Admissions Info

ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS 
To be considered for admission, applicants must:

• Complete an undergraduate degree from an accredited institution prior to enrollment.
• Meet the requirements for Graduate College admission.
• Have a minimum of 3.00 GPA (last 60 hours toward degree).
• Have a minimum of 3.00 GPA on all science courses (biology, chemistry, and physics).
• Have a minimum of 3.00 GPA on all prerequisite course requirements. 
• Have competitive GRE scores in Verbal and Quantitative.

Pre-Requisite Courses for Physical Therapy Program

Prior to enrollment in the DPT Program, the following courses (or the equivalent) must be completed at an accredited institution:

• * Anatomy and Physiology: Requirement is for one semester of A&P. At many institutions, 2 semesters/8 hours of A & P 1 and A & P 2 are available or required.
  If it is offered as a two-course sequence, both courses must be completed! Anatomy and Physiology 2 will NOT fulfill the Exercise/Vertebrate Physiology pre-requisite. We recommend Exercise Physiology for the required physiology course; however, most upper division human physiology courses will be accepted. 
• ** Chemistry:  If Chemistry 1 and Chemistry 2 are taught with 3-hour lectures and a 2-hour combined lab for both Chemistry lectures, only one lab is required for a total of 8 hours of Chemistry.
• *** Medical Terminology: courses can be 1, 2, or 3 credit hour courses.
• **** Statistics: Statistics coursework must include the study of analysis of variance (ANOVA) and can be a basic statistics course from any department.
• All science courses listed on the pre-requisite table must be taken with lab sections.
• The level of chemistry and physics courses should correspond to coursework needed for medical and dental schools pre-requisites.
• Exercise Physiology does not require a lab component; however, we strongly recommend taking a lab if it is offered at your institution.

 A student may apply to the PT Department before completion of these courses; however, all pre-requisites must be completed before unconditional acceptance into the DPT program will be granted.

(09/2021)

This is a tool to assist you in planning or deciding what pre-requisite courses may be available at your institution.  Questions can be directed to our office at 512-716-2652

Course Equivalency Tool