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<h2 class="h1">RESIDENTIAL PATHWAY</h2>
<p>USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy is located on USC’s Health Sciences Campus in Northeast Los Angeles. As a student in our DPT program in the residential pathway, you will complete courses on campus and have the opportunity for clinical placements across the country.</p>
<p>The Health Sciences Campus includes Keck Hospital of USC and the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and is located in close proximity to the LA General Medical Center. You will have the opportunity to work in innovative educational hospitals, research laboratories and classrooms on campus.</p>
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<h2 class="h1">HYBRID PATHWAY</h2>
<p>The Class of 2028 will be the final cohort admitted under the hybrid pathway pedagogical model. While we will continue to support our hybrid students through May 2028, we will not be accepting any new DPT students on the hybrid pathway. Please refer to the residential pathway sections for more information about applying to the USC DPT program.</p>
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<p>The Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program has a long history of exceeding the minimum required educational preparation for individuals pursuing a professional career as a physical therapist. The first school to offer a master’s and a PhD degree in physical therapy, USC was also a leader in graduating the first DPT class in the United States.</p>
<p>The Division has been one of the top-ranked physical therapy programs in the nation by the <em>U.S. News & World Report</em> since ranking began in 2004, which can be attributed to USC’s strong research enterprise, clinical practices and residency programs to enhance the DPT educational experience.</p>
<p>Our graduates are knowledgeable, self-assured, adaptable, reflective and service-oriented practitioners. Our goal is for all graduates to:</p>
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<li>Exemplify the core professional behaviors of physical therapy, including accountability, altruism, compassion/caring, excellence, integrity, professional duty, and social responsibility.</li>
<li>Demonstrate excellence in enhancing the movement ability and participation of individuals of various race, cultures, and socioeconomic status across the lifespan.</li>
<li>Demonstrate determination to be leaders of the profession who will advocate for their patients, the profession, and the health of society.</li>
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<p>Our educational philosophy is to challenge each student and facilitate the development of skills for lifelong learning, excellence in professional practice, and a passion for leadership in the field of physical therapy. We are committed to continuous learning and transformation to accomplish our mission: to enhance human health and quality of life.</p>
<p>Learn about our <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="/programs/doctor-of-physical-therapy-dpt/legal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Accreditation and Outcomes.</a></span></p>
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<td>96</td>
<td>48</td>
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<td>115</td>
<td>115</td>
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<td>3 years / 33 months</td>
<td>3 years / 35 months</td>
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<td>Live Sessions Online + Asynchronous Online + In-Person Immersions</td>
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<td>44 weeks, Full-Time equivalent</td>
<td>44 weeks, Full-Time</td>
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<h6 class="h4 mb-0">Residental Pathway – December 1</h6>
<p>Admission will be considered for the next term start only. Once completed, your application will enter the review process. You will be notified of our admission decision by the end of February.</p>
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<h6 class="h4 mb-0">Hybrid Pathway</h6>
<p>The Class of 2028 will be the final cohort to earn their doctor of physical therapy degree using the hybrid pathway pedagogical model. While we will continue to support our DPT hybrid pathway students through May 2028, we will not be accepting any new students into the hybrid pathway. Interested students can apply to our residential pathway.</p>
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<p>If you have any additional questions, <a href="https://scheduler.zoom.us/d/98u88rfm/dpt-prospective-student-meeting" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><u>schedule an online appointment</u></a> with our Admissions Team.</p>
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<p>The Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program residential pathway participates in the <strong>Physical Therapist Centralized Application Service (PTCAS)</strong>. All applicants must apply using the PTCAS online application form, which can be found on the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.ptcas.org/home.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>PTCAS website.</strong></a></span></p>
<p><em>The residential pathway’s application process comprises the following steps:</em></p>
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<li><strong>Step 1:</strong> Complete the PTCAS application. If you have any questions regarding the application itself, please contact PTCAS directly at <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:[email protected]"><strong>[email protected]</strong></a></span> or (<strong>617) 612-2040.</strong> <span style="display: block; margin-top: 25px;">Note: GRE scores are not required.</span></li>
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<li><strong>Step 2 (Optional):</strong> Make an appointment to meet with our admissions team and tour the on-campus facilities. This appointment can be arranged by contacting USC Admissions at <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:[email protected]"><strong>[email protected]</strong></a></span> or by calling <strong>Alejandro Sandoval at (323) 442-0365</strong> or <strong>Heather Reynolds at</strong> (<strong>213) 740-6217.</strong></li>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Application Deadlines</strong></span></p>
<p>The final application deadline for our next residential pathway start date is December 2025.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Evaluation and Decision Process</strong></span></p>
<p>The USC admissions committee considers applications on a semi-rolling basis. This means complete applications are reviewed by the committee once they are verified by the PTCAS system, and all decision notifications are sent out in a timely fashion. To be considered complete, an application must include official transcripts and letters of recommendation. View a full list of application requirements.</p>
<p>Once the DPT program is full, competitive applications that are submitted prior to the deadline may be placed on the waitlist. Therefore, we strongly suggest that you submit your application as soon as possible. All applicants receive a final admission decision by March or April prior to the anticipated fall start date.</p>
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<p>Applicants to the three-year, Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, or must hold a valid student visa to study in the United States. They must also satisfy all requirements for USC Graduate School admission, which include:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Bachelor’s Degree</strong></span></p>
<p>Applicants must hold a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university by the date of projected enrollment, which is in August of each year.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Minimum Cumulative and Science GPAs of 3.0</strong></span></p>
<p>The admissions committee requires that you have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 and a minimum science GPA of 3.0. Higher GPAs tend to be more competitive within the applicant pool.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Scores</strong></span></p>
<p>GRE scores are not required.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Work Experience</strong></span></p>
<p>A minimum of 150 hours of clinical experience in a physical therapy setting is recommended, but not required. The Admissions Committee feels that applicants who have engaged in diverse clinical experiences tend to make a more informed decision when considering physical therapy as a professional career. We also recognize that some of these experiences present themselves in the context of having supported others who have received physical therapy services as patients. Through responses to the essay prompts and resume, applicants are encouraged to share these experiences with the Admissions Committee. If deciding to gain direct physical therapy exposure in a clinical setting, the Admissions Committee makes no distinction between volunteer or paid physical therapy aide experiences.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Prerequisite Courses</strong></span></p>
<p>Grades of “C” or better are required in all prerequisite courses, outlined below. Prerequisite courses taken on a “pass/no pass” basis will not be recognized, and AP credits will not be accepted in lieu of college-level courses. All courses must be for science or pre-health majors. Introductory or “survey-style” courses will not be accepted in fulfillment of prerequisites.</p>
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<li><strong>Biological Sciences:</strong> A general biology series (Biology I and Biology II) with labs (8 semester hours, 12 quarter units).</li>
<li><strong>Chemistry:</strong> A general chemistry series (Chemistry I and Chemistry II) with labs (8 semester hours, 12 quarter units). A biochemistry series (Biochemistry I and Biochemistry II) with labs (8 semester hours, 12 quarter units) will also satisfy this requirement.</li>
<li><strong>Physics:</strong> A general physics series (Physics I and Physics II) with labs (8 semester hours, 12 quarter units).</li>
<li><strong>Anatomy<sup>1</sup>:</strong> A human anatomy course with lab (4 semester hours, 6 quarter units).</li>
<li><strong>Physiology<sup>1</sup>:</strong> A human physiology course with lab (4 semester hours, 6 quarter units).</li>
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<p><sup>1</sup> A combined two-course sequence in anatomy and physiology with lab (8 semester hours) will also satisfy this requirement.</p>
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<li><strong>Psychology:</strong> Two courses in psychology (totaling 6 semester hours, 9 quarter units). These courses may include general psychology, abnormal psychology, developmental psychology, psychology of disability, etc.</li>
<li><strong>Statistics and Mathematics:</strong> One college-level statistics course is required (3 semester hours, 5 quarter units). Courses taken within the biology, mathematics and psychology departments are accepted. An additional college-level geometry or trigonometry course is recommended (but not required).</li>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Quick Reference Chart</strong></span></p>
<p>Quarter Units divided by 1.5 = Semester Units<br />
Semester Units multiplied by 1.5 = Quarter Units</p>
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<td>1.33</td>
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<td>4</td>
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<td>4.67</td>
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<td>6</td>
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<td>0.67</td>
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<td>7.33</td>
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<td>8</td>
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<td>8.67</td>
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<td>9.33</td>
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<td>10</td>
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<td>180</td>
<td>120</td>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Application Requirements</strong></span></p>
<p>Apply to the USC DPT Program – residential pathway through the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://ptcas.cas.myliaison.com/applicant-ux/#/login" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Physical Therapist Centralized Application Service (PTCAS)</a></span></p>
<p>Many schools issue transcripts electronically, either through their own web services or through vendors. If this option is available through the institutions you attend(ed), make sure that they are submitted to PTCAS by following the instructions on the application. Please remember that all transcripts must be verified by PTCAS prior to formal program review and this process can take up to four or five weeks after receipt of transcripts.</p>
<p>We recommend using a sense of urgency when requesting transcripts from your university, as the transmission time can vary from school to school.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Letters of Recommendation</strong></span></p>
<p>Three letters of recommendation are required as part of your application submission through PTCAS. You should request recommendations from individuals who can speak to your professional or academic readiness to attend a rigorous graduate program. These recommenders must be:</p>
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<li>A physical therapist (PT) who has directly supervised you</li>
<li>A professor or academic reference who has taught you in at least one class</li>
<li>A person of your choice who is either another PT supervisor, academic reference, or can otherwise speak to your academic, personal, or professional qualities</li>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Application Deadlines</strong></span></p>
<p>The final application deadline for our next residential pathway start date is December 1, 2025.</p>
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<p>The chart below outlines the tuition fees for the USC DPT Program, for the 2024-2025 academic year. Please note that fees are subject to change each year.</p>
<p>The financial facts sheet for students graduating from the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://pt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025-dpt-student-financial-fact-sheet-residential-pathway.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">USC DPT Program – Residential Pathway in 2025 is available here</a>.</span></p>
<p>The financial facts sheet for students graduating from the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://pt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025-dpt-student-financial-fact-sheet-hybrid-pathway-2.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">USC DPT Program – Hybrid Pathway in 2025 is available here</a>.</span></p>
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<td>Fall, Spring</td>
<td>$50,763</td>
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<td>$650</td>
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<td>Fall</td>
<td>$1,063 (in-area)<br />
$1,986 (out of area)</td>
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<td>Mandatory USC Health Insurance</td>
<td>Spring/Summer</td>
<td>$1,977 (in-area)<br />
$3,872 (out of area)</td>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Costs for 2024-2025 Academic Year</strong></span></p>
<p>These fees are for the academic year 2024-2025 only. They are subject to change in future years.</p>
<p>Health insurance coverage is required during the academic and clinical portions of the curriculum. This insurance is mandatory, but USC health insurance may be waived with proof of other current coverage.</p>
<p>Each student is responsible for the purchase of personal textbooks/e-books, course readers, surgical scrubs, and incidental supplies. Information on required and recommended textbooks and materials, as well as the new student orientation schedule, will be sent out during the summer.</p>
<p>The Division also requires that all incoming DPT students purchase an Apple iPad and a laptop/desktop (the computer can be Apple or PC) that will be used throughout the academic and clinical experiences.</p>
<p>For assistance planning your finances at USC, visit the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://financialaid.usc.edu/graduates/graduate-professionals.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">USC Student Financial Services Division.</a></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Financial Aid</strong></span></p>
<p>There are many sources of financial assistance available to USC students.</p>
<p>USC offers a limited number of Divisional scholarships to incoming students each year. Decisions about Divisional scholarships are made in February and March, and there is no formal application required. All applicants are automatically considered for these competitive, merit-based awards.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Additional financial aid resources include:</span></p>
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<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://corp-mktg.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/email/usc-dpt/USC-DPT-Scholarships.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Additional scholarship information for upcoming and current students</a></span> (All scholarships may not apply to online/hybrid students.)</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.apta.org/your-career/financial-solutions-center" target="_blank" rel="noopener">APTA student loan repayment and debt management</a></span></li>
<li>Federal student loan programs</li>
<li>Government-sponsored funding</li>
</ul>
<p>Note: U.S. government guidelines preclude international students from receiving federal financial assistance through the USC Financial Aid Office. The U.S. government requires all international applicants to provide proof of ability to pay tuition and living expenses before a formal letter of admission — or the forms needed for obtaining a visa — will be issued.</p>
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<p>The DPT program regularly holds events to support applicants through the admissions process. These presentations can include application workshops, USC DPT program discussions, faculty Q&As, current student Q&As and many other topics. In-person information sessions include a tour of our state of the art facilities.</p>
<p>Space is limited, so reserve your place in an upcoming session by contacting Heather Reynolds, Admissions Manager at <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" rel="noopener">[email protected]</a></span>. All times for sessions will be in Pacific Standard Time.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://stu-uscdbpt-ptcas-production.outcomescrm.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See Upcoming Admissions Events</a></span></p>
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<p>The full-time, three-year, residential pathway of the DPT program consists of six semesters and two summer terms. The curriculum follows a system-based format. Each semester focuses on a different system of the body.</p>
<p>Throughout the first two years, students learn to incorporate evidence-based practice, clinical reasoning skills and the differential diagnostic process to function as an autonomous practitioner within the healthcare system. The third and final year is designed to promote integration of the information and skills learned in the first two years.</p>
<p>At USC, we take pride in offering you varied and rich full-time clinical experiences starting in the first year of the program. The third year of the curriculum is an integrative experience that challenges students to combine and refine skills from the previous two years, and to provide effective patient care in complex circumstances.</p>
<p>The systems-based focuses and corresponding clinical components are as follows for each year:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Year One</strong></span></p>
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<li>Semester 1: Foundational basic sciences and introduction to patient management</li>
<li>Semester 2: Clinical management of musculoskeletal dysfunction with an integrated clinical experience</li>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Year Two</strong></span></p>
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<li>Summer 1: Clinical management of musculoskeletal dysfunction and 6-week clinical experience</li>
<li>Semester 3: Clinical management of cardiopulmonary and medical conditions, particularly in the acute hospital setting with an integrated clinical experience</li>
<li>Semester 4: Clinical management of neurologic dysfunction</li>
</ul>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Year Three</strong></span></p>
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<li>Summer 2: Differential diagnosis and 8-week clinical rotation</li>
<li>Semester 5 or 6<sup>1</sup>: Full-time clinical rotations</li>
<li>Semester 5 or 6<sup>1</sup>: Part-time clinical rotation, and case-based instruction and lab practice courses</li>
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<p><sup>1</sup> In year three, students complete one full-time clinical rotation semester and one part-time clinical rotation semester with case-based instruction and lab practice. About half of students have their part-time experience in semester 5; the other half have their part-time experience in semester 6.</p>
<h3 class="h1 text-uppercase">Clinical Experiences</h3>
<p>Students complete a total of <strong>44 full-time equivalent weeks of clinical experiences</strong> at USC-approved sites in the greater Los Angeles area and nationwide. The clinical education component of our academic experience is exceptional, in that experiences begin in the spring of your first year, and the number of weeks vastly exceeds the minimum requirements for other PT programs. You will be exposed to up to at least six distinct placement sites in a broad spectrum of physical therapy settings.</p>
<p>For successful completion of the program, you must:</p>
<ul>
<li>Complete all 115 units with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75</li>
<li>Pass all practical exams in the clinical courses</li>
<li>Meet all professional behavior standards</li>
<li>Pass all clinical experiences (a total of 44 full-time equivalent weeks)</li>
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<p><strong>As a student, you will approach patient care from the three important perspectives that form the basis of evidence-based practice:</strong></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The Patient</strong></span></p>
<p>You will learn how to connect with and collaborate with patients to provide the best possible patient-centered care. We emphasize skills for providing culturally sensitive, compassionate care using evidence-based methods including motivational interviewing and shared decision-making.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Current Research</strong></span></p>
<p>You will learn how to stay current throughout your career by using the best available evidence to guide your practice. We emphasize the skills clinicians need to be savvy consumers of clinical research while also providing opportunities to participate in conducting research.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Professional Expertise</strong></span></p>
<p>You will develop your own insights and confidence to provide direct access to physical therapy in the complex health care environment. We emphasize effective interprofessional collaboration and team-based health care.</p>
<h3 class="h1 text-uppercase">Learning Outcomes</h3>
<p>After graduation, you will be able to:</p>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;">Practice as licensed practitioners of physical therapy who incorporate principles of evidence-based and patient-centered practice.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Exemplify the core professional behaviors of physical therapy, including accountability, altruism, compassion/caring, excellence, integrity, professional duty, and social responsibility.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Demonstrate excellence in enhancing the movement ability and participation of individuals of various race, cultures, and socioeconomic status across the lifespan.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Demonstrate determination to be a leader of the profession who will advocate for their patients, the profession, and the health of society.</li>
</ul>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a class="dpt-tab-toggle-curriculum" href="#tabs">View a full list of DPT Program Courses.</a></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a class="dpt-tab-toggle-residential-courses" href="#tabs">View the Residential Pathway Course Schedule.</a></span></p>
<p>Read more about the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://pt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/USC-DPT-Learning-Objectives.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Program Learning Objectives</a></span>.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://pt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/DPT-Student-Handbook-2025-2026-1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Student Handbook 2025-2026</a></span></p>
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<p>The full-time, three-year, hybrid pathway of the DPT program comprises six semesters and three summer terms. The curriculum follows a system-based format. Each semester focuses on a different system of the body.</p>
<p>Throughout the first two years, students learn to incorporate evidence-based practice, clinical reasoning skills and the differential diagnostic process to function as an autonomous practitioner within the healthcare system. The third and final year is designed to promote integration of the information and skills learned in the first two years.</p>
<p>At USC, we take pride in offering you varied and rich full-time clinical experiences starting in the first year of the program. The third year of the curriculum is an integrative experience that challenges students to combine and refine skills from the previous two years to provide effective patient care in complex circumstances.</p>
<p>The systems-based focuses and corresponding clinical components are as follows for each year:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Year One</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li>Semester 1a (Summer) and 1b (Fall): Foundational sciences and introduction to patient management</li>
<li>Semester 2: Clinical management of musculoskeletal dysfunction with an integrated clinical experience</li>
</ul>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Year Two</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li>Summer 1: Clinical management of musculoskeletal dysfunction and 6-week clinical experience</li>
<li>Semester 3: Clinical management of cardiovascular and pulmonary and medical conditions, particularly in the acute hospital setting with an integrated clinical experience</li>
<li>Semester 4: Clinical management of neurologic dysfunction</li>
</ul>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Year Three</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li>Summer 2: Differential diagnosis and 8-week clinical experience</li>
<li>Semester 5: Full-time clinical rotations with integrated patient management skills and seminar coursework</li>
<li>Semester 6: Full-time clinical rotations with integrated patient management skills and seminar coursework</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Offered on a full-time basis, USC’s DPT Program – hybrid pathway is three years in duration and delivered through three integrated components: online courses, on-campus immersions and clinical experiences.</strong></p>
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<h3 class="h1 text-uppercase">ONLINE COURSES</h3>
<p>As a student in the hybrid pathway, you will complete a total of 35 courses, totaling 115 credits, using our interactive online campus. Designed and taught by esteemed USC faculty, our live, online DPT courses provide a challenging, comprehensive educational experience that develops your ability to think critically about physical therapy management across all major body systems and across the life span.</p>
<p>The curriculum covers a broad spectrum of physical therapist practice and prepares you for on-campus immersions and clinical experiences across the three years. Our transformative online classroom leverages the best available technology for learning through two integrated components:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Live Sessions</strong></span></p>
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<li><strong>Engage:</strong> Participate in highly interactive live classes that have an approximate 12:1 student-to-faculty ratio.</li>
<li><strong>Learn:</strong> Gain knowledge and guidance through deep discussions about the relevance and application of course material with a faculty composed of scientists and clinicians.</li>
<li><strong>Connect:</strong> Collaborate in small groups of students to problem-solve and discuss topics and case studies.</li>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Asynchronous Learning</strong></span></p>
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<li><strong>Study:</strong> Complete self-guided, immersive coursework accessible 24/7 to learn and reflect on key concepts for physical therapy practice.</li>
<li><strong>Practice:</strong> Develop and refine physical therapy skills in preparation for immersions and clinical experiences.</li>
<li><strong>Experience:</strong> Watch high-quality, studio-produced short lectures; patient demonstrations; and case studies using special effects to support learning.</li>
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<h3 class="h1 text-uppercase">ON-CAMPUS IMMERSIONS</h3>
<p>Regular visits to USC’s campus in Los Angeles are an integral step in connecting online class material to the hands-on skills essential to physical therapy practice. You will visit USC’s world-class physical therapy learning laboratories approximately 12 times for in-person immersions. This translates to about 90 days on campus over the course of the three-year program. Immersion experiences provide you with intensive laboratory instruction with professors to build and refine skills needed to optimize human movement, such as physical evaluation, manual therapy and facilitation techniques, gait training, and exercise instruction.</p>
<p>During the immersions, you will:</p>
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<li>Build your manual and physical skills for reducing pain and improving human movement.</li>
<li>Network with faculty, peers and the entire USC DPT community.</li>
<li>Access state-of-the-art anatomy and learning laboratories.</li>
<li>Focus on skills of particular interest to you during extended on-campus office hours.</li>
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<h3 class="h1 text-uppercase">Clinical Experiences</h3>
<p>Students complete a total of <strong>44 full-time equivalent weeks of clinical experiences</strong> at USC-approved sites in the greater Los Angeles area and nationwide. The clinical education component of our academic experience is exceptional, in that experiences begin in the spring of your first year, and the number of weeks vastly exceeds the minimum requirements for PT programs. You will be exposed to up to at least six distinct placement sites in a broad spectrum of physical therapy settings.</p>
<p>For successful completion of the program, you must:</p>
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<li>Complete all 115 units with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75</li>
<li>Pass all practical exams in the clinical courses</li>
<li>Meet all professional behavior standards</li>
<li>Pass all clinical experiences (a total of 44 full-time equivalent weeks)</li>
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<p><strong>As a student, you will approach patient care from the three important perspectives that form the basis of evidence-based practice:</strong></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The Patient</strong></span></p>
<p>You will learn how to connect with and collaborate with patients to provide the best possible patient-centered care. We emphasize skills for providing culturally sensitive, compassionate care using evidence-based methods including motivational interviewing and shared decision-making.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Current Research</strong></span></p>
<p>You will learn how to stay current throughout your career by using the best available evidence to guide your practice. We emphasize the skills clinicians need to be savvy consumers of clinical research while also providing opportunities to participate in conducting research.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Professional Expertise</strong></span></p>
<p>You will develop your own insights and confidence to provide direct access to physical therapy in the complex health care environment. We emphasize effective interprofessional collaboration and team-based health care.</p>
<h3 class="h1 text-uppercase">Learning Outcomes</h3>
<p>After graduation, you will be able to:</p>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;">Practice as licensed practitioners of physical therapy who incorporate principles of evidence-based and patient-centered practice.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Exemplify the core professional behaviors of physical therapy, including accountability, altruism, compassion/caring, excellence, integrity, professional duty, and social responsibility.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Demonstrate excellence in enhancing the movement ability and participation of individuals of various race, cultures, and socioeconomic status across the lifespan.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Demonstrate determination to be a leader of the profession who will advocate for their patients, the profession, and the health of society.</li>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a class="dpt-tab-toggle-curriculum" href="#tabs">View a full list of DPT Program Courses.</a></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a class="dpt-tab-toggle-hybrid-courses" href="#tabs">View the Hybrid Pathway Course Schedule.</a></span></p>
<p>Read more about the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://pt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/USC-DPT-Learning-Objectives.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Program Learning Objectives</a></span>.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://pt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/DPT-Student-Handbook-2025-2026-1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Student Handbook 2025-2026</a></span></p>
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<h3 class="h1 text-uppercase mt-20">Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Student Handbook</h3>
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<p>Review the DPT Student Handbook by clicking the link below:</p>
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<p><a href="https://pt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/FINAL-DPT-Student-Handbook-2026-2027_8_2026.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><u>DPT Student Handbook 2026-2027</u></a></p>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 509 Cellular and Systems Physiology</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Selected subjects in cellular and systems physiology. Emphasis on molecular and cellular aspects of neuromuscular function; also renal and endocrine physiology.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 514L Musculoskeletal Anatomy</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Musculoskeletal anatomy, innervation, blood supply and function: intensive study of the head, neck, trunk and limbs.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 516 Principles of Disease</h4>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 521L Basics of Patient Management</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Development of basic decision-making skills, professional behaviors and impairment assessment in patients with musculoskeletal, neurologic and/or cardiopulmonary dysfunction.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 529 Life Span Motor Control</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Introduction to sensorimotor systems, overview of current perspectives in motor control from fetus through late adulthood, and clinical tests of motor proficiency.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 530a Therapeutic Exercise</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Theoretical and practical principles for evaluation of exercise need and prescription of exercise programs. Emphasis on approaches for patients with musculoskeletal deficits.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 530b Special Topics in Therapeutic Exercise</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Examination of needs analysis and prescription of exercise programs for special patient populations and assessment of current community trends in exercise and wellness.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 534L Neuroanatomy</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Organized approach to structures in the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nervous systems that subserve motor, sensory, and integrative functions; memory; and cognitive and special senses.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 536 Pathology of Cardiopulmonary Disease and General Medical Conditions</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Pathology and pathophysiological mechanisms in disease of the cardiac, pulmonary and circulatory systems; examination of diabetes, burns and other disabling medical disorders.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 539 Clinical Pharmacology</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Effects of commonly used drugs in patients with physical disability; side effects that alter physical performance or responses to exercise.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 546 Neuropathology</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Pathology in the central and peripheral nervous systems that alter motor and sensory performance. Emphasis on loss of motion and excessive and involuntary movement disorders.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 549L Clinical Exercise Physiology</h4>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 551L Therapeutic Application of Physical Agents</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Physiologic responses to the application of thermal, mechanical, electromagnetic and hydrodynamic therapeutic procedures. Evaluation procedures and intervention planning.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 554L Analytical Anatomy</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Detailed kinesiologic analysis of axial, spine, head, neck, face and bulbar muscles.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 561a–e Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice</h4>
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<li>Introduction to a patient-centered Evidence Based Practice model with emphasis on professional communication skills, ethics, professional guidelines, laws and regulations.</li>
<li>Introduction to acquiring, appraising and integrating research evidence.</li>
<li>Advanced critical analysis and application of research of evidence.</li>
<li>Advanced integration of patient values as influenced by culture, ethnicity, lifestyles, gender and age into patient-centered clinical decision-making.</li>
<li>Analysis of the integration of physical therapist practice into the national health care system; administration, budgeting and reimbursement for physical therapist services.</li>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 566 Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Regional description of pathology and pathophysiological mechanisms of disorders of bone, connective tissue and joints.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 569 Fundamentals of Neuroscience</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Detailed analysis of neurophysiologic mechanisms underlying normal and abnormal motor and sensory function.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 571L Clinical Management of Cardiopulmonary Dysfunction</h4>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 574 Clinical Biomechanics (Movement Analysis II)</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Introduction to the principles of biomechanics (statics, dynamics) as they apply to physical therapy practice. Emphasis on tissue mechanics, joint function and gait.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 581L Clinical Management of the Patient with Neurological Dysfunction</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Physical therapy theory and methods for intervention in neurological dysfunction. Lecture, laboratory.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 582 Mechanics of Human Gait (Movement Analysis I)</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Introduction to both normal and pathological gait. Emphasis on the basic components of abnormal ambulation, including temporal-spatial factors, joint motion, kinetics, kinematics and muscle activity.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 583L Clinical Electrophysiology</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Use of electrical currents to evaluate and treat musculoskeletal, neurological and wound disorders. Theory and practice.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 600A–D Clinical Education Experience</h4>
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<li>600A is a two-week experience in OP orthopedics or general medicine, where students practice physical therapy handling skills, decision-making and professional behaviors.</li>
<li>600B is a six-week experience in OP orthopedics or general medicine, where students having increasing responsibility for applying physical therapy evaluation and treatment skills, decision-making and professional behaviors.</li>
<li>600C is a two-week experience focused on complex patient presentations, where students practice physical therapy handling skills, decision-making and professional behaviors.</li>
<li>600D is an eight-week experience focused on complex patient presentations, where students having increasing responsibility for applying physical therapy evaluation and treatment skills, decision-making and professional behaviors.</li>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 606 Clinical Imaging</h4>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 621 Clinical Management of The Patient with Musculoskeletal Dysfunction</h4>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 625 Emerging Topics</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Familiarize the developing physical therapist with emerging research, technology, and skills that show promise in the management of patients and clients, including new and upcoming advances in patient management.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 630 Integrated Patient Management Clinical Skills</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Advanced evaluation and management of axial skeletal dysfunctions and related movement disorders, and upper and lower extremity disorders and related movement dysfunction.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 632 Integrated Patient Management Seminar</h4>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 640a-b Hybrid Integrated Patient Management Clinical Skills</h4>
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<li>Advanced evaluation and management of patients with movement dysfunction spanning all diagnoses seen by physical therapists (musculoskeletal conditions focus on upper quarter body regions).</li>
<li>Advanced evaluation and management of patients with movement dysfunction spanning all diagnoses seen by physical therapists (musculoskeletal conditions focus on lower quarter body regions).</li>
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<li>Integration of physical therapy management of complicated patients with concurrent musculoskeletal (concentrating on upper quarter body regions), cardiopulmonary and/or neurologic disorders.</li>
<li>Integration of physical therapy management of complicated patients with concurrent musculoskeletal (concentrating on lower quarter body regions), cardiopulmonary and/or neurologic disorders.</li>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 650 Differential Diagnosis in Physical Therapy</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Consideration of the principles of differential diagnosis with emphasis on mastering this skill.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 660 16-Week Integrated Terminal Clinical Education Experience With Academic Integration</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">A 16-week clinical education experience consisting of a minimum of 24 hours per week in the clinic. This experience is predominately in an outpatient setting.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 665 16-Week Terminal Full-Time Clinical Education Experience</h4>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 670a-b Hybrid Terminal Clinical Experience with Academic Integration</h4>
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<p>Students are in the clinic for 13-week clinical education experiences both fall (PT 670a) and spring (PT 670b) of year 3, Students can be in any PT setting and with any patient populations.</p>
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<p>The Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program is a three-year, full-time program.</p>
<p>The systems-based curriculum integrates lecture and laboratory experiences on campus and a total of 44 weeks of full-time equivalent clinical experiences that begin in the first year. Through corresponding coursework and clinical rotations, students develop their knowledge and expertise in each area alongside USC’s globally recognized faculty.</p>
<p>Learn more about individual courses and explore the course schedule for each year in the residential pathway below.</p>
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<p><span class="text-highlight">YEAR 1</span><br />
12 Courses<br />
1 Clinical Experience</p>
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<td><strong>SEMESTER 1</strong><br />
17 Credits</td>
<td colspan="2"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Cellular and Systems Physiology</strong></span><br />
PT 509 | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice</strong></span><br />
PT 561a | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Musculoskeletal Anatomy</strong></span><br />
PT 514L | 4 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Basics of Patient Management</strong></span><br />
PT 521L | 4 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Mechanics of Human Gait (Movement Analysis I)</strong></span><br />
PT 582 | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Clinical Imaging</strong></span><br />
PT 606 | 2 Credits | Course</td>
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<td><strong>SEMESTER 2</strong><br />
19 Credits</td>
<td colspan="2""><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Therapeutic Exercise</strong></span><br />
PT 530a | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Analytical Anatomy</strong></span><br />
PT 554L | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice</strong></span><br />
PT 561b | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System</strong></span><br />
PT 566 | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Clinical Biomechanics (Movement Analysis II)</strong></span><br />
PT 574 | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Clinical Management of The Patient with Musculoskeletal Dysfunction</strong></span><br />
PT 621 | 5 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>2-Week Clinical Experience<sup>1</sup></strong></span><br />
PT 600a | 1 Credit | Clinical Experience</td>
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<p><sup>1</sup> PT 600A includes both a classroom course and a clinical experience component.</p>
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<p><span class="text-highlight">YEAR 2</span><br />
15 Courses<br />
2 Clinical Experiences</p>
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<td><strong>SUMMER</strong><br />
9 Credits</td>
<td colspan="2""><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Principles of Disease</strong></span><br />
PT 516 | 1 Credit | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Special Topics in Therapeutic Exercise</strong></span><br />
PT 530b | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Therapeutic Application of Physical Agents</strong></span><br />
PT 551L | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>6-Week Clinical Experience</strong></span><br />
PT 600b | 3 Credits | Clinical Experience</td>
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<td><strong>SEMESTER 3</strong><br />
18 Credits</td>
<td colspan="2""><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Neuroanatomy</strong></span><br />
PT 534L | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Pathology of Cardiopulmonary Disease and General Medical Conditions</strong></span><br />
PT 536 | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Clinical Pharmacology</strong></span><br />
PT 539 | 1 Credit | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Clinical Exercise Physiology</strong></span><br />
PT 549L | 4 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice</strong></span><br />
PT 561c | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Clinical Management of Cardiopulmonary Dysfunction</strong></span><br />
PT 571L | 4 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>2-Week Clinical Experience</strong></span><br />
PT 600c | 1 Credit | Clinical Experience</td>
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<td><strong>SEMESTER 4</strong><br />
17 Credits</td>
<td colspan="2""><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Neuropathology</strong></span><br />
PT 546 | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice</strong></span><br />
PT 561d | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Fundamentals of Neuroscience</strong></span><br />
PT 569 | 4 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Clinical Management of the Patient with Neurological Dysfunction</strong></span><br />
PT 581L | 5 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Clinical Electrophysiology</strong></span><br />
PT 583L | 1 Credit | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Life Span Motor Control</strong></span><br />
PT 529 | 2 Credits | Course</td>
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<p><span class="text-highlight">YEAR 3</span><br />
5 Courses<br />
3 Clinical Experiences</p>
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<td><strong>SUMMER</strong><br />
11 Credits</td>
<td colspan="2""><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice</strong></span><br />
PT 561e | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Differential Diagnosis in Physical Therapy</strong></span><br />
PT 650 | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Emerging Topics</strong></span><br />
PT 625 | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>8-Week Clinical Experience</strong></span><br />
PT 600d | 4 Credits | Clinical Experience</td>
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<td><strong>SEMESTERS 5 & 6</strong><br />
24 Credits</td>
<td colspan="2""><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Integrated Patient Management Clinical Skills</strong></span><br />
PT 630 | 6 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Integrated Patient Management Seminar</strong></span><br />
PT 632 | 5 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>16-Week Integrated Terminal Clinical Education Experience With Academic Integration<sup>1</sup></strong></span><br />
PT 660 | 5 Credits | Clinical Experience<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>16-Week Terminal Full-Time Clinical Education Experience<sup>1</sup></strong></span><br />
PT 665 | 8 Credits | Clinical Experience</td>
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<p><sup>1</sup> Note: The Full-Time Clinical Education Experience can occur in either the fifth or sixth semester. The Director of Clinical Education determines when each student completes the integrated or full-time terminal clinical education experience.</p>
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<h3 class="h1 text-uppercase mt-20">HYBRID Pathway Course Schedule</h3>
<p>The Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program is a three-year, full-time program.</p>
<p>The systems-based curriculum integrates online coursework, an engaging virtual classroom experience, on-campus immersions and a total of 44 weeks of full-time equivalent clinical experiences that begin in the first year. Through corresponding coursework and clinical rotations, students develop their knowledge and expertise as they are taught by USC’s globally recognized faculty.</p>
<p>Learn more about individual courses and explore the course schedule for each year in the hybrid pathway below.</p>
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<p><span class="text-highlight">YEAR 1</span><br />
12 Courses<br />
5 On-Campus Immersions<br />
1 Clinical Experience</p>
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<td><strong>SEMESTER 1A</strong><br />
5 Credits</td>
<td colspan="2""><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Cellular and Systems Physiology</strong></span><br />
PT 509 | 3 Credits | CourseCourses<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice</strong></span><br />
PT 561a | 2 Credits | CourseOn-Campus Immersions<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Immersion No. 0</strong></span><br />
On-Campus Immersion</td>
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<td><strong>SEMESTER 1B</strong><br />
12 Credits</td>
<td colspan="2""><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Musculoskeletal Anatomy</strong></span><br />
PT 514L | 4 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Basics of Patient Management</strong></span><br />
PT 521L | 4 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Mechanics of Human Gait (Movement Analysis I)</strong></span><br />
PT 582 | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Clinical Imaging</strong></span><br />
PT 606 | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Immersion No. 1</strong></span><br />
On-Campus Immersion<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Immersion No. 2</strong></span><br />
On-Campus Immersion</td>
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<td><strong>SEMESTER 2</strong><br />
19 Credits</td>
<td colspan="2""><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Therapeutic Exercise</strong></span><br />
PT 530a | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Analytical Anatomy</strong></span><br />
PT 554L | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice</strong></span><br />
PT 561b | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System</strong></span><br />
PT 566 | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Clinical Biomechanics (Movement Analysis II)</strong></span><br />
PT 574 | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Clinical Management of The Patient with Musculoskeletal Dysfunction</strong></span><br />
PT 621 | 5 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>2-Week Clinical Experience</strong></span><br />
PT 600a | 1 Credit | Clinical Experience<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Immersion No. 3</strong></span><br />
On-Campus Immersion<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Immersion No. 4</strong></span><br />
On-Campus Immersion</td>
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<p><span class="text-highlight">YEAR 2</span><br />
15 Courses<br />
4 On-Campus Immersions<br />
3 Clinical Experience</p>
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<td><strong>SUMMER</strong><br />
9 Credits</td>
<td colspan="2""><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Principles of Disease</strong></span><br />
PT 516 | 1 Credit | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Special Topics in Therapeutic Exercise</strong></span><br />
PT 530b | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Therapeutic Application of Physical Agents</strong></span><br />
PT 551L | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>6-Week Clinical Experience</strong></span><br />
PT 600b | 3 Credits | Clinical Experience<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Immersion No. 5</strong></span><br />
On-Campus Immersion</td>
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<td><strong>SEMESTER 3</strong><br />
18 Credits</td>
<td colspan="2""><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Neuroanatomy</strong></span><br />
PT 534L | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Pathology of Cardiopulmonary Disease and General Medical Conditions</strong></span><br />
PT 536 | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Clinical Pharmacology</strong></span><br />
PT 539 | 1 Credit | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Clinical Exercise Physiology</strong></span><br />
PT 549L | 4 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice</strong></span><br />
PT 561c | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Clinical Management of Cardiopulmonary Dysfunction</strong></span><br />
PT 571L | 4 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>2-Week Clinical Experience</strong></span><br />
PT 600c | 1 Credit | Clinical Experience<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Immersion No. 6</strong></span><br />
On-Campus Immersion</td>
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<td><strong>SEMESTER 4</strong><br />
17 Credits</td>
<td colspan="2""><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Neuropathology</strong></span><br />
PT 546 | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice</strong></span><br />
PT 561d | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Fundamentals of Neuroscience</strong></span><br />
PT 569 | 4 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Clinical Management of the Patient with Neurological Dysfunction</strong></span><br />
PT 581L | 5 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Clinical Electrophysiology</strong></span><br />
PT 583L | 1 Credit | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Life Span Motor Control</strong></span><br />
PT 529 | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Immersion No. 7</strong></span><br />
On-Campus Immersion<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Immersion No. 8</strong></span><br />
On-Campus Immersion</td>
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<p><span class="text-highlight">YEAR 3</span><br />
5 Courses<br />
3* On-Campus Immersions<br />
3 Clinical Experience</p>
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<td><strong>SUMMER</strong><br />
11 Credits</td>
<td colspan="2""><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice</strong></span><br />
PT 561e | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Differential Diagnosis in Physical Therapy</strong></span><br />
PT 650 | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Emerging Topics</strong></span><br />
PT 625 | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>8-Week Clinical Experience</strong></span><br />
PT 600d | 4 Credits | Clinical Experience<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Immersion No. 9</strong></span><br />
On-Campus Immersion</td>
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<td><strong>SEMESTER 5</strong><br />
12 Credits</td>
<td colspan="2""><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Hybrid Integrated Patient Management Clinical Skills</strong></span><br />
PT 640a | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Hybrid Integrated Patient Management Seminar</strong></span><br />
PT 642a | 2.5 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Hybrid Terminal Clinical Experience with Academic Integration (13 weeks, full-time)</strong></span><br />
PT 670a | 6.5 Credits | Clinical Experience</td>
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<td><strong>SEMESTER 6</strong><br />
12 Credits</td>
<td colspan="2""><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Hybrid Integrated Patient Management Clinical Skills</strong></span><br />
PT 640b | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Hybrid Integrated Patient Management Seminar</strong></span><br />
PT 642b | 2.5 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Hybrid Terminal Clinical Experience with Academic Integration (13 weeks, full-time)</strong></span><br />
PT 670b | 6.5 Credits | Clinical Experience<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Immersion No. 10</strong></span><br />
On-Campus Immersion<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Immersion No. 11</strong></span><br />
On-Campus Immersion</td>
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<p>Each clinical experience is designed to provide you with an opportunity to practically apply the knowledge and skills acquired in he academic program. These experiences will increase your level of expertise in the evaluation and treatment of patients with varying diagnoses. Students should expect to complete at least one long-term clinical education experience outside of the Greater Los Angeles area.</p>
<p>Your performance in the clinic will be evaluated in comparison to predicted performance levels set by faculty across all three years of the DPT program. The aim of the clinical education program is that you will meet or exceed the performance level expected of an entry-level physical therapist during the third year of your DPT program. Your performance will be judged based on your clinical decision-making skills, hands-on performance and professional behaviors using the APTA Clinical Performance Instrument 3.0 (CPI).</p>
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<p><span class="text-highlight">DPT-I: The First-Year Experience</span></p>
<p>As a first-year DPT student, you will complete a two-week clinical education experience in the middle of your second semester and a six-week clinical education experience in the summer at the end of your first year.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The DPT-I curriculum includes:</span></p>
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<li>Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice a</li>
<li>Cellular and Systems Physiology</li>
<li>Musculoskeletal Anatomy</li>
<li>Basics of Patient Management</li>
<li>Mechanics of Human Gait (Movement Analysis I)</li>
<li>Clinical Imaging</li>
<li>Therapeutic Exercise</li>
<li>Analytical Anatomy</li>
<li>Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice b</li>
<li>Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System</li>
<li>Clinical Management of The Patient with Musculoskeletal Dysfunction</li>
<li>Clinical Biomechanics (Movement Analysis II)</li>
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<p>DPT-Is are prepared to evaluate and treat general medical and musculoskeletal disorders. The focus of the DPT-I clinical education experiences are general medical and orthopedic patients.</p>
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<p><span class="text-highlight">DPT-II: The Second-Year Experience</span></p>
<p>As a second-year DPT student, you will complete a two-week clinical education experience in the middle of the fall semester of your second year and an eight-week clinical education experience in the summer prior to returning for the summer coursework to complete your second year.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">You will complete most of your required didactic courses prior to your eight-week experience. The DPT-II curriculum includes:</span></p>
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<li>Principles of Disease</li>
<li>Therapeutic Application of Physical Agents</li>
<li>Special Topics in Therapeutic Exercise</li>
<li>Neuroanatomy</li>
<li>Pathology of Cardiopulmonary Disease and General Medical Conditions</li>
<li>Clinical Pharmacology</li>
<li>Clinical Exercise Physiology</li>
<li>Clinical Management of Cardiopulmonary Dysfunction</li>
<li>Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice c</li>
<li>Neuropathology</li>
<li>Fundamental of Neuroscience</li>
<li>Clinical Management of the Patient with Neurologic Dysfunction</li>
<li>Clinical Electrophysiology</li>
<li>Life Span Motor Control</li>
<li>Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice d</li>
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<p>In addition to managing patients with orthopedic dysfunction, DPT-IIs will also be prepared to evaluate and treat patients across the life span with various medical issues, including cardiopulmonary and neurologic dysfunctions across diverse care settings (e.g., outpatient, acute care, acute rehab).</p>
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<p><span class="text-highlight">DPT-III: The Third-Year Experience</span></p>
<p>As a third-year DPT student, you will complete two 16-week extended clinical experiences. One of these experiences students will be in the clinic on a full-time basis, and, in the other, students will be in the clinic on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and in the classroom on Tuesdays and Thursdays for Integrated Patient Management Seminars.</p>
<p>The purpose of the extended clinical experience is to give you the opportunity to manage a full caseload over an extended period of time. Consequently, DPT-IIIs focus on the improvement of patient handling skills, clinical reasoning, pattern recognition, differential diagnosis, prognosticating, development of plan of care, goal-setting, interprofessional communication and comprehensive patient management.</p>
<p>Students will complete the following courses prior to their third-year clinical education experiences:</p>
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<li>Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice</li>
<li>Differential Diagnosis in Physical Therapy Emerging Topics</li>
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<p>Students will complete the following courses during their Intergrated Patient Management semester:</p>
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<li>Integrated Patient Management Clinical Skills</li>
<li>Integrated Patient Management Seminar</li>
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<p>DPT-III students are prepared to treat patients in any portion of the lifespan in any setting and diagnosis.</p>
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<p><strong>STUDENT REQUIREMENTS</strong></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">As a student in the DPT program, you must:</span></p>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 25px;">Attain a cumulative GPA of 2.75 or higher at the end of any academic year in order to participate in the clinical education program. If you earn a cumulative 2.75 GPA but receive a final grade of “C-D” or lower in a clinical procedure course, then you must repeat the course and receive at least a “C” grade prior to continuation in the clinical education program.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 25px;">Have a physical examination that includes appropriate immunizations and titers prior to entering the program. Yearly updates are required for a number of immunizations and titers.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 25px;">Have annual tuberculosis clearances while in the program. Clinical sites may ask these clearances be completed more frequently to be eligible to be in the clinic.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 25px;">Be covered by major medical insurance while in the program.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 25px;">Have a current CPR certification from the American Heart Association in Basic Life Support for the Healthcare Provider (CPR) while in the program.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 25px;">Meet the requirements for any clinical education experience and complete and submit all required assignments for the clinical experience in order to receive a grade of “CREDIT.”</li>
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<p>The service learning experience (SLE) is an educational opportunity in which you will learn about social responsibility, advocacy and the importance of lifelong civic engagement through active participation in purposeful volunteer community service. The importance of the SLE in the education of physical therapy students is demonstrated by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education’s (CAPTE) Practice Management Expectations for Social Responsibility and Advocacy, which indicates that students should advocate for the health and wellness needs of society and participate and show leadership in community organizations and volunteer service.</p>
<p>A formal SLE is required of all USC DPT students in fulfillment of the DPT degree and the CAPTE Practice Management Expectations.</p>
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<p><a class="tab-anchor-link" href="#tuition-and-financial-aid-faqs"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Tuition and Financial Aid FAQs</span> ↓</a></p>
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<p><a class="tab-anchor-link" href="#hybrid-pathway-faqs"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Hybrid Pathway FAQ’s</span> ↓</a></p>
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<h3 id="admissions-faqs" class="tab-anchor h1 text-uppercase">ADMISSIONS</h3>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">What degree do I need to have in order to enroll in the DPT program?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">A bachelor’s degree or higher in any field except physical therapy is needed to enroll. It is permissible to apply before the bachelor’s degree is completed, but enrollment in the program will not be allowed until the bachelor’s degree is awarded.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">What documentation and forms are required to apply to the residential pathway?</h4>
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<p>In order to apply to the residential pathway of USC’s DPT program, an online PTCAS application must be submitted. <a href="http://www.ptcas.org/home.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Access the PTCAS application here.</span></a>Note: GRE scores are not required.</p>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">Are interviews a required part of the application process?</h4>
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<p>No. Formal interviews are not a required part of the admissions process, but the admissions committee may contact an applicant to clarify questions they have during the application review process.Applicants are encouraged to visit the campus and attend an information session. These visits can be arranged through the Office of the Division Admissions Manager at 213.740.6217.</p>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">What is the application deadline?</h4>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">How many applications do you receive each year?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Each year, the residential pathway receives between 900-1,100 applications.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">When are decisions made on applications?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Application decisions are typically made on a rolling basis, beginning in November and continuing until all applications are reviewed. All applicants should receive notification of a decision by late March or early April.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">What is the minimum grade point average (GPA) for admission?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">The minimum recommended cumulative GPA is 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale). Higher GPAs tend to be more competitive within the applicant pool.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">What is the minimum GPA for successful completion of the DPT program?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">In order to successfully complete and receive a DPT degree from the University of Southern California, a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75 is required.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">Is volunteer or work experience in physical therapy required in order to apply?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Substantial clinical experience (150 hours) is recommended. The prior experience can be either voluntary or paid (i.e., physical therapy aide) and is intended to expose the applicant to the profession of physical therapy and affirm their desire to pursue a career in the field.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">Do all the prerequisite courses need to be completed before applying in December?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">No. Applicants can submit an application including in-progress courses and still be considered for the current admission cycle. However, all prerequisites must be completed prior to entering the program.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">Do all prerequisite courses in anatomy, physiology, chemistry and physics need to have a laboratory component?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Yes.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">Do you accept Advanced Placement (AP) credits and “pass/no pass” grades in lieu of college-level courses or a letter grade to fulfill science prerequisites?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">No. All science courses must have received a letter grade to fulfill prerequisite requirements.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">Do prerequisite courses have an expiration date?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">No. All letter-graded prerequisite coursework is acceptable, no matter when the coursework was completed. However, it is highly recommended that students take refresher courses when needed to be prepared to take full advantage of the curriculum.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">Can I take prerequisite courses at a community college?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Yes. If you are unable to take prerequisite courses at an accredited four-year college or university, courses taken at an accredited community college are acceptable.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">What are the tuition rates for USC’s DPT program – residential pathway?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">The tuition rates vary each year. <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a class="dpt-tab-toggle-tuition-and-financial-aid" href="#tabs">Visit our tuition and financial aid page</a></span> for the current tuition structure for entering students</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">Does the USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy offer scholarships?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Yes. There are a limited number of competitive, merit-based scholarships awarded to students throughout the three-year program. All incoming students are considered for these awards, and there is no need to submit a formal application. In past years, 10 to 15 incoming students were awarded scholarships ranging from $5,000 to $10,000 for the first year. Scholarships are awarded to second- and third-year students based on their meritorious academic, professional, and clinical performance.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">Is financial aid available for international students?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">No. Governmental financial aid is not available for international students. International students must provide proof of ability to pay tuition and living expenses while enrolled in the program; however, international students are considered for merit scholarships.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">Does the DPT program give priority or apply different tuition rates to in-state applications?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">No. USC is a private university and does not give priority nor apply reduced tuition rates to in-state applications.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">What is the average size of a residential pathway cohort of a DPT class?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">The average size of a typical entering residential cohort of a DPT class is 95 students. The total size of the average entering class (residential and hybrid) is about 145 students.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">When does the residential pathway begin?</h4>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">How long is the residential pathway?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Students complete the DPT program – residential pathway in three years (eight semesters).</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">What is the graduation rate?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">On average, 95 percent of USC DPT students graduate on time, which means they graduate in the expected three years.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">What is the pass rate on the national licensing exam?</h4>
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<p>The pass rate for USC DPT students on the national licensing exam is consistently above the national average. Visit our <a href="https://pt.usc.edu/programs/doctor-of-physical-therapy-dpt/legal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="text-decoration: underline;">Graduate Outcomes</span> page</a> to learn more.</p>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">What is the average size of a hybrid pathway cohort of a DPT class?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">The average size of a typical entering hybrid cohort of a DPT class is 48 students. The total size of the average entering class (residential and hybrid) is about 145 students.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">When does the hybrid pathway begin?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Classes typically begin mid-June of each year.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">How long is the hybrid pathway?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Students complete the DPT Program – hybrid pathway in three years (six semesters + three summer terms).</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">Is the program completely online?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">All academic courses have a virtual classroom component. Students have weekly live sessions for each course when they meet with faculty and fellow classmates to build deep knowledge of course material. On their own, students watch videos, review case studies and read course material. All students are required to attend approximately 12 on-campus immersions throughout the course of the program and will spend 44 full-time weeks of the program within a variety of clinical education settings.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">Are there full-time and part-time options for the DPT program – hybrid pathway?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">No. The only option is the full-time, three-year program.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">Can I work while a student in the program?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">No. Our faculty highly discourage students from working during the program, as the time commitment for a full-time DPT program is approximately 40 to 60 hours per week.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">Are students in the hybrid pathway able to utilize on-campus resources?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Yes. Students in the hybrid pathway have access to the same facilities and campus amenities as students in the residential pathway. However, students in the hybrid pathway are encouraged to reside in the community they hope to practice in upon graduation. All academic coursework can be completed at a distance with the exception of immersions.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">Do students in the hybrid pathway have the opportunity to participate in research?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Yes. Students are able to participate in research. Interested students are encouraged to reach out to faculty to explore potential opportunities.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">Does the Division provide placement for clinical rotations?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Yes. Our clinical education team assigns students to clinical placements that meet the requirements of the program.</div>
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<p><a href="https://pt.usc.edu/programs/doctor-of-physical-therapy-dpt/legal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Visit our Graduate Outcomes page to learn more.</span></a></p>
<p>To learn more about the hybrid pathway, request information and an admissions counselor will contact you.</p>
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<h3 class="h1 text-uppercase mt-20">Application Requirements</h3>
<p>Applicants to the three-year, Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, or must hold a valid student visa to study in the United States. They must also satisfy all requirements for USC Graduate School admission, which include:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Bachelor’s Degree</strong></span></p>
<p>Applicants must hold a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university by the date of projected enrollment, which is in August of each year.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Minimum Cumulative and Science GPAs of 3.0</strong></span></p>
<p>The admissions committee requires that you have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 and a minimum science GPA of 3.0. Higher GPAs tend to be more competitive within the applicant pool.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Scores</strong></span></p>
<p>GRE scores are not required.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Work Experience</strong></span></p>
<p>A minimum of 150 hours of clinical experience in a physical therapy setting is recommended, but not required. The Admissions Committee feels that applicants who have engaged in diverse clinical experiences tend to make a more informed decision when considering physical therapy as a professional career. We also recognize that some of these experiences present themselves in the context of having supported others who have received physical therapy services as patients. Through responses to the essay prompts and resume, applicants are encouraged to share these experiences with the Admissions Committee. If deciding to gain direct physical therapy exposure in a clinical setting, the Admissions Committee makes no distinction between volunteer or paid physical therapy aide experiences.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Prerequisite Courses</strong></span></p>
<p>Grades of “C” or better are required in all prerequisite courses, outlined below. Prerequisite courses taken on a “pass/no pass” basis will not be recognized, and AP credits will not be accepted in lieu of college-level courses. All courses must be for science or pre-health majors. Introductory or “survey-style” courses will not be accepted in fulfillment of prerequisites.</p>
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<li><strong>Biological Sciences:</strong> A general biology series (Biology I and Biology II) with labs (8 semester hours, 12 quarter units).</li>
<li><strong>Chemistry:</strong> A general chemistry series (Chemistry I and Chemistry II) with labs (8 semester hours, 12 quarter units). A biochemistry series (Biochemistry I and Biochemistry II) with labs (8 semester hours, 12 quarter units) will also satisfy this requirement.</li>
<li><strong>Physics:</strong> A general physics series (Physics I and Physics II) with labs (8 semester hours, 12 quarter units).</li>
<li><strong>Anatomy<sup>1</sup>:</strong> A human anatomy course with lab (4 semester hours, 6 quarter units).</li>
<li><strong>Physiology<sup>1</sup>:</strong> A human physiology course with lab (4 semester hours, 6 quarter units).</li>
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<p><sup>1</sup> A combined two-course sequence in anatomy and physiology with lab (8 semester hours) will also satisfy this requirement.</p>
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<li><strong>Psychology:</strong> Two courses in psychology (totaling 6 semester hours, 9 quarter units). These courses may include general psychology, abnormal psychology, developmental psychology, psychology of disability, etc.</li>
<li><strong>Statistics and Mathematics:</strong> One college-level statistics course is required (3 semester hours, 5 quarter units). Courses taken within the biology, mathematics and psychology departments are accepted. An additional college-level geometry or trigonometry course is recommended (but not required).</li>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Quick Reference Chart</strong></span></p>
<p>Quarter Units divided by 1.5 = Semester Units<br />
Semester Units multiplied by 1.5 = Quarter Units</p>
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<td>1</td>
<td>0.67</td>
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<td>2</td>
<td>1.33</td>
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<td>3</td>
<td>2</td>
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<td>4</td>
<td>2.67</td>
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<td>5</td>
<td>3.33</td>
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<td>6</td>
<td>4</td>
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<td>7</td>
<td>4.67</td>
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<td>8</td>
<td>5.33</td>
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<td>9</td>
<td>6</td>
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<td>10</td>
<td>0.67</td>
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<td>11</td>
<td>7.33</td>
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<td>12</td>
<td>8</td>
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<td>13</td>
<td>8.67</td>
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<td>14</td>
<td>9.33</td>
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<td>15</td>
<td>10</td>
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<td>180</td>
<td>120</td>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Application Requirements</strong></span></p>
<p>Apply to the USC DPT Program – residential pathway through the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://ptcas.cas.myliaison.com/applicant-ux/#/login" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Physical Therapist Centralized Application Service (PTCAS)</a></span></p>
<p>Many schools issue transcripts electronically, either through their own web services or through vendors. If this option is available through the institutions you attend(ed), make sure that they are submitted to PTCAS by following the instructions on the application. Please remember that all transcripts must be verified by PTCAS prior to formal program review and this process can take up to four or five weeks after receipt of transcripts.</p>
<p>We recommend using a sense of urgency when requesting transcripts from your university, as the transmission time can vary from school to school.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Letters of Recommendation</strong></span></p>
<p>Three letters of recommendation are required as part of your application submission through PTCAS. You should request recommendations from individuals who can speak to your professional or academic readiness to attend a rigorous graduate program. These recommenders must be:</p>
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<li>A physical therapist (PT) who has directly supervised you</li>
<li>A professor or academic reference who has taught you in at least one class</li>
<li>A person of your choice who is either another PT supervisor, academic reference, or can otherwise speak to your academic, personal, or professional qualities</li>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Application Deadlines</strong></span></p>
<p>The final application deadline for our next residential pathway start date is December 1, 2025.</p>
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<h3 class="h1 text-uppercase mt-20">Tuition and<br />
Financial Aid</h3>
<p>The chart below outlines the tuition fees for the USC DPT Program, for the 2024-2025 academic year. Please note that fees are subject to change each year.</p>
<p>The financial facts sheet for students graduating from the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://pt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025-dpt-student-financial-fact-sheet-residential-pathway.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">USC DPT Program – Residential Pathway in 2025 is available here</a>.</span></p>
<p>The financial facts sheet for students graduating from the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://pt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025-dpt-student-financial-fact-sheet-hybrid-pathway-2.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">USC DPT Program – Hybrid Pathway in 2025 is available here</a>.</span></p>
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<td>Flat Fee Basis Year 1</td>
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<td>$84,023</td>
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<td>$84,023</td>
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<td>$50,763</td>
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<td>$650</td>
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<td>Mandatory USC Health Insurance</td>
<td>Fall</td>
<td>$1,063 (in-area)<br />
$1,986 (out of area)</td>
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<td>Mandatory USC Health Insurance</td>
<td>Spring/Summer</td>
<td>$1,977 (in-area)<br />
$3,872 (out of area)</td>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Costs for 2024-2025 Academic Year</strong></span></p>
<p>These fees are for the academic year 2024-2025 only. They are subject to change in future years.</p>
<p>Health insurance coverage is required during the academic and clinical portions of the curriculum. This insurance is mandatory, but USC health insurance may be waived with proof of other current coverage.</p>
<p>Each student is responsible for the purchase of personal textbooks/e-books, course readers, surgical scrubs, and incidental supplies. Information on required and recommended textbooks and materials, as well as the new student orientation schedule, will be sent out during the summer.</p>
<p>The Division also requires that all incoming DPT students purchase an Apple iPad and a laptop/desktop (the computer can be Apple or PC) that will be used throughout the academic and clinical experiences.</p>
<p>For assistance planning your finances at USC, visit the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://financialaid.usc.edu/graduates/graduate-professionals.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">USC Student Financial Services Division.</a></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Financial Aid</strong></span></p>
<p>There are many sources of financial assistance available to USC students.</p>
<p>USC offers a limited number of Divisional scholarships to incoming students each year. Decisions about Divisional scholarships are made in February and March, and there is no formal application required. All applicants are automatically considered for these competitive, merit-based awards.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Additional financial aid resources include:</span></p>
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<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://corp-mktg.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/email/usc-dpt/USC-DPT-Scholarships.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Additional scholarship information for upcoming and current students</a></span> (All scholarships may not apply to online/hybrid students.)</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.apta.org/your-career/financial-solutions-center" target="_blank" rel="noopener">APTA student loan repayment and debt management</a></span></li>
<li>Federal student loan programs</li>
<li>Government-sponsored funding</li>
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<p>Note: U.S. government guidelines preclude international students from receiving federal financial assistance through the USC Financial Aid Office. The U.S. government requires all international applicants to provide proof of ability to pay tuition and living expenses before a formal letter of admission — or the forms needed for obtaining a visa — will be issued.</p>
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<h3 class="h1 text-uppercase mt-20">Admission Events</h3>
<p>The DPT program regularly holds events to support applicants through the admissions process. These presentations can include application workshops, USC DPT program discussions, faculty Q&As, current student Q&As and many other topics. In-person information sessions include a tour of our state of the art facilities.</p>
<p>Space is limited, so reserve your place in an upcoming session by contacting Heather Reynolds, Admissions Manager at <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" rel="noopener">[email protected]</a></span>. All times for sessions will be in Pacific Standard Time.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://stu-uscdbpt-ptcas-production.outcomescrm.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See Upcoming Admissions Events</a></span></p>
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<h3 class="h1 text-uppercase mt-20">Residential Academic Experience</h3>
<p>The full-time, three-year, residential pathway of the DPT program consists of six semesters and two summer terms. The curriculum follows a system-based format. Each semester focuses on a different system of the body.</p>
<p>Throughout the first two years, students learn to incorporate evidence-based practice, clinical reasoning skills and the differential diagnostic process to function as an autonomous practitioner within the healthcare system. The third and final year is designed to promote integration of the information and skills learned in the first two years.</p>
<p>At USC, we take pride in offering you varied and rich full-time clinical experiences starting in the first year of the program. The third year of the curriculum is an integrative experience that challenges students to combine and refine skills from the previous two years, and to provide effective patient care in complex circumstances.</p>
<p>The systems-based focuses and corresponding clinical components are as follows for each year:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Year One</strong></span></p>
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<li>Semester 1: Foundational basic sciences and introduction to patient management</li>
<li>Semester 2: Clinical management of musculoskeletal dysfunction with an integrated clinical experience</li>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Year Two</strong></span></p>
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<li>Summer 1: Clinical management of musculoskeletal dysfunction and 6-week clinical experience</li>
<li>Semester 3: Clinical management of cardiopulmonary and medical conditions, particularly in the acute hospital setting with an integrated clinical experience</li>
<li>Semester 4: Clinical management of neurologic dysfunction</li>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Year Three</strong></span></p>
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<li>Summer 2: Differential diagnosis and 8-week clinical rotation</li>
<li>Semester 5 or 6<sup>1</sup>: Full-time clinical rotations</li>
<li>Semester 5 or 6<sup>1</sup>: Part-time clinical rotation, and case-based instruction and lab practice courses</li>
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<p><sup>1</sup> In year three, students complete one full-time clinical rotation semester and one part-time clinical rotation semester with case-based instruction and lab practice. About half of students have their part-time experience in semester 5; the other half have their part-time experience in semester 6.</p>
<h3 class="h1 text-uppercase">Clinical Experiences</h3>
<p>Students complete a total of <strong>44 full-time equivalent weeks of clinical experiences</strong> at USC-approved sites in the greater Los Angeles area and nationwide. The clinical education component of our academic experience is exceptional, in that experiences begin in the spring of your first year, and the number of weeks vastly exceeds the minimum requirements for other PT programs. You will be exposed to up to at least six distinct placement sites in a broad spectrum of physical therapy settings.</p>
<p>For successful completion of the program, you must:</p>
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<li>Complete all 115 units with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75</li>
<li>Pass all practical exams in the clinical courses</li>
<li>Meet all professional behavior standards</li>
<li>Pass all clinical experiences (a total of 44 full-time equivalent weeks)</li>
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<p><strong>As a student, you will approach patient care from the three important perspectives that form the basis of evidence-based practice:</strong></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The Patient</strong></span></p>
<p>You will learn how to connect with and collaborate with patients to provide the best possible patient-centered care. We emphasize skills for providing culturally sensitive, compassionate care using evidence-based methods including motivational interviewing and shared decision-making.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Current Research</strong></span></p>
<p>You will learn how to stay current throughout your career by using the best available evidence to guide your practice. We emphasize the skills clinicians need to be savvy consumers of clinical research while also providing opportunities to participate in conducting research.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Professional Expertise</strong></span></p>
<p>You will develop your own insights and confidence to provide direct access to physical therapy in the complex health care environment. We emphasize effective interprofessional collaboration and team-based health care.</p>
<h3 class="h1 text-uppercase">Learning Outcomes</h3>
<p>After graduation, you will be able to:</p>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;">Practice as licensed practitioners of physical therapy who incorporate principles of evidence-based and patient-centered practice.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Exemplify the core professional behaviors of physical therapy, including accountability, altruism, compassion/caring, excellence, integrity, professional duty, and social responsibility.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Demonstrate excellence in enhancing the movement ability and participation of individuals of various race, cultures, and socioeconomic status across the lifespan.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Demonstrate determination to be a leader of the profession who will advocate for their patients, the profession, and the health of society.</li>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a class="dpt-tab-toggle-curriculum" href="#tabs">View a full list of DPT Program Courses.</a></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a class="dpt-tab-toggle-residential-courses" href="#tabs">View the Residential Pathway Course Schedule.</a></span></p>
<p>Read more about the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://pt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/USC-DPT-Learning-Objectives.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Program Learning Objectives</a></span>.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://pt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/DPT-Student-Handbook-2025-2026-1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Student Handbook 2025-2026</a></span></p>
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<h3 class="h1 text-uppercase mt-20">Hybrid Academic Experience</h3>
<p>The full-time, three-year, hybrid pathway of the DPT program comprises six semesters and three summer terms. The curriculum follows a system-based format. Each semester focuses on a different system of the body.</p>
<p>Throughout the first two years, students learn to incorporate evidence-based practice, clinical reasoning skills and the differential diagnostic process to function as an autonomous practitioner within the healthcare system. The third and final year is designed to promote integration of the information and skills learned in the first two years.</p>
<p>At USC, we take pride in offering you varied and rich full-time clinical experiences starting in the first year of the program. The third year of the curriculum is an integrative experience that challenges students to combine and refine skills from the previous two years to provide effective patient care in complex circumstances.</p>
<p>The systems-based focuses and corresponding clinical components are as follows for each year:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Year One</strong></span></p>
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<li>Semester 1a (Summer) and 1b (Fall): Foundational sciences and introduction to patient management</li>
<li>Semester 2: Clinical management of musculoskeletal dysfunction with an integrated clinical experience</li>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Year Two</strong></span></p>
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<li>Summer 1: Clinical management of musculoskeletal dysfunction and 6-week clinical experience</li>
<li>Semester 3: Clinical management of cardiovascular and pulmonary and medical conditions, particularly in the acute hospital setting with an integrated clinical experience</li>
<li>Semester 4: Clinical management of neurologic dysfunction</li>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Year Three</strong></span></p>
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<li>Summer 2: Differential diagnosis and 8-week clinical experience</li>
<li>Semester 5: Full-time clinical rotations with integrated patient management skills and seminar coursework</li>
<li>Semester 6: Full-time clinical rotations with integrated patient management skills and seminar coursework</li>
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<p><strong>Offered on a full-time basis, USC’s DPT Program – hybrid pathway is three years in duration and delivered through three integrated components: online courses, on-campus immersions and clinical experiences.</strong></p>
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<h3 class="h1 text-uppercase">ONLINE COURSES</h3>
<p>As a student in the hybrid pathway, you will complete a total of 35 courses, totaling 115 credits, using our interactive online campus. Designed and taught by esteemed USC faculty, our live, online DPT courses provide a challenging, comprehensive educational experience that develops your ability to think critically about physical therapy management across all major body systems and across the life span.</p>
<p>The curriculum covers a broad spectrum of physical therapist practice and prepares you for on-campus immersions and clinical experiences across the three years. Our transformative online classroom leverages the best available technology for learning through two integrated components:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Live Sessions</strong></span></p>
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<li><strong>Engage:</strong> Participate in highly interactive live classes that have an approximate 12:1 student-to-faculty ratio.</li>
<li><strong>Learn:</strong> Gain knowledge and guidance through deep discussions about the relevance and application of course material with a faculty composed of scientists and clinicians.</li>
<li><strong>Connect:</strong> Collaborate in small groups of students to problem-solve and discuss topics and case studies.</li>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Asynchronous Learning</strong></span></p>
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<li><strong>Study:</strong> Complete self-guided, immersive coursework accessible 24/7 to learn and reflect on key concepts for physical therapy practice.</li>
<li><strong>Practice:</strong> Develop and refine physical therapy skills in preparation for immersions and clinical experiences.</li>
<li><strong>Experience:</strong> Watch high-quality, studio-produced short lectures; patient demonstrations; and case studies using special effects to support learning.</li>
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<h3 class="h1 text-uppercase">ON-CAMPUS IMMERSIONS</h3>
<p>Regular visits to USC’s campus in Los Angeles are an integral step in connecting online class material to the hands-on skills essential to physical therapy practice. You will visit USC’s world-class physical therapy learning laboratories approximately 12 times for in-person immersions. This translates to about 90 days on campus over the course of the three-year program. Immersion experiences provide you with intensive laboratory instruction with professors to build and refine skills needed to optimize human movement, such as physical evaluation, manual therapy and facilitation techniques, gait training, and exercise instruction.</p>
<p>During the immersions, you will:</p>
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<li>Build your manual and physical skills for reducing pain and improving human movement.</li>
<li>Network with faculty, peers and the entire USC DPT community.</li>
<li>Access state-of-the-art anatomy and learning laboratories.</li>
<li>Focus on skills of particular interest to you during extended on-campus office hours.</li>
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<h3 class="h1 text-uppercase">Clinical Experiences</h3>
<p>Students complete a total of <strong>44 full-time equivalent weeks of clinical experiences</strong> at USC-approved sites in the greater Los Angeles area and nationwide. The clinical education component of our academic experience is exceptional, in that experiences begin in the spring of your first year, and the number of weeks vastly exceeds the minimum requirements for PT programs. You will be exposed to up to at least six distinct placement sites in a broad spectrum of physical therapy settings.</p>
<p>For successful completion of the program, you must:</p>
<ul>
<li>Complete all 115 units with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75</li>
<li>Pass all practical exams in the clinical courses</li>
<li>Meet all professional behavior standards</li>
<li>Pass all clinical experiences (a total of 44 full-time equivalent weeks)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>As a student, you will approach patient care from the three important perspectives that form the basis of evidence-based practice:</strong></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The Patient</strong></span></p>
<p>You will learn how to connect with and collaborate with patients to provide the best possible patient-centered care. We emphasize skills for providing culturally sensitive, compassionate care using evidence-based methods including motivational interviewing and shared decision-making.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Current Research</strong></span></p>
<p>You will learn how to stay current throughout your career by using the best available evidence to guide your practice. We emphasize the skills clinicians need to be savvy consumers of clinical research while also providing opportunities to participate in conducting research.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Professional Expertise</strong></span></p>
<p>You will develop your own insights and confidence to provide direct access to physical therapy in the complex health care environment. We emphasize effective interprofessional collaboration and team-based health care.</p>
<h3 class="h1 text-uppercase">Learning Outcomes</h3>
<p>After graduation, you will be able to:</p>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;">Practice as licensed practitioners of physical therapy who incorporate principles of evidence-based and patient-centered practice.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Exemplify the core professional behaviors of physical therapy, including accountability, altruism, compassion/caring, excellence, integrity, professional duty, and social responsibility.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Demonstrate excellence in enhancing the movement ability and participation of individuals of various race, cultures, and socioeconomic status across the lifespan.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Demonstrate determination to be a leader of the profession who will advocate for their patients, the profession, and the health of society.</li>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a class="dpt-tab-toggle-curriculum" href="#tabs">View a full list of DPT Program Courses.</a></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a class="dpt-tab-toggle-hybrid-courses" href="#tabs">View the Hybrid Pathway Course Schedule.</a></span></p>
<p>Read more about the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://pt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/USC-DPT-Learning-Objectives.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Program Learning Objectives</a></span>.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://pt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/DPT-Student-Handbook-2025-2026-1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Student Handbook 2025-2026</a></span></p>
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<h3 class="h1 text-uppercase mt-20">Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Student Handbook</h3>
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<p>Review the DPT Student Handbook by clicking the link below:</p>
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<p><a href="https://pt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/FINAL-DPT-Student-Handbook-2026-2027_8_2026.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><u>DPT Student Handbook 2026-2027</u></a></p>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 509 Cellular and Systems Physiology</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Selected subjects in cellular and systems physiology. Emphasis on molecular and cellular aspects of neuromuscular function; also renal and endocrine physiology.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 514L Musculoskeletal Anatomy</h4>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 516 Principles of Disease</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Principles and mechanisms of genetics, immunology, infection, wound healing and oncology.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 521L Basics of Patient Management</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Development of basic decision-making skills, professional behaviors and impairment assessment in patients with musculoskeletal, neurologic and/or cardiopulmonary dysfunction.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 529 Life Span Motor Control</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Introduction to sensorimotor systems, overview of current perspectives in motor control from fetus through late adulthood, and clinical tests of motor proficiency.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 530a Therapeutic Exercise</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Theoretical and practical principles for evaluation of exercise need and prescription of exercise programs. Emphasis on approaches for patients with musculoskeletal deficits.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 530b Special Topics in Therapeutic Exercise</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Examination of needs analysis and prescription of exercise programs for special patient populations and assessment of current community trends in exercise and wellness.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 534L Neuroanatomy</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Organized approach to structures in the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nervous systems that subserve motor, sensory, and integrative functions; memory; and cognitive and special senses.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 536 Pathology of Cardiopulmonary Disease and General Medical Conditions</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Pathology and pathophysiological mechanisms in disease of the cardiac, pulmonary and circulatory systems; examination of diabetes, burns and other disabling medical disorders.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 539 Clinical Pharmacology</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Effects of commonly used drugs in patients with physical disability; side effects that alter physical performance or responses to exercise.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 546 Neuropathology</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Pathology in the central and peripheral nervous systems that alter motor and sensory performance. Emphasis on loss of motion and excessive and involuntary movement disorders.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 549L Clinical Exercise Physiology</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Adaptation of the human body to exercise and the use of exercise to modify human function.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 551L Therapeutic Application of Physical Agents</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Physiologic responses to the application of thermal, mechanical, electromagnetic and hydrodynamic therapeutic procedures. Evaluation procedures and intervention planning.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 554L Analytical Anatomy</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Detailed kinesiologic analysis of axial, spine, head, neck, face and bulbar muscles.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 561a–e Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice</h4>
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<li>Introduction to a patient-centered Evidence Based Practice model with emphasis on professional communication skills, ethics, professional guidelines, laws and regulations.</li>
<li>Introduction to acquiring, appraising and integrating research evidence.</li>
<li>Advanced critical analysis and application of research of evidence.</li>
<li>Advanced integration of patient values as influenced by culture, ethnicity, lifestyles, gender and age into patient-centered clinical decision-making.</li>
<li>Analysis of the integration of physical therapist practice into the national health care system; administration, budgeting and reimbursement for physical therapist services.</li>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 566 Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Regional description of pathology and pathophysiological mechanisms of disorders of bone, connective tissue and joints.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 569 Fundamentals of Neuroscience</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Detailed analysis of neurophysiologic mechanisms underlying normal and abnormal motor and sensory function.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 571L Clinical Management of Cardiopulmonary Dysfunction</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Physical therapy evaluation and intervention in the care of patients with circulatory, cardiac or pulmonary dysfunction.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 574 Clinical Biomechanics (Movement Analysis II)</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Introduction to the principles of biomechanics (statics, dynamics) as they apply to physical therapy practice. Emphasis on tissue mechanics, joint function and gait.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 581L Clinical Management of the Patient with Neurological Dysfunction</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Physical therapy theory and methods for intervention in neurological dysfunction. Lecture, laboratory.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 582 Mechanics of Human Gait (Movement Analysis I)</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Introduction to both normal and pathological gait. Emphasis on the basic components of abnormal ambulation, including temporal-spatial factors, joint motion, kinetics, kinematics and muscle activity.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 583L Clinical Electrophysiology</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Use of electrical currents to evaluate and treat musculoskeletal, neurological and wound disorders. Theory and practice.</div>
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<li>600A is a two-week experience in OP orthopedics or general medicine, where students practice physical therapy handling skills, decision-making and professional behaviors.</li>
<li>600B is a six-week experience in OP orthopedics or general medicine, where students having increasing responsibility for applying physical therapy evaluation and treatment skills, decision-making and professional behaviors.</li>
<li>600C is a two-week experience focused on complex patient presentations, where students practice physical therapy handling skills, decision-making and professional behaviors.</li>
<li>600D is an eight-week experience focused on complex patient presentations, where students having increasing responsibility for applying physical therapy evaluation and treatment skills, decision-making and professional behaviors.</li>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 606 Clinical Imaging</h4>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 621 Clinical Management of The Patient with Musculoskeletal Dysfunction</h4>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 625 Emerging Topics</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Familiarize the developing physical therapist with emerging research, technology, and skills that show promise in the management of patients and clients, including new and upcoming advances in patient management.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 630 Integrated Patient Management Clinical Skills</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Advanced evaluation and management of axial skeletal dysfunctions and related movement disorders, and upper and lower extremity disorders and related movement dysfunction.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 632 Integrated Patient Management Seminar</h4>
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<li>Advanced evaluation and management of patients with movement dysfunction spanning all diagnoses seen by physical therapists (musculoskeletal conditions focus on upper quarter body regions).</li>
<li>Advanced evaluation and management of patients with movement dysfunction spanning all diagnoses seen by physical therapists (musculoskeletal conditions focus on lower quarter body regions).</li>
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<li>Integration of physical therapy management of complicated patients with concurrent musculoskeletal (concentrating on upper quarter body regions), cardiopulmonary and/or neurologic disorders.</li>
<li>Integration of physical therapy management of complicated patients with concurrent musculoskeletal (concentrating on lower quarter body regions), cardiopulmonary and/or neurologic disorders.</li>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 650 Differential Diagnosis in Physical Therapy</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Consideration of the principles of differential diagnosis with emphasis on mastering this skill.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 660 16-Week Integrated Terminal Clinical Education Experience With Academic Integration</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">A 16-week clinical education experience consisting of a minimum of 24 hours per week in the clinic. This experience is predominately in an outpatient setting.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 665 16-Week Terminal Full-Time Clinical Education Experience</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">A 16-week clinical education experience that can be in any PT setting and with any patient populations.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">PT 670a-b Hybrid Terminal Clinical Experience with Academic Integration</h4>
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<p>Students are in the clinic for 13-week clinical education experiences both fall (PT 670a) and spring (PT 670b) of year 3, Students can be in any PT setting and with any patient populations.</p>
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<p>The Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program is a three-year, full-time program.</p>
<p>The systems-based curriculum integrates lecture and laboratory experiences on campus and a total of 44 weeks of full-time equivalent clinical experiences that begin in the first year. Through corresponding coursework and clinical rotations, students develop their knowledge and expertise in each area alongside USC’s globally recognized faculty.</p>
<p>Learn more about individual courses and explore the course schedule for each year in the residential pathway below.</p>
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<p><span class="text-highlight">YEAR 1</span><br />
12 Courses<br />
1 Clinical Experience</p>
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<td><strong>SEMESTER 1</strong><br />
17 Credits</td>
<td colspan="2"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Cellular and Systems Physiology</strong></span><br />
PT 509 | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice</strong></span><br />
PT 561a | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Musculoskeletal Anatomy</strong></span><br />
PT 514L | 4 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Basics of Patient Management</strong></span><br />
PT 521L | 4 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Mechanics of Human Gait (Movement Analysis I)</strong></span><br />
PT 582 | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Clinical Imaging</strong></span><br />
PT 606 | 2 Credits | Course</td>
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<td><strong>SEMESTER 2</strong><br />
19 Credits</td>
<td colspan="2""><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Therapeutic Exercise</strong></span><br />
PT 530a | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Analytical Anatomy</strong></span><br />
PT 554L | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice</strong></span><br />
PT 561b | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System</strong></span><br />
PT 566 | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Clinical Biomechanics (Movement Analysis II)</strong></span><br />
PT 574 | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Clinical Management of The Patient with Musculoskeletal Dysfunction</strong></span><br />
PT 621 | 5 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>2-Week Clinical Experience<sup>1</sup></strong></span><br />
PT 600a | 1 Credit | Clinical Experience</td>
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<p><sup>1</sup> PT 600A includes both a classroom course and a clinical experience component.</p>
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<p><span class="text-highlight">YEAR 2</span><br />
15 Courses<br />
2 Clinical Experiences</p>
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<td><strong>SUMMER</strong><br />
9 Credits</td>
<td colspan="2""><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Principles of Disease</strong></span><br />
PT 516 | 1 Credit | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Special Topics in Therapeutic Exercise</strong></span><br />
PT 530b | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Therapeutic Application of Physical Agents</strong></span><br />
PT 551L | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>6-Week Clinical Experience</strong></span><br />
PT 600b | 3 Credits | Clinical Experience</td>
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<td><strong>SEMESTER 3</strong><br />
18 Credits</td>
<td colspan="2""><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Neuroanatomy</strong></span><br />
PT 534L | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Pathology of Cardiopulmonary Disease and General Medical Conditions</strong></span><br />
PT 536 | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Clinical Pharmacology</strong></span><br />
PT 539 | 1 Credit | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Clinical Exercise Physiology</strong></span><br />
PT 549L | 4 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice</strong></span><br />
PT 561c | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Clinical Management of Cardiopulmonary Dysfunction</strong></span><br />
PT 571L | 4 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>2-Week Clinical Experience</strong></span><br />
PT 600c | 1 Credit | Clinical Experience</td>
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<td><strong>SEMESTER 4</strong><br />
17 Credits</td>
<td colspan="2""><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Neuropathology</strong></span><br />
PT 546 | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice</strong></span><br />
PT 561d | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Fundamentals of Neuroscience</strong></span><br />
PT 569 | 4 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Clinical Management of the Patient with Neurological Dysfunction</strong></span><br />
PT 581L | 5 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Clinical Electrophysiology</strong></span><br />
PT 583L | 1 Credit | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Life Span Motor Control</strong></span><br />
PT 529 | 2 Credits | Course</td>
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<p><span class="text-highlight">YEAR 3</span><br />
5 Courses<br />
3 Clinical Experiences</p>
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<td><strong>SUMMER</strong><br />
11 Credits</td>
<td colspan="2""><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice</strong></span><br />
PT 561e | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Differential Diagnosis in Physical Therapy</strong></span><br />
PT 650 | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Emerging Topics</strong></span><br />
PT 625 | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>8-Week Clinical Experience</strong></span><br />
PT 600d | 4 Credits | Clinical Experience</td>
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<td><strong>SEMESTERS 5 & 6</strong><br />
24 Credits</td>
<td colspan="2""><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Integrated Patient Management Clinical Skills</strong></span><br />
PT 630 | 6 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Integrated Patient Management Seminar</strong></span><br />
PT 632 | 5 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>16-Week Integrated Terminal Clinical Education Experience With Academic Integration<sup>1</sup></strong></span><br />
PT 660 | 5 Credits | Clinical Experience<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>16-Week Terminal Full-Time Clinical Education Experience<sup>1</sup></strong></span><br />
PT 665 | 8 Credits | Clinical Experience</td>
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<p><sup>1</sup> Note: The Full-Time Clinical Education Experience can occur in either the fifth or sixth semester. The Director of Clinical Education determines when each student completes the integrated or full-time terminal clinical education experience.</p>
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<p>The Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program is a three-year, full-time program.</p>
<p>The systems-based curriculum integrates online coursework, an engaging virtual classroom experience, on-campus immersions and a total of 44 weeks of full-time equivalent clinical experiences that begin in the first year. Through corresponding coursework and clinical rotations, students develop their knowledge and expertise as they are taught by USC’s globally recognized faculty.</p>
<p>Learn more about individual courses and explore the course schedule for each year in the hybrid pathway below.</p>
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<p><span class="text-highlight">YEAR 1</span><br />
12 Courses<br />
5 On-Campus Immersions<br />
1 Clinical Experience</p>
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<td><strong>SEMESTER 1A</strong><br />
5 Credits</td>
<td colspan="2""><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Cellular and Systems Physiology</strong></span><br />
PT 509 | 3 Credits | CourseCourses<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice</strong></span><br />
PT 561a | 2 Credits | CourseOn-Campus Immersions<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Immersion No. 0</strong></span><br />
On-Campus Immersion</td>
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<td><strong>SEMESTER 1B</strong><br />
12 Credits</td>
<td colspan="2""><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Musculoskeletal Anatomy</strong></span><br />
PT 514L | 4 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Basics of Patient Management</strong></span><br />
PT 521L | 4 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Mechanics of Human Gait (Movement Analysis I)</strong></span><br />
PT 582 | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Clinical Imaging</strong></span><br />
PT 606 | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Immersion No. 1</strong></span><br />
On-Campus Immersion<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Immersion No. 2</strong></span><br />
On-Campus Immersion</td>
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<td><strong>SEMESTER 2</strong><br />
19 Credits</td>
<td colspan="2""><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Therapeutic Exercise</strong></span><br />
PT 530a | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Analytical Anatomy</strong></span><br />
PT 554L | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice</strong></span><br />
PT 561b | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System</strong></span><br />
PT 566 | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Clinical Biomechanics (Movement Analysis II)</strong></span><br />
PT 574 | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Clinical Management of The Patient with Musculoskeletal Dysfunction</strong></span><br />
PT 621 | 5 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>2-Week Clinical Experience</strong></span><br />
PT 600a | 1 Credit | Clinical Experience<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Immersion No. 3</strong></span><br />
On-Campus Immersion<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Immersion No. 4</strong></span><br />
On-Campus Immersion</td>
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<p><span class="text-highlight">YEAR 2</span><br />
15 Courses<br />
4 On-Campus Immersions<br />
3 Clinical Experience</p>
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<td><strong>SUMMER</strong><br />
9 Credits</td>
<td colspan="2""><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Principles of Disease</strong></span><br />
PT 516 | 1 Credit | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Special Topics in Therapeutic Exercise</strong></span><br />
PT 530b | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Therapeutic Application of Physical Agents</strong></span><br />
PT 551L | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>6-Week Clinical Experience</strong></span><br />
PT 600b | 3 Credits | Clinical Experience<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Immersion No. 5</strong></span><br />
On-Campus Immersion</td>
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<td><strong>SEMESTER 3</strong><br />
18 Credits</td>
<td colspan="2""><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Neuroanatomy</strong></span><br />
PT 534L | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Pathology of Cardiopulmonary Disease and General Medical Conditions</strong></span><br />
PT 536 | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Clinical Pharmacology</strong></span><br />
PT 539 | 1 Credit | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Clinical Exercise Physiology</strong></span><br />
PT 549L | 4 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice</strong></span><br />
PT 561c | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Clinical Management of Cardiopulmonary Dysfunction</strong></span><br />
PT 571L | 4 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>2-Week Clinical Experience</strong></span><br />
PT 600c | 1 Credit | Clinical Experience<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Immersion No. 6</strong></span><br />
On-Campus Immersion</td>
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<td><strong>SEMESTER 4</strong><br />
17 Credits</td>
<td colspan="2""><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Neuropathology</strong></span><br />
PT 546 | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice</strong></span><br />
PT 561d | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Fundamentals of Neuroscience</strong></span><br />
PT 569 | 4 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Clinical Management of the Patient with Neurological Dysfunction</strong></span><br />
PT 581L | 5 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Clinical Electrophysiology</strong></span><br />
PT 583L | 1 Credit | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Life Span Motor Control</strong></span><br />
PT 529 | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Immersion No. 7</strong></span><br />
On-Campus Immersion<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Immersion No. 8</strong></span><br />
On-Campus Immersion</td>
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<p><span class="text-highlight">YEAR 3</span><br />
5 Courses<br />
3* On-Campus Immersions<br />
3 Clinical Experience</p>
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11 Credits</td>
<td colspan="2""><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice</strong></span><br />
PT 561e | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Differential Diagnosis in Physical Therapy</strong></span><br />
PT 650 | 2 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Emerging Topics</strong></span><br />
PT 625 | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>8-Week Clinical Experience</strong></span><br />
PT 600d | 4 Credits | Clinical Experience<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Immersion No. 9</strong></span><br />
On-Campus Immersion</td>
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<td><strong>SEMESTER 5</strong><br />
12 Credits</td>
<td colspan="2""><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Hybrid Integrated Patient Management Clinical Skills</strong></span><br />
PT 640a | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Hybrid Integrated Patient Management Seminar</strong></span><br />
PT 642a | 2.5 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Hybrid Terminal Clinical Experience with Academic Integration (13 weeks, full-time)</strong></span><br />
PT 670a | 6.5 Credits | Clinical Experience</td>
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<td><strong>SEMESTER 6</strong><br />
12 Credits</td>
<td colspan="2""><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Hybrid Integrated Patient Management Clinical Skills</strong></span><br />
PT 640b | 3 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Hybrid Integrated Patient Management Seminar</strong></span><br />
PT 642b | 2.5 Credits | Course<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Hybrid Terminal Clinical Experience with Academic Integration (13 weeks, full-time)</strong></span><br />
PT 670b | 6.5 Credits | Clinical Experience<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Immersion No. 10</strong></span><br />
On-Campus Immersion<br />
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><strong>Immersion No. 11</strong></span><br />
On-Campus Immersion</td>
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<p>Each clinical experience is designed to provide you with an opportunity to practically apply the knowledge and skills acquired in he academic program. These experiences will increase your level of expertise in the evaluation and treatment of patients with varying diagnoses. Students should expect to complete at least one long-term clinical education experience outside of the Greater Los Angeles area.</p>
<p>Your performance in the clinic will be evaluated in comparison to predicted performance levels set by faculty across all three years of the DPT program. The aim of the clinical education program is that you will meet or exceed the performance level expected of an entry-level physical therapist during the third year of your DPT program. Your performance will be judged based on your clinical decision-making skills, hands-on performance and professional behaviors using the APTA Clinical Performance Instrument 3.0 (CPI).</p>
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<p><span class="text-highlight">DPT-I: The First-Year Experience</span></p>
<p>As a first-year DPT student, you will complete a two-week clinical education experience in the middle of your second semester and a six-week clinical education experience in the summer at the end of your first year.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The DPT-I curriculum includes:</span></p>
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<li>Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice a</li>
<li>Cellular and Systems Physiology</li>
<li>Musculoskeletal Anatomy</li>
<li>Basics of Patient Management</li>
<li>Mechanics of Human Gait (Movement Analysis I)</li>
<li>Clinical Imaging</li>
<li>Therapeutic Exercise</li>
<li>Analytical Anatomy</li>
<li>Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice b</li>
<li>Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System</li>
<li>Clinical Management of The Patient with Musculoskeletal Dysfunction</li>
<li>Clinical Biomechanics (Movement Analysis II)</li>
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<p>DPT-Is are prepared to evaluate and treat general medical and musculoskeletal disorders. The focus of the DPT-I clinical education experiences are general medical and orthopedic patients.</p>
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<p><span class="text-highlight">DPT-II: The Second-Year Experience</span></p>
<p>As a second-year DPT student, you will complete a two-week clinical education experience in the middle of the fall semester of your second year and an eight-week clinical education experience in the summer prior to returning for the summer coursework to complete your second year.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">You will complete most of your required didactic courses prior to your eight-week experience. The DPT-II curriculum includes:</span></p>
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<li>Principles of Disease</li>
<li>Therapeutic Application of Physical Agents</li>
<li>Special Topics in Therapeutic Exercise</li>
<li>Neuroanatomy</li>
<li>Pathology of Cardiopulmonary Disease and General Medical Conditions</li>
<li>Clinical Pharmacology</li>
<li>Clinical Exercise Physiology</li>
<li>Clinical Management of Cardiopulmonary Dysfunction</li>
<li>Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice c</li>
<li>Neuropathology</li>
<li>Fundamental of Neuroscience</li>
<li>Clinical Management of the Patient with Neurologic Dysfunction</li>
<li>Clinical Electrophysiology</li>
<li>Life Span Motor Control</li>
<li>Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice d</li>
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<p>In addition to managing patients with orthopedic dysfunction, DPT-IIs will also be prepared to evaluate and treat patients across the life span with various medical issues, including cardiopulmonary and neurologic dysfunctions across diverse care settings (e.g., outpatient, acute care, acute rehab).</p>
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<p><span class="text-highlight">DPT-III: The Third-Year Experience</span></p>
<p>As a third-year DPT student, you will complete two 16-week extended clinical experiences. One of these experiences students will be in the clinic on a full-time basis, and, in the other, students will be in the clinic on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and in the classroom on Tuesdays and Thursdays for Integrated Patient Management Seminars.</p>
<p>The purpose of the extended clinical experience is to give you the opportunity to manage a full caseload over an extended period of time. Consequently, DPT-IIIs focus on the improvement of patient handling skills, clinical reasoning, pattern recognition, differential diagnosis, prognosticating, development of plan of care, goal-setting, interprofessional communication and comprehensive patient management.</p>
<p>Students will complete the following courses prior to their third-year clinical education experiences:</p>
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<li>Evidence for Physical Therapist Practice</li>
<li>Differential Diagnosis in Physical Therapy Emerging Topics</li>
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<p>Students will complete the following courses during their Intergrated Patient Management semester:</p>
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<li>Integrated Patient Management Clinical Skills</li>
<li>Integrated Patient Management Seminar</li>
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<p>DPT-III students are prepared to treat patients in any portion of the lifespan in any setting and diagnosis.</p>
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<p><strong>STUDENT REQUIREMENTS</strong></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">As a student in the DPT program, you must:</span></p>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 25px;">Attain a cumulative GPA of 2.75 or higher at the end of any academic year in order to participate in the clinical education program. If you earn a cumulative 2.75 GPA but receive a final grade of “C-D” or lower in a clinical procedure course, then you must repeat the course and receive at least a “C” grade prior to continuation in the clinical education program.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 25px;">Have a physical examination that includes appropriate immunizations and titers prior to entering the program. Yearly updates are required for a number of immunizations and titers.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 25px;">Have annual tuberculosis clearances while in the program. Clinical sites may ask these clearances be completed more frequently to be eligible to be in the clinic.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 25px;">Be covered by major medical insurance while in the program.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 25px;">Have a current CPR certification from the American Heart Association in Basic Life Support for the Healthcare Provider (CPR) while in the program.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 25px;">Meet the requirements for any clinical education experience and complete and submit all required assignments for the clinical experience in order to receive a grade of “CREDIT.”</li>
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<h3 class="h1 text-uppercase mt-20">Service Learning Experience</h3>
<p>The service learning experience (SLE) is an educational opportunity in which you will learn about social responsibility, advocacy and the importance of lifelong civic engagement through active participation in purposeful volunteer community service. The importance of the SLE in the education of physical therapy students is demonstrated by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education’s (CAPTE) Practice Management Expectations for Social Responsibility and Advocacy, which indicates that students should advocate for the health and wellness needs of society and participate and show leadership in community organizations and volunteer service.</p>
<p>A formal SLE is required of all USC DPT students in fulfillment of the DPT degree and the CAPTE Practice Management Expectations.</p>
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<p><a class="tab-anchor-link" href="#admissions-faqs"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Admissions FAQs</span> ↓</a></p>
<p><a class="tab-anchor-link" href="#tuition-and-financial-aid-faqs"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Tuition and Financial Aid FAQs</span> ↓</a></p>
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<h3 id="admissions-faqs" class="tab-anchor h1 text-uppercase">ADMISSIONS</h3>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">What degree do I need to have in order to enroll in the DPT program?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">A bachelor’s degree or higher in any field except physical therapy is needed to enroll. It is permissible to apply before the bachelor’s degree is completed, but enrollment in the program will not be allowed until the bachelor’s degree is awarded.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">What documentation and forms are required to apply to the residential pathway?</h4>
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<p>In order to apply to the residential pathway of USC’s DPT program, an online PTCAS application must be submitted. <a href="http://www.ptcas.org/home.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Access the PTCAS application here.</span></a>Note: GRE scores are not required.</p>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">Are interviews a required part of the application process?</h4>
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<p>No. Formal interviews are not a required part of the admissions process, but the admissions committee may contact an applicant to clarify questions they have during the application review process.Applicants are encouraged to visit the campus and attend an information session. These visits can be arranged through the Office of the Division Admissions Manager at 213.740.6217.</p>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">What is the application deadline?</h4>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">How many applications do you receive each year?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Each year, the residential pathway receives between 900-1,100 applications.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">When are decisions made on applications?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Application decisions are typically made on a rolling basis, beginning in November and continuing until all applications are reviewed. All applicants should receive notification of a decision by late March or early April.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">What is the minimum grade point average (GPA) for admission?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">The minimum recommended cumulative GPA is 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale). Higher GPAs tend to be more competitive within the applicant pool.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">What is the minimum GPA for successful completion of the DPT program?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">In order to successfully complete and receive a DPT degree from the University of Southern California, a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75 is required.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">Is volunteer or work experience in physical therapy required in order to apply?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Substantial clinical experience (150 hours) is recommended. The prior experience can be either voluntary or paid (i.e., physical therapy aide) and is intended to expose the applicant to the profession of physical therapy and affirm their desire to pursue a career in the field.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">Do all the prerequisite courses need to be completed before applying in December?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">No. Applicants can submit an application including in-progress courses and still be considered for the current admission cycle. However, all prerequisites must be completed prior to entering the program.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">Do all prerequisite courses in anatomy, physiology, chemistry and physics need to have a laboratory component?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Yes.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">Do you accept Advanced Placement (AP) credits and “pass/no pass” grades in lieu of college-level courses or a letter grade to fulfill science prerequisites?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">No. All science courses must have received a letter grade to fulfill prerequisite requirements.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">Do prerequisite courses have an expiration date?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">No. All letter-graded prerequisite coursework is acceptable, no matter when the coursework was completed. However, it is highly recommended that students take refresher courses when needed to be prepared to take full advantage of the curriculum.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">Can I take prerequisite courses at a community college?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Yes. If you are unable to take prerequisite courses at an accredited four-year college or university, courses taken at an accredited community college are acceptable.</div>
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<h3 id="tuition-and-financial-aid-faqs" class="tab-anchor h1 text-uppercase">TUITION & FINANCIAL AID</h3>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">What are the tuition rates for USC’s DPT program – residential pathway?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">The tuition rates vary each year. <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a class="dpt-tab-toggle-tuition-and-financial-aid" href="#tabs">Visit our tuition and financial aid page</a></span> for the current tuition structure for entering students</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">Does the USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy offer scholarships?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Yes. There are a limited number of competitive, merit-based scholarships awarded to students throughout the three-year program. All incoming students are considered for these awards, and there is no need to submit a formal application. In past years, 10 to 15 incoming students were awarded scholarships ranging from $5,000 to $10,000 for the first year. Scholarships are awarded to second- and third-year students based on their meritorious academic, professional, and clinical performance.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">Is financial aid available for international students?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">No. Governmental financial aid is not available for international students. International students must provide proof of ability to pay tuition and living expenses while enrolled in the program; however, international students are considered for merit scholarships.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">Does the DPT program give priority or apply different tuition rates to in-state applications?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">No. USC is a private university and does not give priority nor apply reduced tuition rates to in-state applications.</div>
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<h3 id="residential-pathway-faqs" class="tab-anchor h1 text-uppercase">RESIDENTIAL PATHWAY</h3>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">What is the average size of a residential pathway cohort of a DPT class?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">The average size of a typical entering residential cohort of a DPT class is 95 students. The total size of the average entering class (residential and hybrid) is about 145 students.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">How long is the residential pathway?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Students complete the DPT program – residential pathway in three years (eight semesters).</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">What is the graduation rate?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">On average, 95 percent of USC DPT students graduate on time, which means they graduate in the expected three years.</div>
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<p>The pass rate for USC DPT students on the national licensing exam is consistently above the national average. Visit our <a href="https://pt.usc.edu/programs/doctor-of-physical-therapy-dpt/legal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="text-decoration: underline;">Graduate Outcomes</span> page</a> to learn more.</p>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">The average size of a typical entering hybrid cohort of a DPT class is 48 students. The total size of the average entering class (residential and hybrid) is about 145 students.</div>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Classes typically begin mid-June of each year.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">How long is the hybrid pathway?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Students complete the DPT Program – hybrid pathway in three years (six semesters + three summer terms).</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">Is the program completely online?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">All academic courses have a virtual classroom component. Students have weekly live sessions for each course when they meet with faculty and fellow classmates to build deep knowledge of course material. On their own, students watch videos, review case studies and read course material. All students are required to attend approximately 12 on-campus immersions throughout the course of the program and will spend 44 full-time weeks of the program within a variety of clinical education settings.</div>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">No. The only option is the full-time, three-year program.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">Can I work while a student in the program?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">No. Our faculty highly discourage students from working during the program, as the time commitment for a full-time DPT program is approximately 40 to 60 hours per week.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">Are students in the hybrid pathway able to utilize on-campus resources?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Yes. Students in the hybrid pathway have access to the same facilities and campus amenities as students in the residential pathway. However, students in the hybrid pathway are encouraged to reside in the community they hope to practice in upon graduation. All academic coursework can be completed at a distance with the exception of immersions.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">Do students in the hybrid pathway have the opportunity to participate in research?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Yes. Students are able to participate in research. Interested students are encouraged to reach out to faculty to explore potential opportunities.</div>
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<h4 class="accordion-title">Does the Division provide placement for clinical rotations?</h4>
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<div class="accordion-content-box">Yes. Our clinical education team assigns students to clinical placements that meet the requirements of the program.</div>
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<p><a href="https://pt.usc.edu/programs/doctor-of-physical-therapy-dpt/legal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Visit our Graduate Outcomes page to learn more.</span></a></p>
<p>To learn more about the hybrid pathway, request information and an admissions counselor will contact you.</p>
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<p>The Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program residential pathway participates in the <strong>Physical Therapist Centralized Application Service (PTCAS)</strong>. All applicants must apply using the PTCAS online application form, which can be found on the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.ptcas.org/home.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>PTCAS website.</strong></a></span></p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Evaluation and Decision Process</strong></span></p>
<p>The USC admissions committee considers applications on a semi-rolling basis. This means complete applications are reviewed by the committee once they are verified by the PTCAS system, and all decision notifications are sent out in a timely fashion. To be considered complete, an application must include official transcripts and letters of recommendation. View a full list of application requirements.</p>
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