Winston-Salem State University

PROGRAM CONTACT INFORMATION (2011-12)

LaKisha Patterson
Program Assistant
Winston-Salem State University
601 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27110
Phone: 336-750-2190
Phone (alternate number):336-750-2199
Email: pattersonly@wssu.edu
Website:
http://www.wssu.edu/school-health-sciences/departments/physical-therapy/default.aspx

APPLICATION DEADLINE for 2012 ENTERING CLASS

PTCAS Application Deadline	February 1, 2012
Deadline Type	FIRM Deadline
Application Close Date (for soft deadlines only)
Program Has Rolling Admissions Process?	NO
Important Dates (if any): All materials must be completed by the deadline to be processed by WSSU DPT Open House Dates: Friday, September 16, 2011 @ 3-5 pm Friday , October 14, 2011 @ 3-5 pm Friday, November 11, 2011@ 3-5 pm Wednesday, November 30, 2011@ 3-5 pm Friday, December 9, 2011@ 3-5 pm Friday, January 6, 2012 @ 3-5 pm

SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

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

Supplemental APPLICATION required?	NO
Supplemental MATERIALS required?	NO
If yes, list of items
Supplemental FEE required?	YES
If yes, amount	$50
Supplemental deadline(s) DD-MM-YYYY	01-Feb-2012
Link to supplemental forms or instructions	Applicants must send $50 application fee to: Office of Admissions Winston-Salem State University 206 Thompson Center Winston-Salem, NC 27110 before the February 1, 2012 deadline. Please make your check, certified check or money order payable to WSSU Admissions/Physical Therapy. You must attach a brief cover page with your full name and 'PTCAS ID#.
Custom (program-specific) questions on the PTCAS application
ITEM 1: Have you ever been convicted of a crime?
ITEM 2: Have you entered a plea of guilty, a plea of no contest, a plea of nolo contender, or an Alford plea, or have you received a deferred prosecution or prayer for judgment continued, to a criminal charge?
ITEM 3: Have you otherwise accepted responsibility for the commission of a crime?
ITEM 4: Do you have any criminal charges pending against you?
ITEM 5: If you have answered "YES" to any of the questions above (#1-4), please explain.
ITEM 6: Have you been expelled, dismissed, suspended, placed on probation, or otherwise subjected to any disciplinary sanction by any school, college, or university?
ITEM 7: If you have answered "YES" to question 6, please explain.
Have you ever attended another PT program?
If you answered "YES" to question 8, please describe when you attended, where you attended, and why you left that program.
If you have ever served in the military, did you receive any type of discharge other than an honorable discharge? If yes, please explain.

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://www.wssu.edu/WSSU/GraduateStudies/Graduate+Programs/
Physical+Therapy/Admission+Requirements.htm

#	COURSE SUBJECT	COURSE LEVEL	4-YR *	LAB **	SEM HRS	ACCEPTABLE COURSES	COURSE DESCRIPTION
1	Psychology	General or College	NO	N/A	3	Psychology: GENERAL	.
2	Social or Behavioral Science	General or College	NO	N/A	6	Psychology: Abnormal Psychology: Adolescent Psychology: Child Psychology: Death & Dying Psychology: Developmental Psychology: Human Behavior Psychology: Growth & Dev. Psychology: Life Span Dev. Psychology: Social Psychology: Sports (see description)	Applicants may take Sociology, Philosophy, Ethics, Cultural Anthropology, or Psychology courses to fulfill the program’s social and behavioral science prerequisites.
3	Statistics	General or College	NO	N/A	3	Biology: Biostatistics Business: Statistics Math: Statistics Psychology: Statistics
4	Chemistry I	General or College	NO	REQ	4		Recommend College Chemistry I.
5	Chemistry II	General or College	NO	REQ	4		.Recommend College Chemistry II. Will accept Organic Chemistry I or Biochemistry.
6	Physics I	General or College	NO	REQ	4		Recommend College Physics I.
7	Physics II	General or College	NO	REQ	4		Recommend College Physics II.
8	Anatomy & Physiology I	General or College	NO	REQ	4	A&P: SEPARATE courses A&P: COMBINED courses A&P: Human A&P: Mammalian	.
9	Anatomy & Physiology II	General or College	NO	REQ	4	A&P: SEPARATE courses A&P: COMBINED courses A&P: Human A&P: Mammalian	.
10	Biology I	General or College	NO	REQ	4	Biology: GENERAL	.
11	OTHER: Upper Level Biology	Upper Division	YES	NO	3-4	A&P: Exercise Physiology A&P: Pathophysiology Biology: Embryology Biology: Genetics Biology: Histology Biology: Immunology Biology: Microbiology Biology: Molecular Chemistry: Inorganic Chemistry: Organic Kinesiology	Upper Level Biology-must be 300-400 level course and taken at a four year institution.

* 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: All materials must be completed by the February 1, 2012 deadline. All pre-requisite courses must be completed by 2011 Fall semester. Please make sure that Fall 2011 transcripts are submitted before the deadline to be considered.

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	7635 (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)	15-Jan-2012
Oldest GRE score considered – DD-MM-YYYY (if applicable)	01-Feb-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
Analytical Writing Percentile
Composite (verbal & quantitative)	900 or comparable percentiles on the revised test (test taken after August 1, 2012.	1045
Composite Percentile
Additional information about program’s GRE requirements

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:

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	50
Total Number of PT Hours RECOMMENDED
DEADLINE for Completion of All PT Hours DD-MM-YYYY	15-Jan-2012 All observation hours must be verified before deadline of February 1, 2012 to be considered.
PAID Experience	Accepted
VOLUNTEER Experience	Accepted
INPATIENT Experience	Accepted
OUTPATIENT Experience	Accepted
Additional information about program’s PT hours requirement	At least two settings and 50 hours are required. Higher consideration will be given to applicants with more observation hours and who have observed in a variety of different settings

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	3.00	3.75
Program-specific Prerequisite	3.00	3.69
Additional information about program’s GPA requirements (if any)	Must have all pre-requisite courses completed by December 2011.

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
Program requires non-native speakers to submit TOEFL scores?	Yes
Program policy for submission of non-U.S. (foreign/international) coursework	Send foreign transcript evaluation to PTCAS
Program policy for CANADIAN coursework	Send original Canadian transcript to PTCAS
Additional information about program’s policy on foreign coursework	Canadian coursework is not included in PTCAS GPAs.

PROGRAM INFORMATION

PT Degree Offered	Program culminates in a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree (DPT)
PT Program Start Date(s) For Entering Class DD-MM-YYYY	03-Jan-2013
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	28
Anticipated Size of Next Entering Class	26
Percent of IN-STATE applicants accepted	79%
Percent of WICHE applicants accepted (if applicable)
Percent of OUT-OF-STATE (non-resident) applicants accepted	21%
Percent of CANADIAN applicants accepted
Percent of INTERNATIONAL (non-U.S/non-Canadian) applicants accepted
Additional information about the class profile

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Winston Salem State University's Department of Physical Therapy serves the people of North Carolina and the nation by providing an entry-level Doctor of Physical Therapy degree (DPT).The Department is committed to providing an integrative education program that is well-grounded in the basic, social and clinical sciences in order to produce competent and compassionate clinicians who are skilled in the areas of critical thinking and inquiry, clinical problem-solving, research, education, management and treatment delivery to address health disparities.

The faculty of the WSSU Department of Physical Therapy envisions a program that provides students with the educational and experiential foundation to practice physical therapy in a proactive, competent, ethical, and compassionate manner. Primary values inherent within the curriculum, modeled by the faculty and staff, and developed within the students, include integrity, dedication, responsibility, leadership, accountability, wisdom, commitment to personal and professional growth, and willingness to serve a diverse society. The DPT degree will prepare graduates to deliver both primary and interdisciplinary health care to diverse populations within a variety of practice settings and health-care delivery systems.

The rigorous 36-month program challenges and develops students year round. A new class is admitted each January, while our strongly recruited seniors graduate in December of year three. Clinical experiences at over 200 affiliated sites are interspersed throughout the curriculum. Students spend approximately 36 weeks at several different clinical sites under the direct supervision of highly experienced and dynamic clinical instructors.

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