2010-2011 HBU Catalog - Houston Baptist University

Pre-Physical Therapy Program
Director: Dr. Susan Cook
Coordinator: Cathy Capes
This is a guide to the most frequently required courses. Not all courses will be required by all physical therapy
schools. Prerequisite courses may change at any time without notice to Houston Baptist University. Some of the
listed courses may have other prerequisite requirements. It is the student‘s responsibility to check often with the
professional school for any updates.
Since programs vary in entrance requirements, students should confirm the specific admission requirements for
each school. The requirements below are representative of most programs. It should be noted that most physical
therapy schools require a bachelor‘s degree.
Core Courses
BIOL 2241 Medical Terminology
BIOL 2454 General Biology I*
BIOL 2455 General Biology II*
BIOL 3301 Cellular and Molecular Biology*
BIOL 3454 General Physiology**
BIOL 3456 Advanced Human Anatomy OR BIOL 3464 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy**
CHEM 2415 General Chemistry I**
CHEM 2416 General Chemistry II**
COMM 1323 Rhetoric and Public Speaking
ENGL 1313 Composition and Literature
ENGL 1323 Composition and Literature
Three Additional hours in English
MATH 1451 Calculus I (previously offered as MATH 2434)
PHYS 1416 General Physics I OR PHYS 2413 Principles of Physics I
PHYS 1417 General Physics II OR PHYS 2423 Principles of Physics II
PSYC 1313 General Psychology
PSYC 2301 Introductory Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences OR MATH 3401 Introductory
Statistics for the Life Sciences
PSYC 2364 Abnormal Psychology OR PSYC 3313 Human Growth and Development
SOCI 1313 Principles of Sociology
Notes:
* BIOL 2454, 2444 and 3301 are prerequisites for BIOL 3454, 3456 and 3464.
** CHEM 3313 and 3333 are prerequisites for CHEM 4373. CHEM 3313, 3131 and 3333 or concurrent enrollment
in CHEM 3333 are prerequisites for CHEM 3132.
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