Curriculum & Course Listing
Physical Therapist Assistant Program
Curriculum Progression:
All physical therapist assistant courses with PTHA prefix must be taken in sequence and can
be taken only in the semester listed.
All courses within the curriculum, including co-requisite courses, must be
passed with a "C" or higher.
NOTE: The PTA curriculum is changing. The new curriculum
becomes effective Spring 2010.
NEW CURRICULUM (Effective Spring 2010)
1st Year
Semester 1
PTHA 1303 Profession of Physical
Therapy
PTHA 1321 Clinical Pathology
PTHA 1431 Physical Agents
BIOL 2401 Human Anatomy & Physiology
I
Semester 2
PTHA 1413 Functional Anatomy
PTHA 1405 Basic Patient Care Skill
PTHA 2409 Therapeutic Exercise
BIOL 2402 Human Anatomy & Physiology
II
Summer
Semester 3
PTHA 2201 Essentials of Data
Collection
PTHA 1360 Clinical I- Physical
Therapist Assistant
ENGL 1301 Freshman Composition I
2nd Year
Semester 4
PTHA 2435 Rehabilitation
Techniques
PTHA 2431 Management of Neurological
Disorders
MATH 1314 College Algebra (or higher)
ENGL 1302 Freshman Composition II
Semester 5
PTHA 2217 Issues in Health Care
PTHA 2460 Clinical II- Physical
Therapist Assistant
PTHA 2461 Clinical III- Physical
Therapist Assistant
PSYC 2301 General Psych of Intro