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Department of Physical Therapy
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Prerequisite Courses:

CSULB Lower Division Prerequisites

Each course must be a semester in length or equivalent quarter units. A semester unit is equal to 1.5 quarter units. All Biology, General Chemistry and General Physics courses must have a lab section and be for Biology majors. Grades of C or better in each course are required. Human Anatomy and Human Physiology courses must be taken within five (5) years of the time of application. No course may be repeated more than once and no more than 3 courses may be repeated. CR/NC grades, correspondence courses, or independent study courses cannot be used.

Go to www.assist.org to find equivalencies at CA community colleges.

CSULB Course Description Semester Units
BIOL 208 Human Morphology (Anatomy) 4
BIOL 211 Evolution and diversity

5*

Biol 212 Cell and molecular biology 5*

Biol 207 or

Biol 213

Human physiology or

Ecology and physiology

4*

5*

BIOL 260

(Kine 483 acceptable)

 

Biostatistics

 

3

Chem 111 A &

Chem 111B, or Organic and Biochemistry

General Chemistry I and

General Chemistry II or Organic and Biochemistry

5

 

5-6 units**

 

Physics 100 A & B General Physics 4,4
Psy 100 General Psychology

3

*A total of 12 units of Biology courses (other than human anatomy and biostatistics) for biology majors is required. If human anatomy and physiology are combined, the coursework must be a 2 semester (8 unit) sequence. Microbiology may substitute for biology 212.

**A total of 8-11 units of Chemistry courses with at least one semester of General Chemistry with a laboratory is required.