Curriculum

The PTA program is a two-year associate degree program consisting of 5 academic courses and 14 PTA courses. For detailed information about the program please see our Fact Sheet.

Academic Courses: The following courses may be taken before admission to the program. Students are STRONGLY encouraged to complete all academic courses prior to applying to the PTA program.

  • BIOL 2401 Anatomy & Physiology I
  • BIOL 2402 Anatomy & Physiology II
  • ENGL 1301 Composition I
  • PSYC 2314 Human Growth & Development
  • PHIL 2306 or other Language, Philosophy, Culture or Creative Arts Elective (humanities)
*Note: As Anatomy and Physiology are foundational for the practice of physical therapy, the Anatomy and Physiology courses cannot be more than 5 years old at the time the student applies to the PTA program.

Physical Therapist Assistant Courses: The following PTHA courses can only be taken after admission to the program.

  • PTHA 1409 Introduction to Physical Therapy
  • PTHA 1413 Functional Anatomy
  • PTHA 2301 Essentials of Data Collection
  • PTHA 1225 Communications in Health Care
  • PTHA 2409 Therapeutic Exercise
  • PTHA 1321 Pathophysiology
  • PTHA 1361 Clinical - PTA I
  • PTHA 1431 Physical Agents
  • PTHA 2205 Neurology
  • PTHA 2431 Management of Neurological Disorders
  • PTHA 2362 Clinical - PTA II
  • PTHA 2435 Rehabilitation Techniques
  • PTHA 2217 Issues in Health Care
  • PTHA 2363 Clinical - PTA III

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