Northern Arizona University

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

There are three primary requirements:

1. Completion of a baccalaureate degree of your choice. There is no preference given to any particular baccalaureate degree.
2. GRE scores
3. Completion of the required prerequisite science courses by the end of the spring semester (or quarter) prior to commencing the program, with no more than two 2 prerequisite courses being taken the last spring. These courses include:
   • one year of laboratory and lecture-based anatomy and physiology courses
   • one year of laboratory and lecture-based general chemistry
   • one year of laboratory and lecture-based college level physics
   • one semester of general psychology
   • one semester of statistics
   • one semester of abnormal OR developmental psychology

At Northern Arizona University, these prerequisite sciences are:

BIO 201 & 202	Anatomy & Physiology
CHM 151, 151L, 152 & 152L	General Chemistry
PHY 111 & 112	Physics
PSY 101	Psychology
STA 270/PSY 230/EPS 525	Statistics
PSY 240 OR 415	Abnormal OR Developmental Psychology

(The chemistry courses should be at the level required of premed and biological science majors.)

We select students to interview on the basis of their overall grade point average, their prerequisite science grade point average, letters of recommendation, a written personal statement, and extracurricular accomplishments. Selection of the physical therapy class is then made from the applicants that are interviewed.

The Physical Therapy Program at Northern Arizona University will participate in the Physical Therapist Centralized Application Service, known as PTCAS. Applicants applying to the entry-level professional physical therapist program for the 2010 entering class will apply online using the PTCAS application. Applicants can begin their PTCAS application on July 15, 2009. The PT program application deadline is November 2, 2009. Interviews will be conducted on February 26 and 27, 2010. To learn more about the PTCAS application process, please visit the PTCAS web site at www.ptcas.org.