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Psychology Pre-Physical Therapy Major

Special curricula are available in both the Department of Psychology and the Department of Zoological and Biomedical Sciences for individuals who plan to apply to a professional school of physical therapy. The curriculum offered by the Department of Psychology is heavily oriented toward coursework in psychology and the natural sciences.

The following program will not prepare you to complete a degree in biological sciences. If you are not accepted into the physical therapy program but desire to pursue a career in medicine or certain allied health fields, you should consider a major from the programs offered in biological sciences and chemistry, or from those offered through the College of Health and Human Services.

Students should include the following among the courses they complete.

Freshman

CHEM 121, 122, 123* Principles of Chemistry
ENG151 Freshman Composition
MATH 163A, B Calculus
PSY 101 General Psychology
PSY 221 Statistics
PT 259A Introduction to Physical Therapy
SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology
BIOS 170, 171 Introduction to Zoology

Sophomore-Junior

PHYS 201, 202 Introduction to Physics
PSY 226 Research Methods
PSY 273 Child and Adolescent Psychology
PSY 312 Physiological Psychology
PSY 332 Abnormal Psychology
BIOS 302 Human Anatomy (soph)
BIOS 345, 346 Human Physiology and Lab (soph)
BIOS 352 Biomechanics
or PESS 302 Biomechanics (must be section for pre-physical therapy majors)
BIOS 445, 446 Physiology of Exercise, Lab
PHIL 101 Fundamentals of Philosophy
PHIL 130 Introduction to Ethics
or PHIL 331 Moral Problems in Medicine
ENG 305J Technical Writing (jr)
or ENG 308J Adv. Composition (jr)
BIOS 402 Human Neuroscience (not required by Ohio University's School of Physical Therapy but may required for admission to other programs)

Junior-Senior

PSY 374 Adulthood and Aging
one of:  
PSY 201 Sensation and Perception
PSY 203 Learning
PSY 304 Human Learning
PSY 308 Human Judgment and Decision Making
PSY 327 Human Psychophysiology
one of:  
PSY 233 Psychology of Personality
PSY 351 Clinical and Counseling Psychology
PSY 380 Psychology of Health and Illness
PSY 430 Psychoactive Drugs
one of:  
PSY 275 Educational Psychology
PSY 315 Behavior Genetics and Individual Differences
PSY 376 Psychological Disorders of Childhood
two of:  
PSY 261 Industrial and Organizational Psychology
PSY 336 Social Psychology
PSY 337   Social Psych. Of Justice  

 

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