Entry-Level Doctor of Physical Therapy Admission and Program Standards
All candidates must apply online utilizing the APTA's Centralized Application Service (www.ptcas.org) The following prerequisites must be completed prior to admission to the entry-level Doctor of Physical Therapy Program.
Biology I, II |
4, 4 cr |
Statistics |
3 cr |
Anatomy and Physiology I, II |
4, 4 cr |
Physics I, II |
4, 4 cr |
Developmental Psychology I, II |
3, 3 cr |
Chemistry I, II |
4, 4 cr |
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Prerequisite courses are offered by Dominican College in either the traditional semester-based weekday schedule or the Weekend College format. Although the prerequisite courses may be taken at other accredited colleges or universities, preference for admission to the Physical Therapy Program is given to the most qualified applicants who have taken 30 or more credits at Dominican.
The overall grade point average, as well as in the prerequisites grade point average must be at least a (3.0), with no course grade lower than a C. A 3.0 G.P.A. is also required for the last 60 credits of the student's most recent coursework as a whole.
Applicants whose native language is not English must obtain a minimum score of 550 on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (T.O.E.F.L.) or 213 on the computer-based T.O.E.F.L. (C.B.T.).
