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You may choose to take web-based courses or enroll in the same on-campus classes offered to the first professional/entry-level degree students. The instructional modality that is most evident in the curriculum for advanced students is web-based distance learning. Prior to taking your first web-based course, you will need to complete PT 6600 Strategies for Successful Learning. This course will prepare you to understand the characteristics of the adult learner role and shows you how to access courses and navigate through Blackboard.

An on-campus orientation is required prior to starting the first course of the program. The PT 6600 Strategies for Successful Learning course is completed at that time. One or more on-campus seminar weekends are held each trimester, depending on the course in which you are enrolled. Weekend classes may be held Friday afternoon through Saturday, all day Saturday only, or Saturday morning through Sunday afternoon. Seminar sessions may include lecture, testing, skills training, student presentations, and student group work. Options to the on campus weekend sessions for out-of-state/area students are currently under consideration.

Cooperative learning is emphasized throughout the program. Students may be assigned to groups to work on applying their collective problem-solving skills toward the resolution of case-based scenarios. The online courses require student participation in asynchronous discussions. Students are required to submit original comments based on relevant research as part of evidence-based practice. In addition, they are expected to respond to other comments from students and the instructor(s).

Students must meet all the requirements for the DPT program as listed in the previous section. Credit will be given for previous coursework. It is anticipated that students will be required to complete at least the following courses, unless their portfolio shows evidence of mastery of course content:

• PT 5130 Research Methodology in Health Care 3 units
• PT 5140 Research in Evidence-based Practice 2 units
• PT 6220 Application of Research to Clinical Practice*1 unit
• PT 6600 Strategies for Successful Learning 0 unit
• PT 8100 Pharmacology for the Physical Therapist 3 units
• PT 8109 Introduction to Structural Imaging**1 unit
• PT 8110 Structural Imaging in Physical Therapy Diagnosis 2 units
• PT 8120 Medical Screening & Systems Review 4 units
• PT 8130 Advanced Differential Diagnosis I 2 units
• PT 8133 Advanced Differential Diagnosis II 2 units
• PT 8135 Advanced Differential Diagnosis II I 2 units

Total: 22 units

* Course is taken concurrently with PT 5140

** Course is taken concurrently with PT 8110