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Admission Requirements :
This program has special admission requirements. Interested students should
contact the Allied Health Department for specific requirements.
Physical Therapist Assistant
Degree Requirements for the Associate of Science
Major Courses. (27 Credit Hours)
PT 160 Physical Therapy Procedures I (3)
PT 180 Physical Therapy Procedures II (4)
PT 250 Physical Therapy Clinical I (1)
PT 251 Physical Therapy Clinical II (3)
PT 252 Physical Therapy Clinical III (5)
PT 270 Physical Therapy Procedures III (4)
PT 280 Physical Therapy Procedures IV (3)
PT 275 Physical Therapy Procedures V (3)
PT 285 Issues in Physical Medicine (1)
Correlate Courses (20 Credit Hours)
AL 100 Introduction to Health Care (3)
AL 320 Introduction to Disease (3)
BI 255 Human Physiology & Lab (4)
BI 275 Human Anatomy & Lab (4)
PE 321 Kinesiology (3)
PE 326 Exercise Physiology (3)
University Requirements (8 Credit Hours)
EN 101 Freshman Composition (3)
PE 198 Lifetime Wellness (2)
MA 110 Exploring
Mathematics or MA 116 College Algebra (3)*
*MA 110 Exploring Mathematics or MA 116 College Algebra, counts as a Natural
Science General Education
requirement for the PTA program.
General Education
(18 Credit Hours)
Natural Sciences ** (6)
Social Science Electives (6)
Humanities Electives (6)
**Human Anatomy and Human Physiology have prerequisites of BI 100, Intro
to Biology, and BI 101, Intro to Biology Lab, which will count as 3 hours
of the Natural Science General Education requirement and the MA 110, Exploring
Mathematics, or MA 116, College Algebra, will count as the other 3 hours
of Natural Science General Education requirement.
Sample Curriculum Physical Therapist Assistant
The suggested schedule of courses that a full-time student would likely
take to complete this program is as follows:
First Semester (17 Credit Hours)
AL 100 Introduction to Health Care
BI 100 & 101 Intro to Biology and Lab
EN 101 Freshman composition
MA 110 Exploring Mathematics
OR
MA 116 College Algebra
Social Science (3)
Second Semester (17 Credit Hours)
PT 160 Procedures I
AL 320 Introduction to Disease
BI 255 Human Physiology and Lab
BI 275 Human Anatomy and Lab Social Science (3)
Summer Session (8 Credit Hours)
PT 180 Procedures II
PT 250 Clinical I Humanities (3)
Third Semester (18 Credit Hours)
PT 251 Clinical II
PT 270 Procedures III
PE 321 Kinesiology
PE 326 Physiology of Exercise Humanities (3)
PE 198 Lifetime Wellness (2)
Fourth Semester (12 Credit Hours)
PT 252 Clinical III
PT 285 Issues in Physical Medicine
PT 275 Procedures V
PT 280 Procedures IV
Students may take and are encouraged to take any of the correlate courses,
University required courses, or general education courses prior to making
application to the program.
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