Health and Human Performance Programs - Other

Pre-physical Therapy Program

NOTE: Another major must be declared as this is a program to enable the student to pursue graduate education in a professional physical therapy school.

Description

The Pre-physical Therapy program consists of a combination of courses in addition to the course requirements for any other official university major. However, majors in Athletic Training, Biology, Exercise Science, and Psychology best compliment this program and application to a professional physical therapy school. This program leads to a Bachelor of Science degree and is designed to prepare the student for application to a professional physical therapy school. Some professional schools may require additional coursework; therefore it is imperative that the students obtain the appropriate prerequisite requirements and related information from potential graduate schools and work with their advisors to meet all admissions requirements.

Admission

Due to the high academic achievement that is required for admission to professional schools, there is an admission process for entry into the Pre-physical Therapy program. Upon completion of the sophomore year, students interested in the Pre-physical Therapy program must have a minimum GPA of 3.0 and interview with the pre-physical therapy advisor (this individual is usually the student's academic major advisor). It is essential that the GPA be maintained. Should a student's GPA fall below the 3.0 requirement, the student will be put on probation from the program and be given one semester to increase his or her GPA back into the acceptable range. If the GPA is not increased to a 3.0 or above, the student will be dismissed from the program but may continue in his or her major. Transcript the same way Pre-med is done.

Requirements Pre-physical Therapy Core

36

BIO-125

Principles of Biology

4

BIO-111/111L

Anatomy and Physiology I w/lab OR

 

BIO-311

Mammalian Anatomy

4

BIO-112/112L

Anatomy and Physiology II w/lab OR

 

BIO-312

General Physiology

4

MAT-112

General Statistics

3

CHE-125/125L

General Chemistry I w/lab

5

CHE-126/126L

General Chemistry II w/lab

5

PHY-211/211L

General Physics I w/lab

4

PHY-212/212L

General Physics II w/lab

4

PSY-150

General Psychology

3

BIO-311 Mammalian Anatomy and BIO-312 General Physiology are two biology courses that would also meet most professional physical therapy schools prerequisites for admittance and can replace BIO-111 and BIO-112 as adequate substitutes for the program requirements.

Recommended Electives

 

ATR-220

Therapeutic Modalities

3

ATR-225

Lower Extremity Evaluation and Assessment

2

ATR-226

Upper Extremity Evaluation and Assessment

2

ATR-332

Therapeutic Exercise and Rehabilitation I

2

ATR-333

Therapeutic Exercise and Rehabilitation II

2

PHE-286

Kinesiology

4

Course descriptions are available through the Course Description Lookup.