Overview
About the program
The physical therapist’s expertise in movement and movement dysfunction is unique in health care; therefore, physical therapists’ societal and health care roles and responsibilities have grown to that of an independent practitioner. This Doctor of Physical Therapy degree is offered at Emory University.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Health Promotion, Wellness and Prevention
- Human Anatomy
- Clinical Measurement
- Kinesiology and Biomechanics
- Ethics and Professionalism
- Interpersonal Communications
- Systems Physiology
- Neuroscience
- Interventions
- Growth Process through the Lifespan
- The Teaching and Learning Process in Physical Therapy
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 35 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Disciplines
Kinesiology View 90 other PhDs in Kinesiology in United StatesAcademic requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Applicants must hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university at the time of matriculation.
- Minimum undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 (4-point system) is required.
- Graduate Record Examination (GRE) - optional
- Three Letters of Recommendation
- Hours of Physical Therapy Experience - 100 hours are required – a licensed PT must verify hours with a signed form uploaded online via PTCAS.
- We strongly encourage experiences in multiple physical therapy settings (e.g., acute care, outpatient, rehabilitation, pediatric, geriatric, etc.). For a physical therapy experience in a setting to be counted, a minimum of 30 hours must be completed in that setting.
- Applicants in the final stage of admission will attend a formal interview.
Tuition Fee
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26800 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 13400 USD per semester during 35 months. -
National
26800 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 13400 USD per semester during 35 months. -
In-State
26800 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 13400 USD per semester during 35 months.
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