Pre-Physical Therapy Program
Minimal Requirements for Entrance
- Natural Sciences and Mathematics
- Anatomy & Physiology - 8 hours
- Principles of Biology and Organismal Biology- 8 hours
- General Chemistry with labs- 8 hours
- Medical Terminology (1-3 hours)
- Physics I and Physics II with labs - 8 hours
- PreCalculus with Trigonometry or higher - 3 or 4 hours
- Statistics - 3 or 4 hours
- English (6 hours)
- Psychology (6 hours)
- KIRA Assessment (required)
- GRE exam (required)
- General Chemistry with labs (8 hours)
- Physics I and Physics II with labs (8 hours)
- Principles of Biology and Cell Biology with labs (8hours)
- Botany may not be used to satisfy this prerequisite
- Anatomy & Physiology I and II with labs (8 hours)
- English Composition - 6 hours
- Social Science - 3 courses-at least two of which must be Psychology
- GRE Exam
- General Chemistry with labs (8 hours)
- Physics I and Physics II with labs (8 hours)
- Principles of Biology and Cell Biology with labs (8hours)Botany may not be used to satisfy this prerequisite
- Anatomy & Physiology I and II with labs (8 hours)
- GRE exam
- Biology with lab - 4 hours
- Biology elective with lab - 4 hours (Biology II, Cell Biology, Microbiology, Histology)(No Botany)
- Human Anatomy & Physiology with lab - 8 hours
- General Chemistry with lab- 8 hours
- Physics with lab - 8 hours
- PreCalculus Trigonometry or higher - 3-4 hours
- General Psychology - 3 hours
- Developmental Psychology - 3 hours
- Elective: Psychology, Sociology, Ethics, or Anthropology- 3 hours
- Statistics- 3 hours
- English Composition - 3 hours]
- Oral Communication, Public Speaking, or Speech- 3 hours
- GRE exam
- Human Anatomy & Physiology with labs- 8 hours
- Biology I and II with labs - 8 hours
- General Chemistry with labs - 8 hours
- Physics with labs- 8 hours
- General Psychology - 3 hours
- Statistics- 3 hours
- PreCalculus Trigonometry or higher- 3 hours
- English Composition - 6 hours
- Medical Terminology - 1-3 hours
- GRE exam
Physical Therapy Schools in Alabama
Division of Physical Therapy
School of Health Related Professions, SHRP Building, RM B-41, UAB Station, AL 35294
(205) 934-3566
Department of Physical Therapy
College of Applied Health Professions, Mobile, AL 36688
(334) 434-3575
Samford University, 800 Lakeshore Drive, Birmingham, AL 35229-2011
915 S Jackson Street, Montgomery, AL 36104
53454 Atlanta HWY, Montgomery, AL 36109
Education Required
Baccalaureate degree
Degree / Major
Any major is acceptable as long as you meet the minimal entrance requirements listed above.
Admission Test
Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
Educational Testing Service
P.O. Box 6014
Princeton, NJ 08541-6014
( series of video and written questions that will take the place of in-person interviews. The assessment is a required scored component of your application.)
Application Services
3030 Potomac Avenue, Suite 100
Alexandria, VA 22305-3085
800-999-2782
3030 Potomac Avenue, Suite 100
Alexandria, VA 22305-3085
800-999-2782
*In addition to the courses listed above, one must take 9 hours of Human Physiology.
Questions or comments? Contact the TROY Office of the Pre-Professional Studies.