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PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT
Degree Requirements for the Associate of Science
Major Courses
(27 Credit Hours)
AL 170 Physical Therapy Procedures I (3)
AL 261 Physical Therapy Procedures II (4)
AL 264 Physical Therapy Clinical I (1)
AL 265 Physical Therapy Procedures III (4)
AL 270 Physical Therapy Clinical II (3)
AL 271 Physical Therapy Procedures IV (3)
AL 272 Physical Therapy Procedures V (3)
AL 273 Physical Therapy Issues (1)
AL 279 Physical Therapy Clinical III (5)
Correlate Courses
(20 Credit Hours)
AL 101 Introduction to Health Care (3)
AL 320 Human 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 101 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)
AL 170 Physical Therapy Procedures I
AL 320 Human Disease
BI 255 Human Physiology and Lab
BI 275 Human Anatomy and Lab Social Science (3)
Summer Session
(8 Credit Hours)
AL 261 Physical Therapy Procedures II
AL 264 Physical Therapy Clinical I
Humanities (3)
Third Semester
(18 Credit Hours)
AL 270 Physical Therapy Clinical II
AL 265 Physical Therapy Procedures III
PE 321 Kinesiology
PE 326 Physiology of Exercise Humanities (3)
PE 198 Lifetime Wellness (2)
Fourth Semester
(12 Credit Hours)
AL 279 Physical Therapy Clinical III
AL 273 Physical Therapy Issues
AL 272 Physical Therapy Procedures V
PT 271 Physical Therapy 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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