Doctor of Physical Therapy

Our Department of Physical Therapy has created a substantive Doctor of Physical Therapy curriculum that is grounded both in today's practice and in the profession's expanding role in patient diagnosis and care.

The DPT coursework will provide you with the substantial base of knowledge youll need to enter the profession. Well take you through movement and neuroscience to diagnostic imaging and orthopedics. Our graduates will enter the profession with a thorough understanding of the human body, the nature of injury, and the therapies that lead to recovery and improved function.

Admission to the DPT program is competitive, and only a limited number of applicants will be admitted. Each applicant's strengths are evaluated under several factors associated with the successful completion of our program and passing the licensure examination.

GovState offers an on-campus entry-level doctor of physical therapy degree for those interested in starting a career in physical therapy.

The Physical Therapy program takes approximately three years to complete, each admitted class will begin its coursework in the first Summer Semester following admission.

In addition to meeting university admission criteria, applicants must:

have a bachelor's degree, any major, with a minimum cumulative G.P.A. of 2.8 on a 4.0 scale,

achieve a minimum of 1,000 points combined on the verbal reasoning and quantitative reasoning sections of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or 300 on the GRE revised General Test,

have appropriate prerequisite course work with a minimum prerequisite G.P.A. of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. The GSU equivalent course is given in parenthesis. The following courses (in semester credit-hours) or their equivalents are minimum prerequisites for entry into the D.P.T. program:

1 General biology with lab (4) (BIOL 1500, 1501, 1510, 1511)

2 General chemistry with lab (8) (CHEM 1141, 1142, 1143, 1144)

Anatomy with lab (8), two semester sequence of 1000-level Human Anatomy and Physiology with lab (8) (BIOL 2200, 2201, 2210, 2211) OR one semester of 2000-level or higher with lab (4) such as Comparative Anatomy (BIOL 3360/3361) and one semester of Physiology (3) such as Human Physiology (BIOL 4444/4445)

2 General Physics with lab (8) (PHYS 2141/2142 and PHYS 2143/2144)

Statistics (3) (STAT 4219)

3 courses in Psychology, Sociology or Anthropology (1 needs to be psychology) (9)

Recommended courses:

Orientation to Physical Therapy (2) (PHYT 2320)

Medical Terminology (1) (HLSC 2400) or Computer Application: Medical Terminology for the Health Professional (OCCT 2400)

IELTS - overall score 6.0.
TOEFL Internet (iBT) - overall score 91 with minimum (Reading - 20, Writing - 24 , Listening - 21, Speaking - 26)
TOEFL -PBT - overall score 577 with minimum scores (Reading - 54, Writing - 61 , Listening - 55