California State University, Sacramento

PROGRAM CONTACT INFORMATION (2011-12)

Jerri McAtee
Administrative Support Coordinator
California State University, Sacramento
Department of Physical Therapy
Solano Hall 4000; Campus Zip 6020
6000 J Street
Sacramento, California 95819
Phone: 916-278-6661
Phone (alternate number): 916-278-6426
Email: mcateejj@csus.edu
Website: www.hhs.csus.edu/pt

APPLICATION DEADLINE for 2012 ENTERING CLASS

PTCAS Application Deadline	January 16, 2012
Deadline Type	FIRM Deadline
Application Close Date (for soft deadlines only)
Program Has Rolling Admissions Process?	NO
Important Dates (if any): TWO other online applications are required for our program: California State University (CSU) Mentor Graduate Online Admissions Application DUE JANUARY 16, 2012 Go to http://www.csus.edu/gradstudies/appinfo_general.htm Online form available on 10/1/2011 Read instructions and click on application. Department of Physical Therapy Supplemental Application DUE JANUARY 16, 2012, although the submission of prerequisite “Course Substitution forms” are due by November 30, 2010 Go to www.hhs.csus.edu/pt/ Online form available by 10/1/2011 This application contains a unique section that requires that the courses you enter for Anatomy, Physiology, Kinesiology and Exercise Physiology have been pre-approved by our program as meeting our pre-requisite standards – they appear on a drop-down menu. See also "Program Prerequisites" section below. *FOREIGN APPLICANTS:* The CSU Mentor Graduate Online Applications are DUE by January 5, 2012 and International Applications are due to the Office of International Admissions by January 5, 2012. NOTE: Domestic Applicants with foreign coursework/transcripts should submit their applications and transcripts by 12/1/2012, in order to allow time to evaluate the transcripts.

EARLY DECISION

Program participates in the PTCAS Early Decision Applicants MUST apply and submit all materials to PTCAS by AUGUST 15.

SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

If supplemental materials are required, send items directly to the PT program.

Supplemental APPLICATION required?	YES-2
Supplemental MATERIALS required?	YES
If yes, list of items	Beyond this PTCAS application, we require TWO APPLICATIONS: The CSU Mentor Graduate Online Admissions Application should be available online beginning 10/1/2011 at www.csus.edu/gradstudies/ and IS REQUIRED for application consideration by January 16, 2012. This application is the one that requires a $55 fee. The Department of Physical Therapy Supplemental Application should be available online on or before 10/3/2011 and is due 1/16/2012. This application is REQUIRED for application consideration, and contains a unique section that requires that the courses you enter for Anatomy, Physiology, Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology have been pre-approved by our program as meeting our pre-requisite standards. If your course is not already on the approved list (see web site), then you must apply to have it approved. The last day to submit the forms for this approval (called "Request for Course Substitution forms") is NOVEMBER 30, 2011. Applicants must complete both of the above applications in order to be considered for admission. Please be aware that the application to the CSU Mentor Graduate Online Admissions is a separate process than the application to the Department of Physical Therapy. FOREIGN APPLICANTS: have a different deadline and one additional application: The CSU Mentor Graduate Admissions Online Applications are DUE by October 15, 2011 and International Applications are due to the Office of International Admissions by 10/15/2011.
Supplemental FEE required?	YES
If yes, amount	$55
Supplemental deadline(s) DD-MM-YYYY	16-Jan-2012
Link to supplemental forms or instructions	http://www.hhs.csus.edu/pt/ AND http://www.csus.edu/gradstudies/Appinfo1.htm
Custom (program-specific) questions on the PTCAS application

PROGRAM PREREQUISITES

Course Prerequisites

Must applicants earn a Bachelor's degree prior to enrolling into the PT program? YES
For more information about course prerequisites, visit the program Web site:
http://www.hhs.csus.edu/pt/Prospective%20Student.html

#	COURSE SUBJECT	COURSE LEVEL	4-YR *	LAB **	SEM HRS	ACCEPTABLE COURSES	COURSE DESCRIPTION
1	Anatomy	General or College	NO	REQ	4	A&P: SEPARATE courses OR A&P: COMBINED courses	Human Anatomy with Lab completed after 1/15/2003. ***
2	Physiology	General or College	NO	REQ	4	A&P: SEPARATE courses A&P: COMBINED courses	Human Physiology with Lab completed after 1/15/2003***
3	Psychology	General or College	NO	NO	3	Psychology: GENERAL	Introductory Psychology
4	Psychology (specialized)	Upper Division	NO	NO	3	Psychology: Abnormal Psychology: Adolescent Psychology: Child Psychology: Death & Dying Psychology: Developmental Psychology: Human Behavior Psychology: Growth & Dev. Psychology: Life Span Dev. Psychology: Rehabilitation Psychology: Social	Upper Division Psychology
5	Statistics	General or College	NO	N/A	3	Biology: Biostatistics Business: Statistics Math: Statistics Psychology: Statistics	Statistics - that covers basic concepts of descriptive statistics, probability and sampling.
6	Communication /Speech	General or College	NO	N/A	3	Public Speaking Group Communication	Course should include a component of practice speaking in front of groups.
7	Chemistry I	General or College	NO	REQ	5	Chemistry: Inorganic	General Chemistry I
8	Chemistry II	General or College	NO	REQ	5	Chemistry: Biochemistry Chemistry: Inorganic Chemistry: Organic	Chemistry II
9	Physics I	General or College	NO	REQ	4	Physics: General: mechanics, heat, sound	Physics I with Lab
10	Physics II	General or College	NO	REQ	4	Physics, General: light, electricity & magnetism	General Physics II with Lab
11	Exercise Physiology	Upper Division	YES	REQ	3	A&P: Exercise Physiology OR Physiology of Exercise	Exercise Physiology with Lab completed after 1/15/2007. ***
12	OTHER: Kinesiology	Upper Division	YES	REQ	3	Kinesiology Other: Biomechanics	Kinesiology with Lab completed after 1/15/2007. ***

Additional information about program’s course requirements:
Applicants must have completed AT LEAST 10 of the 12 prerequisite courses listed above by the 1/16/12 deadline. This means a maximum of two outstanding pre-requisites are allowed for completion prior to the start of the program in August of 2012.

All applicants must submit academic records from ALL educational institutions attended, whether or not prerequisites courses above are listed. Concealing attendance at an educational institution is considered a serious offense by the University and can nullify your admission and enrollment.

*** COURSE MUST BE PRE-APPROVED AND LISTED ON THE ACCEPTABLE COURSE SUBSTITUTES' ARTICULATION LIST AT http://www.hhs.csus.edu/pt/Acceptable_course_substitutes.html
- OR - APPLICANT CAN HAVE THEIR COURSE INCLUDED ON THIS LIST BY FILLING OUT THE REQUEST FOR COURSE SUBSTITUTION FORM FOUND AT http://www.hhs.csus.edu/pt/Request%20for%20Substitution%20of%20Prerequisite%20Course.pdf AND SUBMITTING IT BY NOVEMBER 30, 2011.

* YES=course must be completed in a 4-year college/university and NOT in a community college.
** REQ=required lab; Rec=recommended lab; NO=lab not required; N/A=not applicable

Graduate Record Examination (GRE)

For 2011-12 Cycle: Due to changes in the GRE, programs may require or prefer that you take the exam early and before the "GRE® revised General Test" is introduced on August 1. Early Decision candidates in PTCAS must take the GRE and request scores to be sent by no later than July 31.

GRE General Test = Testing on or before July 31, 2011
GRE REVISED General Test = Testing on or after August 1, 2011

Is the GRE required?	Required
Program’s GRE College Code for 2011-12 Cycle	# 7588 (new)
GRE Accepted by Program for 2011-12 Cycle	GRE® General Test and GRE® REVISED General Test accepted
Last acceptable GRE test date – DD-MM-YYYY (if applicable)	30-Nov-2011
Oldest GRE score considered – DD-MM-YYYY (if applicable)	15-Jan-2007

GRE table below may contain blank fields if program data is not available or applicable.

GRE Section	Minimum GRE Score	Average GRE Score for Accepted Students
Verbal
Verbal Percentile
Quantitative
Quantitative Percentile
Analytical Writing	3.5	4.0
Analytical Writing Percentile
Composite (verbal & quantitative)
Composite Percentile
Additional information about program’s GRE requirements	We accept either the revised GRE test or the regular (older) GRE test, as long as it has been done in the last 5 years prior to application.

References

Number of references required by program: 3 References

EVALUATOR TYPE	Applicant must send one reference from this SPECIFIC type of evaluator	Applicant must send a reference from one or more evaluators in this category to fulfill program's requirements	Evaluator Type ACCEPTED	Evaluator Type NOT Accepted
Physical Therapist-1		X
Physical Therapist-2		X
Professor in Major			X
Professor		X
Academic				X
Supervisor/Employer				X
Teaching Assistant				X
PTA				X
Pre-PT Advisor				X
Politician/Elected Official				X
Health Care Professional				X
Friend				X
Family Member				X
Co-worker				X
Clergy				X
OTHER				X

Additional information about program’s reference requirements: Three letters of recommendation on the provided forms need to be completed. Two of the forms need to be completed by a physical therapist licensed in the U.S. or Canada, who has worked with the applicant in a physical therapy setting. The supervision needs to have occurred when the applicant was either a volunteer or an employee at the clinic. The third letter of recommendation must be provided by a college level professor (either major or non-major) who has been an instructor of the applicant.

PT Observation Hours

Enter your PT observation hours on your PTCAS application. Print the PT Observation Hours form from the PTCAS application or use online PT Hours signature process, if the program requires you to have your hours verified by a physical therapist. Send signed forms to PTCAS.

PT HOURS	PROGRAM REQUIREMENT
Description of Program’s PT Hours Requirement	PT hours are required - a licensed PT must verify hours with signed form
Total Number of PT Hours REQUIRED	100
Total Number of PT Hours RECOMMENDED
DEADLINE for Completion of All PT Hours DD-MM-YYYY	16-Jan-2012
PAID Experience	Accepted
VOLUNTEER Experience	Accepted
INPATIENT Experience	Accepted
OUTPATIENT Experience	Accepted
Additional information about program’s PT hours requirement	Applicants must have accumulated a minimum of 100 hours of volunteer OR paid experience under the supervision of a U.S. or Canadian licensed PT. Hours must be completed in at least TWO different physical therapy setting types. Examples of setting types include: inpatient, outpatient, home, skilled nursing facilities (SNF). Each setting type should have at least twenty-five (25) hours of exposure. For example, 75 hours in an outpatient setting, and 25 hours in a SNF setting would fulfill this requirement. An example of NOT acceptable PT exposure is: 90 hours in outpatient, and 10 hours in SNF(because of less than 25 hours in the second setting type.) Similarly, 200 hours in outpatient at site "A", and 25 hours in outpatient at site "B" does NOT fulfill this requirement, because all hours are at one setting type only. A setting type is not the same as a site.

GPA Requirement

GPAs will be blank if program data is not available or applicable.

GPA	Minimum GPA	Average GPA for Accepted Students
Overall Undergraduate Cumulative
Program-specific Prerequisite	3.00	3.52
Additional information about program’s GPA requirements (if any)	Only your prerequisite course grades will be used in calculating your GPA for admissions ranking. Grades from any and all courses taken to fulfill each prerequisite will be considered. If two courses were taken, the higher course grade only will be used. If three courses were taken, the grades from each will be averaged. If 4 courses were taken to complete one required pre-requisite, then the applicant will be disqualified. A course is considered a “repeat” even if it is taken at a different university, or has a different course number from the same university. Courses that need to have been completed within the last 5 years include Anatomy, Physiology, Kinesiology, and exercise physiology. Advanced anatomy can be substituted for the basic anatomy prerequisite if it is to your advantage to do so. If advance anatomy is used for the basic anatomy prerequisite in the Additional Background Characteristics section of the supplemental application, no additional points can be earned on the supplemental application for taking advanced anatomy.

FOREIGN APPLICANTS AND TRANSCRIPTS

The program’s foreign (international) transcript policies do NOT apply to study abroad coursework that is itemized on a U.S. college or university transcript. Study abroad is processed in the same way as U.S. coursework.

Program’s citizenship requirements (individuals listed may be eligible for admission)	U.S. citizens U.S. permanent residents Foreign (non-U.S.) citizens with a visa
Program requires non-native speakers to submit TOEFL scores?	Yes
Program policy for submission of non-U.S. (foreign/international) coursework	Contact the CSU Sacramento Office of Global Education at 916-278-6686 for a list of transcript evaluation companies acceptable to our university. Send transcripts and transcript evaluations to the Office of Graduate Studies at CSU Sacramento by the 10/15/2011 deadline.
Program policy for CANADIAN coursework	Non US citizens: Contact the CSU Sacramento Office of Global Education at 916-278-6686 for a list of transcript evaluation companies acceptable to our university. Send transcripts and transcript evaluations to the Office of Graduate Studies at CSU Sacramento by the 10/15/2011 deadline. US citizens with coursework from Canada- see box immediately below:
Additional information about program’s policy on foreign coursework	Domestic students applying with transcripts from outside the U.S. should carefully review the webpage at http://www.csus.edu/gradstudies/international.htm and will need to submit their CSU Mentor Graduate Admissions application by 12/1/2012. Foreign applicants need to have at least 8 units of prerequisite coursework completed prior to 10/15/2010 at a US accredited institution. Applicants who do not possess a bachelor's degree from a post secondary institution where English is the principal language must demonstrate competence in English by scoring a minimum of 550 (213 if computer-based) on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Foreign applicants must complete their observation hours in US physical therapy clinics.

PROGRAM INFORMATION

PT Degree Offered	Program culminates in a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree [pending approvals].
PT Program Start Date(s) For Entering Class DD-MM-YYYY	27-Aug-2012
Dual-degree programs offered in conjunction with the PT degree (if any)
Institution's religious affiliation (if any)

Profile of Most Recent Entering Class

Items will be blank if program data is not available or applicable.

Size of Most Recent Entering Class	34
Anticipated Size of Next Entering Class	32
Percent of IN-STATE students for most recent entering class	100%
Percent of WICHE students for most recent entering class (if applicable)
Percent of OUT-OF-STATE (non-resident) students for most recent entering class
Percent of CANADIAN students for most recent entering class
Percent of INTERNATIONAL (non-U.S/non-Canadian) students for most recent entering class
Additional information about the class profile	Ave GPA of the 2011 entering class was 3.52; with a GPA range 3.21 – 4.00. Previous classes have included small percentages of out-of-state and international students (including Canadians). We do not give in-state students any preference in the admissions process.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

MISSION: The primary mission of the CSUS Department of Physical Therapy is to graduate knowledgeable, effective, adaptable and reflective physical therapist generalist practitioners who demonstrate ethical, responsible, professional behavior, are sensitive to cultural and psychosocial differences, use evidence derived from the clinical science research in physical therapy and related disciplines to inform independent judgments to meet patient needs, utilize critical and integrative thinking and problem-solving, and provide services that contribute to the optimal health and function of community residents.

CURRICULUM: The 36-month curriculum, including summers, encompasses didactic instruction, laboratory experience, and clinical education. The clinical component consists of thirty-six weeks of full-time, off-campus clinical internships .

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