First-year DPT students receiving instruction in the cadaver lab
The program is a three-year program (8 full-time semesters) that has 115 units of study.
See DPT Course Descriptions (pdf, updated 8/23/2012)
Fall I (16 units)
- DPT 710 Foundations of Physical Therapy Evaluation (3)
- DPT 725 Clinical Anatomy I (4)
- DPT 750 Pathophysiology of Physical Therapy Practice (3)
- DPT 780 Integumentary Therapeutics (4)
- DPT 881 Seminar in Evidence-Based Practice I (2) Cr/NC
Spring I (17 units)
- DPT 726 Clinical Anatomy II (4)
- DPT 760 Neurosciences (4)
- DPT 782 Therapeutic Exercise (4)
- DPT 880 Differential Diagnosis in Physical Therapy (3)
- DPT 882 Seminar in Evidence-Based Practice II (2) Cr/NC
Summer I (11 units)
- DPT 786 Clinical Communication (2)
- DPT 870 Health Care Systems (2)
- DPT 883 Seminar in Normal Human Gait (1) Cr/NC
- DPT 887 Seminar in Professional Development (3) Cr/NC
- DPT 801 Clerkship (3) Cr/NC
Fall II (17 units)
- DPT 802 Life Cycle I (2)
- DPT 820 Musculoskeletal Therapeutics I (4)
- DPT 830 Cardiopulmonary Therapeutics (4)
- DPT 835 Neurophysiological Therapeutics I (4)
- DPT 885 Seminar in Case Presentations (3)
Spring II (18 units)
- DPT 803 Life Cycle II (2)
- DPT 821 Musculoskeletal Therapeutics II (3)
- DPT 836 Neurophysiological Therapeutics II (3)
- DPT 857 Prosthetics and Orthotics (2)
- DPT 868 Physical Therapy Organization and Administration (2)
- DPT 875 Medical Therapeutics in Physical Therapy Practice (2)
- DPT 878 Psychosocial Aspects of Rehabilitation (2)
- DPT 884 Seminar in Abnormal Human Gait (2) Cr/NC
Summer II (8 units)
- DPT 822 Interventions in Musculoskeletal Therapeutics (3) Cr/NC
- DPT 837 Interventions in Neuromuscular Therapeutics (3)
- DPT 872 Health Care Economics in Physical Therapy Practice (2)
Fall III (15 units)
- DPT 895 Clinical Internship (10) Cr/NC (16 Weeks)
- DPT 889 Doctoral Project (4) Cr/NC
Spring III (15 units)
- DPT 895 Clinical Internship (10) Cr/NC (16 Weeks)
- DPT 889 Doctoral Project (4) Cr/NC
last updated: 8/23/2012
