College of Health Professions

Department of Physical Therapy

Department of Physical Therapy
Health Professions Building, 310B
phone: 512-245-8351
fax: 512-245-8736
phystherapy@txstate.edu

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

BIO 2430 or PT 3400	Human Physiology and Anatomy or Human Structure and Function	4 hrs.*
BIO 3421 or PE 3317	Vertebrate Physiology or The Physiology or Exercise	3-4 hrs.
CHEM 1341	General Chemistry I	3 hrs.
CHEM 1141	General Chemistry I Laboratory	1 hr.
CHEM 1342	General Chemistry II	3 hrs.
CHEM 1142	General Chemistry II Laboratory	1 hr.
HIM 2360	Medical Terminology	3 hrs.**
HP 3302	Biostatistics (Statistics)	3 hrs.
PHYS 1410	General Physics I	4 hrs.
PHYS 1420	General Physics II	4 hrs.
PSY 1300	Introduction to Psychology	3 hrs.
PSY 3300 or PSY 3315	Lifespan Development or Abnormal Psychology	3 hrs.

* 2 semesters/8 hours at many institutions

If Chemistry is taught with 3 hour lectures and 2 hour labs, only one lab is required for a total of 8 hours of Chemistry.

**many courses are 1 or 2 credits instead of 3; this is fine as long as the student has competency in medical terminology

Notes:

All science courses must be taken with lab sections.
The level of chemistry and physics courses should correspond to coursework needed for medical and dental schools prerequisites.
Statistics coursework should include the study of ANOVA and can be a basic statistics course from any department.
A student may apply to the PT Department before completion of these courses; however, all prerequisites must be completed before unconditional acceptance into the PT program will be granted.