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OTCAS Course Subjects

Overview

When completing the Transcript Entry section, you select your course subjects from a standardized list that was created in conjunction with the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). These course subjects fall into categories that OTCAS uses to help calculate several GPAs. All course subjects are included in an overall GPA calculation, including course subjects not listed here.

If you're not sure which course subject to choose based on your course's title, default to the department the course is offered through. During verification, our team will update any course subjects that were incorrectly listed.

If you disagree with a course subject selected during verification, refer to Disputing and Correcting Course Subjects and GPAs for information on how to dispute a course subject decision. You can only dispute the subject assigned to your course; you cannot dispute the GPA that subject factors into.

OTCAS Course Subject List

Note: to quickly locate a course subject, use CTRL+F on a PC or Command+F on a Mac.

Subject GPA Category

Course Subject

Humanities

  • Accounting
  • Acting
  • Administration of Justice
  • Agribusiness
  • Agriculture
  • American Sign Language
  • American Studies
  • Arabic
  • Archeology
  • Architecture
  • Art
  • Art History
  • Basic Composition
  • Basic Computer Skills/Computer Basics
  • Bible Literature
  • Business
  • Business Administration
  • Classics
  • Communications
  • Community Planning
  • Composition
  • Computer Applications
  • Creative Writing
  • Dance
  • Debate
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Economics
  • Education
  • English
  • English as a Second Language
  • Ergonomics
  • Ethics
  • Excel
  • Fashion Design
  • Film/Media
  • Finance
  • Fire Aid/Firefighting
  • Folklore
  • Food Management
  • Foreign Languages
  • Forestry
  • French
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Geography
  • German
  • Global Studies
  • Government
  • Graphic Design
  • Health Education
  • Health Science Administration
  • History
  • Honors Core
  • Horticulture
  • Humanities
  • Hygiene
  • Information Systems
  • Information Technology
  • Intellectual Heritage
  • Internet
  • Journalism
  • Law
  • Law Enforcement
  • Library Science
  • Linguistics
  • Literature
  • Logic
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Massage
  • Media Studies
  • Medical Ethics
  • Medical Terminology
  • Military Science
  • Mosaic
  • Music
  • Office Technology
  • Organizational Studies
  • Orientation
  • Personal Health
  • Philosophy
  • Photography
  • Physical Education
  • Poetry
  • Political Science
  • Public Administration
  • Public Affairs/Administration
  • Public Policy
  • Public Relations
  • Public Speaking
  • Qualitative Analysis
  • Range Management
  • Reading
  • Recreation
  • Religion
  • Rhetoric
  • Spanish
  • Special Topics
  • Sports Administration
  • Teaching Science
  • Technical Writing
  • Theater
  • Theater Literature
  • Theology
  • Typing
  • Urban Planning
  • Western Civilization
  • Wildlife
  • Word Processing
  • Writing

Mathematics

  • Algebra
  • Analytical Geometry
  • Behavioral Statistics
  • Bioinformatics
  • Biometry/Biometrics
  • Biostatistics
  • Calculus
  • Chemical Math
  • Computer Programing
  • Computer Science
  • Informatics
  • Linear Algebra
  • Math Analysis
  • Mathematics
  • Quantitative Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Trigonometry

Natural Science

  • Analytic Chemistry
  • Anatomy
  • Anatomy & Physiology
  • Armchair Chemistry
  • Bacteriology
  • Basic Chemistry
  • Biochemistry
  • Biodiversity
  • Biological Chemistry
  • Biology
  • Biomedical Science
  • Biomolecules
  • Bioorganic Chemistry
  • Biophysics
  • Botany
  • Cellular Biology
  • Cellular & Molecular Biology
  • Cellular Physiology
  • Chemistry
  • Cytology/Cytotechnology
  • Developmental Biology
  • Ecology
  • Electricity
  • Electricity & Light
  • Embryology
  • Endocrinology
  • Entomology
  • Eukaryotics
  • Evolution
  • Genetics
  • Genomics
  • Gynecology
  • Heat
  • Hematology
  • Histology
  • Immunology
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Intro to Chemistry
  • Light
  • Limnology
  • Magnetism
  • Marine Biology
  • Marine Science
  • Mechanical Heat
  • Mechanics
  • Medical Chemistry
  • Metabolism
  • Microbiology
  • Micro-Organisms
  • Molecular Biology
  • Natural Science
  • Neural Mechanisms
  • Neurobiology
  • Neurology
  • Neuroscience
  • Nuclear Physics
  • Optics
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Parasitology
  • Pathology
  • Pathophysiology
  • Pharmaceutical Chemistry
  • Phlebotomy
  • Physical Biochemistry
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Physics
  • Physiological Chemistry
  • Physiological Science
  • Physiology
  • Plant Biology
  • Population Biology
  • Prokaryote Physiology
  • Structure & Bonds
  • Structure & Reaction
  • Thermodynamics
  • Virology
  • Zoology

Other

  • Acupuncture
  • Aerospace Studies
  • Animal Behavior
  • Animal Science
  • Astronomy
  • Athletic Training
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Audiology
  • Biobehavioral Health
  • Bioengineering
  • Bioethics
  • Biomechanics
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biotechnology
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chinese Internal Medicine
  • Chiropractic Medicine
  • Civil Engineering
  • Clinical Laboratory Sciences
  • Clinical Laboratory Technician
  • Clinical Sciences
  • Communication Science Disorders
  • Conservation
  • CPR
  • Dental Assisting
  • Dental Hygiene
  • Dentistry
  • Dietetics
  • Disease
  • Earth Science
  • Electronics
  • Emergency Med-Tech
  • Engineering
  • Environmental Health
  • Environmental Science
  • Environmental Studies
  • Epidemiology
  • Exercise Physiology
  • Exercise Science
  • First Aid
  • Food Science
  • Forensic Sciences
  • Geology
  • Gerontology/Aging
  • Health
  • Health Services
  • Health Technology
  • Herbology
  • Human Geography
  • Human Movement
  • Kinesiology
  • Locomotion Studies
  • Medical Laboratory Sciences
  • Medical Laboratory Technician
  • Medical Technology
  • Medicine
  • Meteorology
  • Motor Control
  • Movement Science
  • Natural Resources
  • Nuclear
  • Nursing
  • Nutrition
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Oceanography
  • Optometry
  • Oriental Medicine
  • Other Health Prof
  • Paramedic
  • Pharmacology
  • Pharmacy
  • Phonetics
  • Physical Anthropology
  • Physical Geography
  • Physical Sciences
  • Physical Therapy
  • Physical Therapy Assistant
  • Physician Assistant
  • Plant
  • Plant Sciences
  • Podiatry
  • Public Health
  • Radiation Therapy
  • Radiology
  • Rehabilitation
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Science Reading/Writing
  • Sonography
  • Speech and Hearing Disorders
  • Speech and Hearing Science
  • Sports Medicine
  • Sports Sciences
  • Surgery Tech
  • Therapeutic Exercise
  • Toxicology
  • Veterinary

Social Science

  • Abnormal Psychology
  • Adolescent Psychology
  • African American Studies
  • Anthropology
  • Asian American Studies
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Bilingual/Bicultural Studies
  • Biological Anthropology
  • Biological Psychology
  • Brain and Behavior
  • Child Psychology
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Cognitive Science
  • Community Health
  • Counseling
  • Criminal Justice
  • Criminology
  • Cultural Geography
  • Cultural Studies
  • Death & Dying
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Educational Psychology
  • Ethnic Studies
  • Family and Consumer Sciences
  • Family Studies
  • Growth & Development
  • Human Behavior
  • Human Development
  • Human Sexuality
  • Latina/o American Studies
  • Life Span Development
  • Marriage/Family
  • Multicultural Studies
  • Native American Studies
  • Neuropsychology
  • Psychobiology
  • Psychology
  • Psychopharmacology
  • Queer Studies
  • Sensorimotor Development
  • Sexuality Studies
  • Social Ecology
  • Social Justice Studies
  • Social Psychology
  • Social Science
  • Social Sciences
  • Social Welfare
  • Social Work
  • Sociology
  • Sports Psychology
  • Women's Studies

 

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