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Prephysical Therapy

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The prephysical therapy concentration admits both pre- and postbaccalaureate students into courses required for application to physical therapy graduate programs (MPT or DPT).

This concentration offers 11 courses scheduled as lectures on weeknights and Saturday laboratories in the fall, winter, and spring quarters. Students applying to programs requiring a term of calculus should also take a 12th course, MATH 220 Differential Calculus of One-Variable Functions. Students typically enroll in two courses per quarter and should expect to complete the program in a total of 6 to 9 quarters or 15 to 24 months.

While this program meets minimal requirements for application to most physical therapy schools in Illinois, students are strongly advised to find out the admission requirements of the schools in which they are interested before enrolling to ensure that the SCS program fulfills their requirements.

Note: Prospective students who are physical therapist assistants (PTAs) or occupational therapist assistants (OTAs) and who have already earned their associate’s degrees may simultaneously complete their bachelor’s degrees in any of the 19 major fields of study currently available at SCS, including the major in biological sciences: human biology.

Required Courses

Biological Sciences

Chemistry

  • CHEM 101 General Chemistry (with laboratory)
  • CHEM 102 General Inorganic Chemistry (with laboratory)
  • CHEM 103 General Physical Chemistry (with laboratory)

Physics

Statistics

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