2024-2025 University Catalog
Pre-Allied Health/Pre-Physical Therapy, B.S.
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The major in Pre-Allied Health/Pre-Physical Therapy is designed to provide a strong foundation in the fundamental principles of allied health science. The major offers the preparation necessary for continued study toward a degree in a related allied health profession. Students who complete this program can pursue further education in Physical or Occupational Therapy, Physician Assistants, Athletic Training, Chiropractics, Podiatry and Nursing.
Minimum Credits Required: 62
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Required Courses:
- ASW 201 - AHSW Leadership and Professional Mapping, 1 credit hour
- ASW 202 - Principles of Sports Medicine, 3 credit hours
- ASW 206 - Medical Terminology, 2 credit hours
- ASW 209 - Research Design & Statistics in Sport Sciences, 3 credit hours
- ASW 302 - Physiology of Exercise, 3 credit hours
- ASW 303 - Health and Physical Fitness Assessment Techniques, 3 credit hours
- ASW 306 - Therapeutic Modalities with Lab, 4 credit hours
- ASW 321 - Adapted Physical Activity, 3 credit hours
- ASW 402 - Kinesiology/Biomechanics, 3 credit hours
- BIO 121 - Fundamentals of Cellular and Molecular Biology, 4 credit hours
- BIO 122 - Fundamentals of Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity, 4 credit hours
- BIO 203 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I, 4 credit hours
- BIO 204 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II, 4 credit hours
- CHM 111 - General Chemistry I, 4 credit hours
- CHM 112 - General Chemistry II, 3 credit hours
- CHM 115 - General Chemistry Lab, 1 credit hour
- ASW 497X - Internship, Credit hours to be arranged (1 credit hour required)
Electives:
Select 3 of the following BIO, CHM or PHY courses listed below. Choices should be guided by graduate program prerequisites.
- BIO 211 - Genetics, 4 credit hours
- BIO 212 - Microbiology, 4 credit hours
- BIO 330 - Clinical Gross Anatomy, 4 credit hours
- BIO 333 - Human Physiology, 4 credit hours
- CHM 251 - Organic Chemistry I, 3 credit hours AND
- CHM 255 - Organic Chemistry I Laboratory, .5 credit hour
- CHM 252 - Organic Chemistry II, 3 credit hours AND
- CHM 256 - Organic Chemistry II Laboratory, 1 credit hour
- CHM 311 - Biochemistry, 3 credit hours AND
- CHM 315 - Biochemistry Laboratory, 1 credit hour
- PHY 145 - Applied College Physics I, 5 credit hours
- PHY 146 - Applied College Physics II, 5 credit hours
Note(s):
Students planning to pursue a graduate degree in physical therapy should consider PSY 100 , PSY 205 , PSY 302 , SOC 100D , and an additional statistics course. Students planning to pursue a graduate degree in athletic training should consider PSY 100 , ASW 205 , and ASW 211W and internships in a variety of settings. Other elective courses might be: ASW 300 , ASW 335 , ASW 423 , ASW 445 .
Courses required for the major do not necessarily need to be taken in the sequence listed unless as specified by course prerequisites.
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