable these students to participate in community college intercollegiate athletics, student activities and organizations, use the recreation facilities, library, residence halls, etc. All appropriate fees will be covered by the tuition/fees charged by the “home” member Consortium community college.