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.
Code | Title | Credits |
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Written Communication | ||
ENGL-101 | WRITING AND RHETORIC I | 3.00 |
or ENGL-102 | WRITING AND RHETORIC II | |
or ENGL-109 | COLLEGE WRITING AND RESEARCH | |
Oral Communication | ||
COMM-101 | FUNDAMENTALS OF ORAL COMMUNICATION | 3.00 |
Mathematical Ways of Knowing | 3.00 | |
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-227 | HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY I | 4.00 |
Social & Behavioral Ways of Knowing | ||
PSYC-101 | INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY | 3.00 |
Total Credits | 16.00 |
Code | Title | Credits |
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Take all of the following: | ||
BIOL-228 | HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY II | 4.00 |
MEDPT-173 | MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY | 3.00 |
PTAE-101 | PHYSICAL THERAPY IN HEALTH CARE | 2.00 |
PTAE-107 | KINESIOLOGY | 4.00 |
PTAE-110 | PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES OF PATIENT CARE | 3.00 |
PTAE-113 | CLINICAL PATHOLOGY | 2.00 |
PTAE-204 | THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES | 3.00 |
PTAE-207 | THERAPEUTIC EXERCISE | 4.00 |
PTAE-208 | ORTHOPEDIC REHAB | 4.00 |
PTAE-211 | DATA COLLECTIONS | 3.00 |
PTAE-215 | SPECIAL POPULATIONS | 3.00 |
PTAE-217 | NEUROLOGICAL REHABILITATION | 4.00 |
PTAE-221 | SEMINAR | 2.00 |
PTAE-240 | CLINICAL AFFILIATION 1 | 7.00 |
PTAE-241 | CLINICAL AFFILIATION 2 | 7.00 |
Total Credits | 55.00 |