Indiana University

This page is intended for college transfer students and graduates ONLY. High school students MUST contact the institution directly for information about the guaranteed freshman-entry program. Do not apply using PTCAS.

PROGRAM CONTACT INFORMATION (2011-12)

Dawn Lipker, Director of Student Enrollment Services
Indiana University
Doctor of Physical Therapy
1140 West Michigan Street
CF 120
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
Phone: 317-274-7238
Phone (alternate number):
Email: dlipker@iupui.edu
Website: http://shrs.iupui.edu/physical_therapy/

APPLICATION DEADLINE for 2012 ENTERING CLASS

PTCAS Application Deadline	October 3, 2011
Deadline Type	FIRM Deadline
Application Close Date (for soft deadlines only)
Program Has Rolling Admissions Process?	NO
Important Dates (if any): Students who have met all admission requirements and rank in the top 80-100 based on academic criteria (cumulative GPA, Math/Science prerequisite GPA, GRE scores) will be invited to an on campus interview. Interviews will be conducted on Friday, November 11, 2011 only and will be scheduled from 8:00 AM–2:00 PM. The interview is mandatory for both in and out of state invited applicants, so please be prepared to make travel arrangements to the IUPUI campus when requested.

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
Supplemental MATERIALS required?	YES
If yes, list of items	Graduate School Application for admission DPT Prerequisite Course Completion Form
Supplemental FEE required?	YES
If yes, amount	$50
Supplemental deadline(s) DD-MM-YYYY	2011-Oct-03
Link to supplemental forms or instructions	http://shrs.iupui.edu/physical_therapy/ admissions/materials.html
Program-specific questions on the PTCAS application
Have you visited the Indiana University Doctor of Physical Therapy program?
The Department of Physical Therapy at Indiana University has a collaborative learning environment in order to educate students to become autonomous, nationally, and internationally recognized physical therapists. Tell us (a) what has drawn you to apply for admission to our program, and (b) what characteristics you possess that will make you a successful physical therapist.
Describe one community or human service activity you participated in as an undergraduate student and how this activity contributed to your personal development.

PROGRAM PREREQUISITES

Course Prerequisites

Must applicants earn a Bachelor's degree prior to enrolling into the PT program? YES
Link to program’s prerequisite web page: http://shrs.iupui.edu/physical_therapy/admissions/materials.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 A A&P: COMBINED courses A&P: Human A&P: Mammalian A&P: Pathophysiology A&P: Vertebrate	Lecture and laboratory studies of the histology and gross morphology of the human form, utilizing a cell-tissue-organ system-body approach. Must be at a level for science majors.
2	Physiology	General or College	NO	REQ	4	A&P: SEPARATE courses A&P: COMBINED courses A&P: Human A&P: Mammalian A&P: Pathophysiology A&P: Vertebrate	Lectures and laboratory work related to cellular, musculoskeletal, neural, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, renal, endocrine, and reproductive function in humans. Must be at a level for science majors.
3	Statistics	General or College	NO	N/A	3	Biology: Biostatistics Business: Statistics Math: Statistics Psychology: Statistics	Introduction to statistical methods with applications to diverse fields. Emphasis on understanding and interpreting standard techniques. Data analysis for one and several variables, design of samples and experiments, basic probability, sampling distributions, confidence intervals and significance tests for means and proportions, and correlation and regression. Must include the study of both descriptive and interferential statistics. Must be at a 200 level or higher, will not accept 100 level course.
4	Chemistry I	General or College	NO	REQ	4	Chemistry: Inorganic	Principles of inorganic and physical chemistry emphasizing physical and chemical properties, atomic and molecular structure, chemical bonding, and states of matter. Must be at a level for science majors and inlude a lab.
5	Chemistry II	General or College	NO	REQ	4	Chemistry: Inorganic	Topics include condensed phases, solution chemistry, thermodynamics, equilibrium, and kinetics. Must be at a level for sciene majors and include a lab.
6	Physics I	General or College	NO	REQ	4		Newtonian mechanics, wave motion, heat, and thermodynamics. Application of physical principles to related scientific disciplines, especially life sciences. Must be at a level for science majors and include a lab.
7	Physics II	General or College	NO	REQ	4		Electricity and magnetism; geometrical and physical optics; introduction to concepts of relativity, quantum theory, and atomic and nuclear physics. Must be at a level for science majors and include a lab.
8	Psychology (general)	Introductory	NO	N/A	3	Psychology: GENERAL	Introduction to scientific method, individual differences, personality, developmental, abnormal, social, and industrial psychology. Research methods and content areas of learning, sensation-perception, psychophysiology, motivation, emotions, and statistics.
9	Psychology (specialized)	General or College	NO	N/A	3	Psychology: Developmental Psychology: Growth & Dev. Psychology: Life Span Dev.	Emphasizes the life span perspective of physical and motor, intellectual and cognitive, language, social and personality, and sexual development from conception to death. Commonalities across the life span, as well as differences among the various segments of the life span, are examined. Theory, research, and practical applications are stressed equally.
10	Humanities	Introductory	NO	N/A	6		Courses approved in Anthropology, Art, Classical Studies, Folklore, Foreign Language, History, Literature, Music, Minority Studies, Philosophy, Religion, Social Work, Sociology, etc…

* 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

Additional information about program’s course requirements:

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?	YES
Program’s GRE College Code for 2011-12 Cycle	7692 (new)
GRE Accepted by Program for 2011-12 Cycle	GRE® General Test required (take GRE by 7/31)
Last acceptable GRE test date – DD-MM-YYYY (if applicable)	2011-Jul-31
Oldest GRE score considered – DD-MM-YYYY (if applicable)	2006-Jan-01

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
Analytical Writing Percentile
Additional information about program’s GRE requirements	Due to changes in the GRE, applicants who apply for the 2012 entering class MUST take the GRE before July 31.

References

Number of references required by program: None

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	NONE REQUIRED
Physical Therapist-2
Professor in Major
Professor
Academic
Supervisor/Employer
Teaching Assistant
PTA
Pre-PT Advisor
Politician/Elected Official
Health Care Professional
Friend
Family Member
Co-worker
Clergy
OTHER

Additional information about program’s reference requirements:

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	40
Total Number of PT Hours RECOMMENDED
DEADLINE for Completion of All PT Hours DD-MM-YYYY	2011-Oct-03
PAID Experience	Accepted
VOLUNTEER Experience	Accepted
INPATIENT Experience	Required
OUTPATIENT Experience	Required
Additional information about program’s PT hours requirement	Applicants must have a minimum of 20 hours in an inpatient setting and 20 hours in an outpatient setting. Program will not accept observation hours with a PT Assistant.

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	3.2	3.7
Program-specific Prerequisite	3.2	3.7
Additional information about program’s GPA requirements (if any)	A maximum of 15 credits of prerequiste courework may be retaken with the higher grade used for math/science prerequiste GPA, all courses will be added to cumulative GPA. Undergradaute cumulative GPA will be calculated from all courses completed with a grade from all undergradaute institutions attended. Students are allowed to apply one (1) AP credit course toward the completion of their prerequisite requirements. If the AP coures is a math/science prerequisite the GPA calculations will be obtained by omitting that specific course.

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 Canadian citizens Foreign (non-U.S.) citizens with a visa Foreign (non-U.S.) citizens
Program requires non-native speakers to submit TOEFL scores?	YES
Program policy for submission of non-U.S. (foreign/international) coursework	Applicants must send foreign transcript evalutation to PTCAS and send original foreign transcript directly to the DPT program.
Program policy for CANADIAN coursework	Send foreign transcript evaluation for Canadian coursework to PTCAS and send original Canadian transcript to program
Additional information about program’s policy on foreign coursework	Applicants with foreign transcripts must comply with the Indiana University Indianapolis Office of International Affairs for admission and verification policies outlined at http://international.iupui.edu.

PROGRAM INFORMATION

PT Degree Offered	Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT)
PT Program Start Date(s) For Entering Class DD-MM-YYYY	20-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	38
Anticipated Size of Next Entering Class	38
Percent of IN-STATE applicants accepted	95%
Percent of WICHE applicants accepted (if applicable)
Percent of OUT-OF-STATE (non-resident) applicants accepted	5%
Percent of CANADIAN applicants accepted
Percent of INTERNATIONAL (non-U.S/non-Canadian) applicants accepted
Additional information about the class profile	The Indiana University Doctor of Physical Therapy program does not utilize preferred admission standards based on residency, gender, race, institution attended, or undergraduate major.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The mission of the Indiana University Department of Physical Therapy is to

demonstrate scholastic excellence in teaching and learning;
discover and apply knowledge in research and creative activity; and
demonstrate compassionate service in civic engagement.

We are dedicated to preparing culturally competent autonomous Doctors of Physical Therapy who, by their commitment to advance the health and quality of life for all humanity, are recognized as leaders’ among health professionals and the community.

Our faculty believe that a strong academic background, a robust scientific curriculum, resources that cultivate learning, adaptation and skilled performance, and a physical, social and cultural environment that fosters student’s professional development are critical to each student’s success.

Our curriculum is grounded on evidenced-based research and encompasses strong basic, clinical and applied sciences that contribute to the unique body of knowledge in physical therapy for patient care which includes examination, evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis and plan of care and intervention. We provide our students with state of the art clinical and basic science facilities which allow students to engage in ongoing departmental research that is focused on both teaching and health outcomes.

Our program is committed to provide outstanding clinical education experiences, both in-state and out-of state. This includes opportunities to engage in supervised patient care in real clinical practice settings starting in the first semester of the program, in addition to 4 full-time clinical internships. This is a unique component of our program which will enable our students to apply the knowledge acquired in the classroom to clinical settings with real patients in real time. An important component of our commitment to academics includes scholarship opportunities, a student mentoring program, faculty advising, and various volunteer activities in the community that allow our students to be successful in our program and as future practitioners. Students are taught by an outstanding group of nationally and internationally recognized faculty known for their clinical, teaching and research expertise.

Our faculty members have been awarded numerous teaching and service awards which demonstrates our commitment to academics, in addition to securing millions of dollars in funding to support cutting-edge research. As a faculty we are very proud of our students’ academic achievements and community involvement.

Our students have been recognized both locally and nationally for their academic achievements and commitment to research; the 2006 and 2010 Mary McMillan Awards went to IU DPT students - this is the most prestigious award given nationally to students. In addition, IU DPT students have won the prestigious IN-APTA scholarship 5 of the last 6 years.

(Page last updated 6/17/2011)