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Division of Physical Therapy
Admissions: Prerequisite Courses
College course work will only be accepted from accredited institutions in the United States and Canada, and MUST include the
following prerequisite courses. The applicant must have a minimum grade of C in
each prerequisite course. Each course must be completed prior to mid-May
of the year entering the program.
| Subject/Credit Hours |
WVU Course |
*Biology with lab (8 hours) |
BIOL 101/103, 102/104 |
*Chemistry with lab (8 hours) |
CHEM 115, 116 |
*Physics with lab (8 hours) |
PHYS 101, 102 |
*Introductory Statistics (3 hours) |
STAT 211 or ECON 225 |
General Psychology (3 hours) |
PSYC 101 |
Developmental Psychology (3 hours) 1 |
PSYC 241 |
*Human Anatomy (3 hours) 2 |
ATTR 219 (recommended) or NBAN 205 |
*Human Physiology (3 hours) 3 |
PSIO 441 (recommended) or PSIO 241 or BIOL 235 |
Click here to access a listing of equivalent prerequisite
courses at other institutions in WV.
Important Notes:
- A course Developmental (lifespan) psychology is strongly recommended,
although other psychology courses (abnormal, social) are accepted. Students
should seek developmental Psychology courses that cover the entire human lifespan, from birth through older adulthood.
Some colleges and universities offer this content in a sequence of two courses (one covering infant/child, another covering adolescence/adulthood).
In these cases, the two-course sequence must be completed.
- The anatomy courses included in the DPT curriculum are extremely rigorous. Students should seek out the highest level
anatomy course(s) available. The minimum prerequisite is a 3 credit hour course in Human Anatomy; ideally with a laboratory.
We will accept a 2-semester, 8 credit sequence of combined Human Anatomy
& Physiology. Courses in comparative, mammalian, or animal anatomy will not be accepted.
- For the physiology prerequisite, we will accept a 2-semester, 8 credit
sequence of combined Human Anatomy & Physiology. Separate Human
Physiology course with lab is preferred. Animal, Mammalian, or Comparative
Physiology courses are not acceptable.
Recommended Courses:
Effective for the class entering in 2008, a prerequisite course in Medical
Terminology is no longer required. However, such a course is strongly
encouraged. Students will be tested on proficiency with basic medical
terminology upon matriculation. For students who do not take a course in
Medical Terminology, self-study using the following text (or a similar
resource), is strongly encouraged.
Lafleur-Brooks M. Exploring Medical Language: A Student-Directed
Approach. 6th ed. St. Louis, MO: Mosby, Inc. 2005.
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