Physical Therapist Assistant

Benton Hall
Room 107
(785) 231-1010 ext. 1284

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 Physiology of Exercise (3)

See University Requirements*

* MA 110 Exploring Mathematics or MA 116 College Algebra counts as a Natural Science General Education requirement for the PTA program.

See General Education Requirements**

** 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.

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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