Pre-Physical Therapy

Requirements

Course requirements for admission to various doctor of physical therapy programs are similar. They include specified courses in behavioral science, biology, chemistry, English, mathematics and physics. Students should plan to complete a baccalaureate degree with the major and minor of their choice. Normally the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) is taken in the spring or summer of the junior year, and applications for physical therapy school are submitted the following fall. Pre-physical therapy students who are not majoring in the sciences should have both an academic and a pre-physical therapy advisor. In addition to the core and educational requirements for the major, minimum course requirements are as follows:

BIO 234 - Anatomy and Physiology I Credit Hours: 4
BIO 235 - Anatomy and Physiology II Credit Hours: 4
CHE 111 - Inorganic Chemistry I Credit Hours: 4
CHE 112 - Inorganic Chemistry II Credit Hours: 4
PHY 101 - General Physics Credit Hours: 4
PHY 102 - General Physics Credit Hours: 4
MAT 270 - Elementary Statistics Credit Hours: 3
or
PSY 351 - Introduction to Psychological Statistics Credit Hours: 3
PSY 201 - General Psychology Credit Hours: 3 highly recommended
PSY 305 highly recommended
PSY 205 - Developmental Psychology Credit Hours: 3
PSY 410 - Abnormal Psychology Credit Hours: 3 highly recommended