Physical Therapist Assistant Degree
The Physical Therapist Assistant Program: The Physical Therapist Assistant program follows a Hybrid Curriculum Model that requires five semesters of study with a short summer session of clinical work. Students spend 15 hours of required general education courses, 41 technical hours and 17 clinical hours for a total of 73 credit hours. Entry into the program is every fall semester. After completing two years of required coursework, graduation is at the end of the final spring semester. The mission of the Physical Therapist Assistant Program is to produce entry-level physical therapist assistants for the labor market who foster attitudes toward lifelong education and development of skills.
Courses
- PTAS 119 — Clinical A & P for PTA
- PTAS 160 — Physical Modalities I
- ENGL 101 — English Composition
- MEDT 104 — Medical Terminology
- PTAS 150 — Applied Physics for PTA
- PTAS 152 — PTA Data Collection and Manual Skills
- PTAS 154 — Patient Care Skills
- PTAS 156 — Introduction to Physical Therapy
- PTAS 158 — Kinesiology for PTA
- PTAS 162 — Physical Modalities II
- PTAS 164 — Therapeutic Exercises for PTA
- PTAS 166 — Pathology for PTA
- PTAS 167 — Introduction to Clinical Internship
- PTAS 168 — Practicum I
- PSYH 101 — Psychology
- COMM 103 — Fundamentals of Speech Communication
- SOCO 101 — Sociology
- PTAS 251 — Clinical Internship I
- BUSN 156 — Business Technology Applications
- BUSN 206 — Personal Finance
- CITA 132
- CITA 142
- CITA 151 — Intro to Computer Applications
- CITG 183 — Client Operating Systems
- CITN 114 — Computer Systems Forensics
- COMM 107
- CSTR 186 — Construction Safety 30
- GSTE 101 — Mapping Your Digital World
- HLTH 102 — Human Health and Wellness
- HLTH 107 — Principles of Nutrition
- HLTH 208 — First Aid
- LEAD 150 — Leadership Development
- OFTC 101 — Computer Basics
- OFTC 110 — Document Processing I
- OFTC 111 — Document Processing II
- OFTC 186 — Intro to Computer Operating Systems
- PHED 112
- PHED 245
- PHED 250
- SPAN 101 — Beginning Spanish I
- SPAN 102 — Beginning Spanish II
- PTAS 254 — Orthopedic Principles and Procedures I
- PTAS 258 — Practicum II
- PTAS 259 — Clinical Internship II
- PTAS 256 — Neurologic Principles and Procedures
- PTAS 255 — Orthopedic Principles and Procedures II
- PTAS 257 — Neurologic Principles and Procedures II
- PTAS 260 — Clinical Internship III
- PTAS 262 — Clinical Seminar