Physical Therapist Assistant

The Physical Therapist Assistant Consortium Program prepares students for employment as physical therapist assistants (PTA). The PTA functions through the direction of a physical therapist (PT) to implement the PT’s plan of care. The ultimate goal of physical therapy is to aid patients and clients in their return to maximal function. PTA students are instructed in thinking processes and skills such as therapeutic exercise, orthopedic and neurological interventions, therapeutic modalities, and the art of patient care. In addition to patient treatment courses, students study the basic sciences of anatomy, physiology, clinical pathology, and kinesiology. Clinical education experiences are integrated throughout the curriculum and offer students the opportunity to practice the techniques learned and practiced each semester.

The program is designed to be completed in two years.

Written Communication
ENGL-101WRITING AND RHETORIC I3.00
or ENGL-102 WRITING AND RHETORIC II
or ENGL-109 COLLEGE WRITING AND RESEARCH
Oral Communication
COMM-101FUNDAMENTALS OF ORAL COMMUNICATION3.00
Mathematical Ways of Knowing3.00
INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE
MATH IN MODERN SOCIETY
ALGEBRAIC REASONING AND PROBLEM-SOLVING
PRECALCULUS I: ALGEBRA
PRECALCULUS
STATISTICAL REASONING
CALCULUS I
STATISTICAL METHODS FOR THE SCIENCES
MATHEMATICS FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS II
FINITE MATHEMATICS
MATH FOR TECHNOLOGY
STATISTICAL REASONING
Scientific Ways of Knowing
BIOL-227HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY I4.00
Social & Behavioral Ways of Knowing
PSYC-101INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY3.00
Total Credits16.00
Take all of the following:
BIOL-228HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY II4.00
MEDPT-173MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY3.00
PTAE-101PHYSICAL THERAPY IN HEALTH CARE2.00
PTAE-107KINESIOLOGY4.00
PTAE-110PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES OF PATIENT CARE3.00
PTAE-113CLINICAL PATHOLOGY2.00
PTAE-204THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES3.00
PTAE-207THERAPEUTIC EXERCISE4.00
PTAE-208ORTHOPEDIC REHAB4.00
PTAE-211DATA COLLECTIONS3.00
PTAE-215SPECIAL POPULATIONS3.00
PTAE-217NEUROLOGICAL REHABILITATION4.00
PTAE-221SEMINAR2.00
PTAE-240CLINICAL AFFILIATION 17.00
PTAE-241CLINICAL AFFILIATION 27.00
Total Credits55.00