Overview
Southern Nazarene University’s Pre-Physical Therapy is regionally known for the quality of students that continue into the top graduate schools in the country including University of Oklahoma Health & Science Center, Langston and Northwestern University. The program is designed to reflect the classes for admittance at OUHSC yet students may customize their degree to meet the prerequisite requirements of other specific professional programs. In fact, our program has four core “hands on” courses, Lower Extremity Injury Evaluation, Upper Extremity Injury Evaluation, Therapeutic Modalities and Therapeutic Physical Rehabilitation. These courses are very unusual to incorporate on the undergraduate level—the result is our graduates feel like they are years ahead of the rest of the class in graduate school.
Articulation Agreements
Southern Nazarene University has signed an articulation agreement with the Southwest Baptist University Department of Physical Therapy in which SNU will automatically receive preference points and be eligible for the admissions process.
To be eligible to receive the benefits outlined above, SNU graduates must:
- Have a minimum 3.0 overall grade point average.
- Complete the graduate record exam (GRE).
- Complete the PT application through PTCAS by the deadline of in the intended enrollment date.
- Document up to 40 hours experience/observation in physical therapy.
- Students must complete all of the following pre-requisite courses with a minimum of a “C” and a 3.25 pre-requisite GPA
General Chemistry: two semesters in sequence with labs
General Physics: two semesters in sequence with labs
General Biology: one semester with lab
Anatomy/Physiology: one semester each or full year combined sequence with labs from a science-based department
Statistics: one course
Psychology: three courses from a psychology department (1. general, 2. normal growth and development, 3. abnormal development)
- Completion of the following support courses (not calculated into pre-requisite GPA)
Medical Terminology: one semester is required at a “B” grade or higher
Exercise Physiology: not required, but highly recommended; students demonstrating successful completion of an exercise physiology course with a “B” grade or higher will be exempt from completing the exercise physiology component of the DPT program
Pathophysiology: not required, but highly recommended
- International students must meet eligibility requirements outlined in the section on Admission to the University in the Southwest Baptist University catalog.