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Twin Cities Campus
Physical Therapy D.P.T.Rehabilitation Medicine Administration
Medical School
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
Program in Physical Therapy, MMC 388, 420 Delaware Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455, (612-624-2662; fax: 612-625-4274)
Email:
ptquest@umn.edu
Website: http://physther.umn.edu
Along with the program-specific requirements listed below, please read the
General Information section of
this
website for requirements that apply to all major fields.
The Physical Therapy Program, a division within the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, offers a professional doctoral degree in physical therapy (D.P.T.). Physical therapy is a health care discipline involved with the study and rehabilitation of movement impairments such as muscular weakness, impaired coordination, joint stiffness, and pain, which can lead to functional problems affecting self care, employment, ambulation, etc. Graduates are prepared to promote proper health care and quality of living by maximizing human movement following disease or injury or by preventing its loss. The program requires three years of year-round, full-time graduate study. Academic coursework and research activity are completed during the first seven semesters. The final two semesters are devoted to clinical internships.
Accreditation
This program is accredited by Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) (APTA).
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
The preferred undergraduate GPA for admittance to the program
is 3.00.
The University of Minnesota Program in Physical Therapy has no required or preferred undergraduate major. Any baccalaureate degree or equivalent from an accredited institution is accepted.
Other requirements to be completed before admission:
To be eligible for admission, the student must complete a baccalaureate degree, or its foreign equivalent, from an accredited institution by June 1st of the year of admission, including the required prerequisite courses or their equivalents.
Applicant must complete at least 100 hours of volunteer or work experience in a physical therapy setting. Exposure to multiple and varied areas of practice in physical therapy and additional health care exposure are considered an important preparation. The GRE General exam only is required. TOEFL is required for international students. Two letters of recommendation.
Special Application Requirements:
Below is a list of required prerequisite coursework to be taken before entering the program. Courses must be taken A-F, unless receiving Advanced Placement (AP) credit. A minimum grade of C is required in all prerequisite coursework. It is recommended that these courses be taken within the previous five years. Courses may be taken at any accredited college. Students are expected to be skillful with computer applications for word processing and creating spreadsheets.
- General biology, with lab
- A second biology course of the student's choice, with lab
- Human anatomy
- Human physiology
- General chemistry or inorganic chemistry - minimum two courses, with lab
- General physics, which includes mechanics and electricity - minimum two courses, with lab
- General psychology
- Abnormal psychology
- Statistics - ANOVA and regression analysis content strongly recommended
- Introductory calculus (pre-calculus not acceptable; Intro to Calculus or Short Calculus acceptable)
- Medical terminology
For all AP courses on the transcript, a score must be entered. This will be the score issued by the College Board. Students must also forward a copy of the College Board Report to the admissions coordinator to keep on file.
If distance learning courses are taken from an accredited college or university for college credit, there is no limit to the number that may be taken through distance education.
All prerequisite courses and an undergraduate degree must be completed before the student enrolls in the professional program. Students may apply with two remaining prerequisites in progress. Past students have found that biochemistry, and human/animal biology classes have been helpful preparation for the D.P.T. curriculum.
Applicants must submit their test score(s) from the following:
International applicants must submit score(s) from one of the following tests:
The preferred English language test is Test of English as Foreign Language.
Key to test
abbreviations
(GRE, TOEFL, IELTS).
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
141
credits are required in the major.
This program may not be completed with a minor.
Use of 4xxx courses towards program requirements is not permitted.
The program requires 141 major field credits, of which 101 are core academic credits and 40 are clinical internship credits. Nine credits of research are included in the core academic credits and a scientific poster presentation and written exam based on this research culminates the project. No minor or related field is required. Students must maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.80 while in the program.
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