Physical Therapy

Steven Lee, Marvin Denney, Academic Advisers.

There is a wide variation in the prerequisites for entrance into a Physical Therapy program. Loma Linda and most other physical therapy schools (Andrews University excepted) require a bachelor’s degree prior to entry, typically with a minimum GPA of 3.0. The applicant is expected to complete a degree with a major plus a list of prerequisite courses. A minimum of 80 observation/work hours is also required.

Requirements may include the following courses; however, students should request information about current admission requirements from the professional school they plan to attend.

Required Courses:

BIOL 121	Anatomy and Physiology	4
BIOL 122	Anatomy and Physiology	4
BIOL 123	Anatomy and Physiology	4
CHEM 141	General Chemistry	3
CHEM 142	General Chemistry	3
CHEM 143	General Chemistry	3
CHEM 144	General Chemistry Laboratory	1
CHEM 145	General Chemistry Laboratory	1
CHEM 146	General Chemistry Laboratory	1
MATH 106	Introduction to Statistics	4
PHYS 211	General Physics	3
PHYS 212	General Physics	3
PHYS 213	General Physics	3
PHYS 214	General Physics Laboratory	1
PHYS 215	General Physics Laboratory	1
PHYS 216	General Physics Laboratory	1
PSYC 130	General Psychology	4

Other commonly required courses:

NRSG 234	Medical Terminology	2
PSYC 215	Developmental Psychology	4
SPCH 101	Fundamentals of Speech Communication	4
BIOL	Additional Biological Science courses
PSYC	Additional Psychology courses