{"id":2247,"date":"2018-03-15T16:25:17","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T16:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/hses\/?page_id=2247"},"modified":"2026-02-10T22:05:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T22:05:42","slug":"physical-therapy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/hses\/physical-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Articulation Agreement for Physical Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:30px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:31px;\"><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-left\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.5);\"><\/div><\/div><h2 class=\"title-heading-center\" style=\"margin:0;\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Doctorate in Physical Therapy | Rockhurst University<\/p><\/h2><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-right\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.5);\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-double\" style=\"border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.5);border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img width=\"336\" height=\"117\" alt=\"Rockhurst University logo\" title=\"Rockhurst University logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/hses\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/175\/2018\/03\/rockhurst.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-2244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/hses\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/175\/2018\/03\/rockhurst-200x70.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/hses\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/175\/2018\/03\/rockhurst.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"font-size:12pt;transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><h4>Criteria for preferential admission<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Complete a Bachelor\u2019s of Science degree in Physical Education with a Concentration in Health &amp; Exercise Science from ΄σΟσ΄«Γ½ prior to the desired summer of admission.<\/li>\n<li>Earn a 3.5 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) in all pre-requisite and all science pre-requisite courses as needed for admission into Rockhurst University physical therapy program. Please note \u2013 MWSU BIO 250 \u2013 Anatomy &amp; Physiology (5 credits) along with PED 304 \u2013 Physiology of Exercise (3 credits) will satisfy Rockhurst\u2019s Doctor of Physical Therapy anatomy and physiology requirements.<\/li>\n<li>Notify the Rockhurst University Department of Physical Therapy Education of plans to apply to the program no later than October 1st of the year preceding the desired summer of admission.<\/li>\n<li>Submit a completed application to PTCAS no later than October 1st of the year preceding the desired summer of admission.<\/li>\n<li>Receive three favorable letters of recommendation as part of the PTCAS application.<\/li>\n<li>Earn a minimum of 155 on both the verbal and quantitative sections and a minimum of 4.5 on the analytical writing section on the GRE.<\/li>\n<li>Submit GRE scores to PTCAS as well as send a copy to the Rockhurst University Graduate Admissions Office.<\/li>\n<li>Complete all prerequisites and have grades submitted to PTCAS no later than December 25 of the year preceding the desired summer of admission to allow adequate time for PTCAS to verify transcripts.<\/li>\n<li>Successfully complete a personal interview.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Applicants who meet the requirements listed above will be reviewed by Rockhurst University\u2019s Department of Physical Therapy Admissions Committee. A maximum number of 2 students will be automatically accepted into the program. Those students who do not meet the requirements listed above will be reviewed under the standard admissions process.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/hses\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/175\/2018\/03\/Rockhust-Physical-Therapy-Agreement-Final-Approved.pdf\">Download the Agreement<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/admissions\/pre-professional-program-tracks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View the Pre-Professional Program Tracks page<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/hses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2247"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/hses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/hses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/hses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/hses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2247"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/hses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2911,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/hses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2247\/revisions\/2911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/hses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/hses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/hses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}