Health Sciences
Accelerated 3+3 BS in Health Sciences Leading to the DPT in Physical Therapy
The sequence listed below begins with the courses freshman Health Sciences majors should take. *Please note: the courses with an asterisk can be taken in either the fall or spring semesters. In the event that a course you choose is closed you can modify your sequence by substituting one of the courses with an asterisk.
Courses that are highlighted meet the graduate PT Program course prerequisites.
To accelerate into the graduate PT Program in the fourth year, students must earn a minimum 3.0 GPA overall and in the sciences, complete the ten PT Program prerequisite courses with no less than a "C", and have completed all college major, general education and PT Program prerequisites by the end of the third year of coursework.
1st Year Fall |
1st Year Spring |
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BIO 201 Anatomy & Physiology I |
4 |
BIO 202 Anatomy & Physiology II |
4 |
*ENG 101 Language & Comm |
3 |
*WLD 120 Women in the World |
3 |
(H/A) Foreign language |
3 |
*PSY 101 Intro to Psychology |
3 |
HSC 215 Hlth/ Wellness Lifespan |
3 |
SCI 240 Path & Prev of Injury |
3 |
FYE 1st Year Exp |
1 |
(H/A) Foreign language |
3 |
14 |
16 |
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2nd Year Fall |
2nd Year Spring |
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*H/A Humanities/ Liberal Arts Elec |
3 |
*H/A Humanities/ Liberal Arts Elec |
3 |
CHM 103 Chemistry I |
4 |
CHM 104 Chemistry II |
4 |
BIO 215 Biopsychology |
3 |
*ENG 220 College Writing |
3 |
HSC 206 Health/Culture (XC) |
3 |
*PSY 202 Human Development |
3 |
SCI 120 Nutrition |
3 |
*PSY 207 Statistics |
3 |
16 |
16 |
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3rd Year Fall |
3rd Year Spring |
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PHY 101 Physics I |
4 |
PHY 102 Physics II |
4 |
*SOC 350 Research for Professions |
3 |
HSC 405 Community Health Educ |
3 |
PSY 326 Health Psychology |
3 |
WLD 420 Women Changing World |
3 |
BIO 220 Cell Biology |
4 |
SCI 310 Exercise Physiology |
4 |
HSC 410 Compl Health Care |
3 |
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17 |
14 |
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4th Year: Accelerating students progress to first year graduate PT courses taken in the Summer and Fall semester. Total minimum credits required for a BS degree is 120. A Bachelor of Science degree in Health Sciences is awarded at the end of the Fall semester. (click here to view the DPT in Physical Therapy curricular sequence)
