General Program Description The PTA program consists of 30 credit hours of general education course work and 40 credit hours of PTA courses. Upon acceptance to the PTA program, students enroll in courses directly associated with the practice and procedures of the physical therapy profession. Courses include kinesiology, patient care skills, clinical orthopedics, therapeutic modalities, clinical neurology and advanced therapeutic Read more...

General Program Description Two faculty members instruct in the PTA program. Teaching methods vary from traditional lecture format to active learning approaches. Efforts are made to attend to all learning styles in small supportive classes. The student averages 26 hours in the classroom/lab with moderate off-hours study requirements. Job placement percentages and pass rate percentages on the National Licensure Exam Read more...

General Program Description The PTA program is a five-semester curriculum. Students direct from high school spend the first semester completing the four required pre-admission courses to the four semester technical phase of the program. Students wiith college course history must complete the pre-admission courses prior to application to the Program, and then complete the four semesters of technical courses. Clinical Read more...

General Program Description The PTA program is an integrated 2 year program, consisting of 23 credit hours of general education and 45 hours of physical therapist assistant courses. Technical coursework includes didactic and laboratory instruction in patient care skills, kinesiology, therapeutic exercise and modalities, and a study of musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, cardiopulmonary, and integumentary pathologies. Clinical Experiences Students integrate their academic Read more...

General Program Description The physical therapist assistant program is offered as a daytime program which is designed to be completed within five consecutive semesters. The program utilizes a modified problem based approach with lecture and lab components integrated throughout the first four semesters. To ease the educational experience non-core coursework can be completed prior to admission to the PTA program. Read more...

General Program Description The PTA program consists of four consecutive academic semesters of both lecture and lab components, supplemented by four clinical practica. Students graduate upon completion of the final clinical practicum in August. The two full-time faculty are complemented by numerous guest speakers with specialty expertise. Clinical Experiences The first clinical experience is 4-weeks full-time. It is completed during Read more...

General Program Description The program is composed of 2 years including one summer and is semester-based. There are 4 full-time faculty, 1 clinical instructor and 4 part-time faculty who are physical therapists and physical therapist assistants. Unique qualities of the program include: field trips to a variety of locations, faculty directed practice labs, faculty directed primary clinical experience, close faculty Read more...

General Program Description Clinical Experiences Most students complete their initial part-time internship of 80 hours in the second year of the program. Assignments are made by the Physical Therapist Assistant Program. All students complete two 8-week, (280 hours each) full-time clinical experiences following completion of all classroom courses. Therefore, working students may be required to take a leave of absence Read more...

General Program Description The PTA program consists of 27 credit hours in general education and basic science and 41 credit hours of physical therapist assist courses. Upon acceptance to the PTA program, students enroll simultaneously in basic science, general education and courses directly associated with the practice and procedures of the physical therapy profession. Courses include lecture, laboratory, and clinical Read more...