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Completion of the following prerequisite courses at Ohio State, or the acceptable equivalents at another college/university, are required for admission to Ohio State's Physical Therapy program. (Prospective applicants should match course descriptions below with those of courses offered at their respective institution.)
Two-course sequence in general chemistry
1. General Chemistry (CHEM 121): Dimensional analysis, atomic structure, the mole, stoichiometry, chemical reactions, electron configuration, periodicity, bonding, and molecular structure.
2. General Chemistry (CHEM 122): Acids and bases, redox reactions, gases, liquids, solids, solutions, colligative properties, thermochemistry, kinetics, and chemical equilibrium.
Two-course sequence in general physics
1. General Physics (Physics 111): Mechanics and Heat
2. General Physics (Physics 112): Electricity, Magnetism, and Light
One course in general biology
Biological Sciences (Bio 113): Energy Transfer and Development Exploration of biology and biological principles; topics include cell structure and function, reproduction and development of plants and animals, bioenergetics, genetics, and evolution.
One course in general psychology
General Psychology (Psych 100): The application of the scientific method to behavior; topics include learning, motivation, perception, personality, physiological basis of behavior.
One course in human growth and development
Three options:
1. Introduction to Life Span Developmental Psychology (Psychology 340): A survey of developmental psychology including some phylogenetic perspective.
2. Critical Phases in Life ( Allied Medicine 425): An examination of human development from conception to death and factors critical to continuing health.
3. Life Span Human Development ( Human Development and family Science 364): Survey of human development across the life span directed toward an applied understanding of the individual and forces that shape development.
One course in medical/scientific terminology
Two options:
1. Medical Terminology (Allied Medicine 500): Terminology pertaining to the treatment of disease, including standard abbreviations, anatomic, diagnostic, symptomatic, eponymic, laboratory, pathologic, radiology, anesthetic, operative, and drug terms.
2. Classical Background of Scientific Terminology (Classics 210): Study of technical scientific terms from Greek and Latin sources; roots, word elements, word formation, analysis.
One course in human physiology
Introduction to Physiology (Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology 232): A survey of human nerves and nervous system, sense organs, muscle function, circulation, respiration, digestion, metabolism, kidney function, and reproduction.
One course in physiology of exercise
Applied Physiology of Exercise (Edu PAES 414* or 500): In-depth examination of the effects of acute and chronic exercise on the human body. *Edu PAES 414 is for Exercise Science Majors only
One course in human or vertebrate anatomy
Introductory Anatomy (Anatomy 200): Fundamental principles of human anatomy, supplemented by demonstrations of human material.
One course in statistical analysis
Two options:
1. Elementary Statistics (Statistics 135): Introduction to probability and statistics, experiments, and sampling, data analysis and interpretation.
2. Introduction to the practice of statistics (Statistics 145): Topics include probability, descriptive statistics, correlation, regression, design of experiments, sampling, estimation, and testing; emphasis on applications, statistical reasoning, and data analysis using statistical software.
One course in research design
Three options:
1. Research in Psychology: An Introduction (Psychology 300): An overview of issues, methods, and techniques of scientific psychological research.
2. Introduction to Inquiry, Principles, Strategies, and Techniques (Edu P&L 785): Introduction to inquiry strategies and their role in educational development; emphasis is on the conceptualization of educational problems.
3. Research Design in Biomedical Sciences (Allied Med 680.01): Concepts related to initiating and conducting research; experimental design; use of computer graphics and statistics; and analysis of research reports.
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