Dec 26, 2024

2008-2009 Undergraduate Catalog

2008-2009 Undergraduate Catalog [NOTE!!!! THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG. FOR THE CURRENT CATALOG, GO TO CATALOG.NIU.EDU]

Pre-Physical Therapy

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The School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders offers an undergraduate pre-physical therapy program designed to prepare students for entrance into the professional physical therapy curriculum. The undergraduate pre-physical therapy program provides prerequisites in the humanities, social sciences, and basic sciences. Because of the complexity of the requirements and the uniqueness of the program at NIU, students must maintain communication with academic advisers in the physical therapy program.

Prerequisite Courses (56-57)

One year of general biology for science majors with laboratory (8)
A lifespan development course (3)
An abnormal psychology course (3)
An introductory statistics course (3)
Course work in an adviser-approved focus area excluding required prerequisites and general education courses (12)

BIOS 357 - Human Anatomy and Physiology Credits: 5
MATH 155 - Trigonometry and Elementary Functions Credits: 3
(Available for general education credit)
or
MATH 229 - Calculus I Credits: 4
(Available for general education credit)
PHYS 210 - General Physics I Credits: 4
(Available for general education credit)
PHYS 211 - General Physics II Credits: 4
(Available for general education credit)
PSYC 102 - Introduction to Psychology Credits: 3
(Available for general education credit)

Both

(The following courses are available for general education credit.)

CHEM 210 - General Chemistry I Credits: 3
CHEM 212 - General Chemistry Laboratory I Credits: 1

Both

(The following courses are available for general education credit.)

CHEM 211 - General Chemistry II Credits: 3
CHEM 213 - General Chemistry Laboratory II Credits: 1