St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Davenport Iowa 52803 admit

Graduate Curricula
the entering class will be expected to sign the
Essential Functions form prior to matriculation.
Students electing not to join the program by the
specified deadline date will be replaced by an
applicant on the waiting list. Petitions for waivers
of prerequisite courses and appeals regarding the
admission process must be directed to the
Physical Therapy Department.
High school seniors interested in Track I
should contact the Health Careers Advisor in the
SAU Admission Office at 319/333-6300.
Individuals interested in Track II or Track III
should request an application through the
Physical Therapy Department at 319/333-6403
or through the Physical Therapy home page at
www.sau.edu/mpt.
Prerequisite Courses
COURSE
SAU EQUIVALENT CREDITS
Biology* BIOL 103 & 104 8
Human Physiology‡ BIOL 202 & 204 3–8
General Chemistry* CHEM 105 & 106 8
General Physics* PHYS 203 & 204 8
Trigonometry (or above)MATH 152 2
Statistics/Biostatistics SSCI 213 3
Intro. Psychology PSYC 105 3
Advanced Psychology (upper level) 3
*With labs
‡At SAU, physiology is included in a two semester
course sequence with anatomy and includes
labs. An appropriate substitute would be a 3
semester hour course in human physiology with
lab.
Admissions Time Line
September: Current admission materials available
on request from the Physical Therapy
Department.
January 15: All application materials must be
received by the Physical Therapy Department for
Track I / Phase B, Track II and Track III.
February - March: Interview process.
April 1: Admissions and Retention Committee
informs applicants of their admissions status.
Admitted students pay a non-refundable acceptance
fee of $200 and review and sign the form
describing the essential functions to be performed
by MPT students.
Admissions Appeal Procedure
Applicants for admission to the MPT program
have a right to appeal decisions related to admission
according to the following procedure:
1. Applicants must file a written appeal of any
decision of the Admissions and Retention
Committee within two weeks of having
received written notification of a committee
decision. The appeal must be sent to the
Director of the Physical Therapy Department
and must include the reasons for challenging
the Admission and Retention committee’s
decision.
2. The director will convene the department’s
Appeals committee.
3. The decision of the department’s Appeals
Committee will be made within two weeks
after receipt of the appeal.
4. The applicant will be informed in writing of
the Appeals Committee’s decision on the
appeal within two weeks of the decision.
5. The student has a right to appeal the department’s
Appeals Committee’s decision to the
Dean of the College of Human Services.
Grading Policy
Each course instructor is responsible for establishing
and notifying students of the guidelines
required to complete course work. The Physical
Therapy Department has set the following criteria
for assignment of letter grading (percent of
total course work):
A = 90 - 100%, superior performance
B = 80 - 89%, suitably proficient performance
C = 70 - 79%, marginal performance
D = 60 - 69%, unsatisfactory performance
F = less than 60%, failure
Other grading assignments (P/NP, I, W, IP and
“Resident Credit”) and policies (Auditing,
Quality-Points, Withdrawal from the University,
Policy on Academic Dishonesty, Statement on
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