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GREAT NEWS for Pre-Physical Therapy students!
WWU and Tus University Physical Therapy program have an agreement that allows WWU students who
complete a degree with a major in Kinesiology or Public Health to have guaranteed acceptance into the
Tus University Doctor of Physical Therapy hybrid program, if the student completes the required
prerequisite courses with the required grade level, and they fulll Tus program applicaon
requirements, including successful compleon of a video interview.
Tus University Doctor of Physical Therapy hybrid program will accept up to ten WWU students into
each of its PT school sites (Boston, Massachuses; Phoenix, Arizona; and Seale, Washington) each year.
WWU students are responsible for reading the full descripon of the Tus University Physical Therapy
program DPT hybrid program at: hps://medicine.tus.edu/academics/physical-therapy, and the
admission requirements at: hps://medicine.tus.edu/admissions-nancial-aid/admission-
program/doctor-physical-therapy and hps://medicine.tus.edu/admissions-nancial-aid/admission-
program/doctor-physical-therapy/dpt-seale. Students may request informaon at:
go.tus.edu/dpt_more_info , and may contact a Tus DPT Program admissions counsellor to meet with
them via zoom: hps://tusmgp.admissions.tus.edu/portal/dpt-oce-hours
WWU students should also read the updates sent out to Kinesiology and Public Health majors from
WWU pre-PT advisors, detailing upcoming informaonal events hosted by the Tus University PT
program.
To apply to the Tus University Physical Therapy program under this agreement, WWU students must
complete the following:
1. A 4-year degree major in Kinesiology or Public Health, prior to starng the Tus PT program.
2. The following WWU courses:
WWU Class (quarter credits)
Tufts Prerequisite Courses
Credit Hours
Required
Lab
BIOL 101 (4 cr) (w/lab) & an upper-level
Biology course such as Genetics,
Microbiology, or Neuroscience or Exercise
Physiology (4-5 cr)(w/lab)
OR
BIOL 204 (5 cr) (w/lab) & BIOL 205 (5 cr)
(w/lab)
OR
BIOL 204 (5 cr) (w/lab) & an upper-level
Biology course such as Genetics,
Microbiology, or Neuroscience or Exercise
Physiology (4-5cr)(w/lab)
General Biology I
3 semester
hours/4 quarter
hours
Yes
General Biology II (may include an
upper-level Biology course such as
Genetics, Microbiology, or
Neuroscience. One Biology
requirement may be fulfilled by an
Exercise Physiology course)
3 semester
hours/4 quarter
hours
Yes
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WWU Class (quarter credits)
Tufts Prerequisite Courses
Credit Hours
Required
Lab
CHEM 161 (5 cr) (w/lab)
CHEM 162 (5 cr) (w/lab)
CHEM 163 (5 cr) (w/lab)
General Chemistry I
4 semester
hours/6 quarter
hours
Yes
General Chemistry II
4 semester
hours/6 quarter
hours
Yes
Phys 114 (5 cr)
Phys 115 (5 cr) (w/lab)
Phys 116 (5 cr) (w/lab)
General Physics I
4 semester
hours/6 quarter
hours
Yes
General Physics II
4 semester
hours/6 quarter
hours
Yes
PSY 101 (5 cr)
One Psychology Requirement (This
requirement may be completed
with any general Psychology course
or an upper-level Psychology
course)
3 semester
hours/4 quarter
hours
No
BIOL 348 (5 cr) (w/lab)
BIOL 349 (5 cr) (w/lab)
(accepted for Tufts A&P requirement)
Human Anatomy and Physiology I
(Vertebrate anatomy will also be
accepted)
4 semester
hours/6 quarter
hours
Yes
Human Anatomy and Physiology II
(Anatomy and Physiology sequence
may be taken as a series of Human
Anatomy and Human Physiology or
as part of a 2-course A&P
sequence)
4 semester
hours/6 quarter
hours
Yes
MATH 240 (4 cr)
OR
KIN 307 (4 cr)
Statistics or Research Design
3 semester
hours/4 quarter
hours
No
Notes:
• Courses used to fulll the Anatomy & Physiology I and II prerequisites, including both lecture and
lab components, must be completed within 10 years of the admissions cycle.
• AP courses can be used to fulll prerequisite courses if they were accepted from your
undergraduate university towards your degree requirements. (e.g., Chemistry 1, Biology 1, etc.).
Similarly, college courses taken in high school can be used as prerequisite courses as long as your
undergraduate university accepted these credits.
3. Submit a completed applicaon for the Tus program through the Physical Therapist Centralized
Applicaon Service (PTCAS), by January 15 of the year of the student’s desired year of admission.
Students may have a priority applicaon review if veried in PTCAS by October 1, students
subming applicaons to PTCAS aer October 1 will sll be considered for acceptance. See other
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dates listed in the Tus website: hps://medicine.tus.edu/admissions-nancial-aid/admission-
program/doctor-physical-therapy/dpt-seale
Notes:
• Pending limited availability of applicaon fee waivers, students may apply for an applicaon fee
waiver by reaching out to dpt.admissions@tus.edu.
• Students can apply to the DPT programs if they have ve of the prerequisite courses completed.
However, all prerequisites must be completed prior to matriculang into the DPT program and
they must maintain the minimum cumulave GPA and prerequisite GPA requirements of 3.0 or
greater (students slightly lower in this GPA requirement will be considered).
• Students may apply to the Program as early as the summer semester following the compleon
of the second year of their undergraduate program. With the prior wrien consent of TUSM, a
student may delay applicaon to the Program up to one-year following such student’s
graduaon from the student’s undergraduate program at Western Washington University.
4. Remain in good academic and student conduct standing throughout the duraon of enrollment at
Western Washington University and any other educaonal instuon.
5. Submit a leer of intent to Tus DPT Admissions to nofy the Admissions Team of student’s
intenon to be considered for admission under this Agreement (dpt.admissions@tus.edu).
QUESTIONS? Contact: dpt.admissions@tus.edu
