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What You Need |
 | To be a therapy or assessment professional, you need a college or university program in your area of work, a period of supervised training, and credentials such as a licence or membership in a professional association. |
| To be an audiologist or speech-language pathologist, you need a master's degree or equivalent in your chosen area of practice. You may need certification with a professional association and a licence in the province/territory where you'll work. |
| To be a physiotherapist, you must have a professional master's degree in physiotherapy and a period of supervised practical training. To practise, you need a licence or registration in the province/territory where you'll work. |
| To be an occupational therapist, you need a university degree in occupational therapy--an accredited program that includes supervised field work. You also need a licence in the province/territory where you'll work, except in British Columbia. |
| To be an art therapist, you need a graduate degree in art therapy. |
| To be a dance therapist, you must have a bachelor's degree in psychology or dance/movement therapy, or an approved graduate program in dance/movement therapy. |
| To be an athletic therapist, you usually require a bachelor's degree in sports studies or exercise science or a college program in sports injury management. |
| To be a remedial gymnast, you need an approved college program in remedial gymnastics. |
| Most recent entrants have an undergraduate university degree. |
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Required/Related Educational Programs* |
* These educational programs are listed in the order in which they are most likely to supply graduates to this occupation.
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