What are the prerequisites courses for admission to a physical therapist program?
The prerequisite courses for admission to a physical therapist program vary between academic programs and academic institutions. Based on a survey of academic programs, general prerequisites courses range for 6-17 courses with 11-12 course being most common. General education courses required generally match the institutional requirements. More than 50% of the physical therapist programs specifically require Anatomy and Physiology (minimum one course); chemistry (minimum one course); physics (two courses); statistics (one course); psychology; general biology (minimum one course), and an undergraduate degree. In addition, more that 75% of programs require a minimum GPA of 3.0.
