Orthotics and Prosthetics

Tom Ekkens, Academic Advisor.

Entry requirements vary according to the professional school. Summarized below are the requirements for entry into the program at Loma Linda University. For admission into the Orthotics and Prosthetics program, students are required to complete a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and have a minimum GPA of 3.0 in both science and non-science courses.

Required Courses:

BIOL 121	Anatomy and Physiology	4
BIOL 122	Anatomy and Physiology	4
BIOL 123	Anatomy and Physiology	4
	or
BIOL 141	General Biology	4
BIOL 142	General Biology	4
BIOL 143	General Biology	4
BIOL 250	Biostatistics	4
	or
MATH 106	Introduction to Statistics	4
CHEM 105	Survey of Chemistry	5
	or
CHEM 141	General Chemistry	3
CHEM 144	General Chemistry Laboratory	1
PHYS 211	General Physics	3
	and
PHYS 214	General Physics Laboratory	1
	or
PHYS 201	Conceptual Physics	3
	and
PHYS 204	Conceptual Physics Laboratory	1
PSYC 215	Developmental Psychology	4
	or
PSYC 492	Abnormal Psychology	4

In addition to the above, Loma Linda requires a documented minimum of 80 work/observation hours under the supervision of a CPO practitioner.