ATTENTION PROSPECTIVE D.P.T. STUDENTS:
Please check back here for admission deadline changes as well as many more changes in the coming weeks.

All students applying for admission to the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program will:

• Attain the minimum of a Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in any subject area. Attain a minimum overall Grade Point Average of 3.0.
• Take the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) – www.gre.org. Recommended minimum scores on the GRE sections are 400 verbal, 500 quantitative, and 4.0 writing.
• Demonstrate language proficiency for non-native English speaking applicants. The TOEFL or Michigan test is required. Applicants must have a TOEFL score of 550 or a Michigan test score of 85 to be eligible.
• Complete or have a plan to complete all prerequisite coursework listed below before beginning the PT Program. All prerequisite courses must be completed with a letter grade of “C” or better. Attain a minimum prerequisite course Grade Point Average of 3.0.

1. Physics: two-course sequence with laboratories (At CSU:PHY 221 + 222 or PHY 241 + 242)
2. Chemistry: two-course sequence with laboratories (At CSU: CHM 251/256 + 252/257)
3. Cell or General Biology with laboratory (Cell bio preferred; Must include cell/molecular biology component if General Bio; At CSU: BIO 200/201)
4. Medical Terminology (Not calculated in prerequisite grade point average; At CSU: HSC 203, an on-line course)
5. Psychology: one course
6. Social/behavioral sciences: two courses (Two courses in addition to one required psychology course; Can be psychology, sociology, anthropology, or an appropriate course in another dept. such as “Culture & Health” in Health Sciences Dept.)
7. *Statistics/research design (Must be at junior or senior level -> 300 or 400 level course; At CSU: PSY 311 through Summer 2009; beginning Fall 2009, MTH 347 required)
8. *Vertebrate, Human or Mammalian Physiology (Must be at junior or senior level ? 300 or 400 level course; At CSU: BIO 422/423 or HSC 422)
9. *Human Gross Anatomy with cadaver laboratory (At CSU: HSC 457/475)
10. *Neuroscience with laboratory (At CSU: HSC 476/478)
11. *General Pathology (At CSU: HSC 381)

In general, there is a 6-year limit on the age of prerequisite course work for the PT program.  However, * courses must be completed within three years of applying to PT Program; this can be petitioned, if you are able to show in work or life experience that current knowledge of subject area has been maintained (for example: you took Statistics course 5 years ago, but have been utilizing the content in your job since that time).

Admissions Procedure and Deadlines 2009

There will no longer be a rolling admissions process; Admissions are processed on a competitive basis with the following: