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Admissions News

                                                               Regional Tuition Credit

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga announces another step in the direction of full accessibility for North Georgia and Alabama graduate students seeking advanced degrees.  Residents of Catoosa, Dade, Fannin, Murray, Walker, and Whitfield counties in Georgia and Jackson county in Alabama now qualify for a regional tuition credit for graduate classes at UTC in spring semester 2010, beginning January 6. 

Eligible students pay a tuition rate equal to in-house fees plus 25 percent of out of state tuition.  Currently, these out-of-state students pay $3,004 per three hour credit course; beginning spring semester 2010, that same three hour credit course will cost $1,591 .

Master's and doctoral degrees, certificates and specialist programs are included in the regional tuition credit.

 

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Effective Fall 2010,

DPT applicants will be required to have an undergraduate degree

prior to entering the professional program.

        

                                                                                                                                                                              

We now require 3 sections of the GRE.
(verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and analytical writing)
National Testing Web site www.ets.org

  If you have questions about this please call the department at 423-425-4747.

The departmental admissions director is Dr. Larry Tillman

                                                                                                                                                                        

                                  

                                                                          

             UTC Physical Therapy is pleased to announce that we are now participating in the 

               Physical Therapist Centralized Application Service (PTCAS), pronounced "P-T-Kas".

              Applicants applying to the entry-level professional physical therapist program for the

         2010 entering class will apply online using the PTCAS application.

              All applicants will be able to login to the PTCAS Application beginning July 15th, 2009.

 

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              SCIENCE GPA: Beginning with applications for Fall 2010 DPT Program admission, science GPA will be                                               calculated using the following prerequisite courses:

                                         General Biology I & II  with lab

                                         Anatomy (A&P I)  with lab

                                         Physiology (A&P II) with lab

                                         Chemistry I & II with lab

                                         Physics I & II with lab

                                         Exercise Physiology (including lab, if taken)

 

 

 

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Program Admissions and PTCAS

Our program accepts 30 students per academic year.  Our applicants are very competitive and have excelled in their undergraduate and prerequisite coursework.  While our required minimum cumulative and science GPA is 3.0, the average GPA for accepted applicants is 3.6 or higher. 

All applicants must use the

Physical Therapy Centralized Application Service (PTCAS)

to apply to our program. 

"P-T-KAS" is a web-based centralized application service that will allow you to use one set of materials to apply to multiple PT programs. You will find our program requirements listed on the PTCAS web site at http://www.ptcas.org/TennesseeChattanooga.html 

Review our PTCAS and Admissions information thoroughly before completing your application. 

Please be aware that PTCAS applications will not be received by our program for up to 4-5 weeks after completion. It is very important to follow our recommendations for PTCAS application submission.  To make yourself more familiar with the guidelines for the PTCAS application, please review the PowerPoint Presentation. Once you have completed the PowerPoint, please print our application materials for Fall 2010 and read them carefully. 

Once we have received your application we will contact you by email and/or mail for status updates. Please be sure that your email settings will allow correspondence from our department and PTCAS. 

Click Here For PTCAS General Instructions and Important Information

 

 

 

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Application Deadlines and Eligibility Requirements for Fall 2010

Our program has two application blocks. Students may apply for either application period (Fall or Spring) in a given admissions cycle, but not both.

BLOCK 1

  • We strongly suggest that your PTCAS application be *completed by August 25th, 2009 in order for us to receive your verified application from PTCAS by the September 15th deadline. You should allow up to 4 – 5 weeks after your application's status becomes Complete for it to be processed and mailed to our program. All required materials can be found in the Application Instructions.
  • You must fulfill the eligibility requirements for Block 1. 
  • Interviews for this block will take place in Mid-November. 

BLOCK 2

  • We strongly suggest that your PTCAS application be *completed by December 15th, 2009 in order for us to receive your verified application from PTCAS by the January 15th deadline. You should allow up to 4 – 5 weeks after your application's status becomes Complete for it to be processed and mailed to our program. All required materials can be found in the Application Instructions. 
  • Eligibility requirements are slightly different for this block.  Please review the requirements before completing your application. 
  • Interviews for this block will take place in late February or early March. 

 

*PTCAS Status Definitions for Submitted and Complete:

Submitted: Application has been e-submitted to PTCAS, but PTCAS has not yet received all required U.S. transcripts and/or payment

Complete: Application has been e-submitted to PTCAS and all required payments and U.S. transcripts have been received. (Programs may require additional materials)

For additional Status Definitions and other FAQs about PTCAS please click here.

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PTCAS REFERENCES

PLEASE BE SURE TO PROVIDE TWO (2) REFERENCES FROM LICENSED PHYSICAL THERAPISTS IN YOUR PTCAS APPLICATION.  THESE REFERENCES ARE REQUIRED. PTCAS ALLOWS EACH APPLICANT ONLY 4 REFERENCES.  REFERENCE FORMS COMPLETED BY OTHER PROFESSIONALS (e.g. physicians, physical therapy assistants, etc.) WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED AS ACCEPTABLE REFERENCES. 

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 How To Apply

*All 2010 applicants must have earned a bachelor's degree from a regionally-accredited institution prior to admission to the physical therapy program.

Print and Read All Application Forms Provided Below Before Completing Your PTCAS Application.

PDF files require free Adobe Acrobat Reader 5 (help). 

This information is supplemental to that found on the PTCAS web site and should be reviewed before beginning the application process.  Should you have questions about this information after you have reviewed it, please contact us at 423.425.4747 or PT-Program@utc.edu.

 

 

  • Prerequisite Coursework Checklist – Review this checklist before beginning your PTCAS application.  Confirmation of completed prerequisites is required.  All prerequisites must be completed before beginning the DPT program. To find out which of these courses must be completed by the application deadline, please review the eligibility requirement for the block in which you are applying.

You may request paper versions of these forms by contacting the UTC PT office.

 

 

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Helpful Links

UTC Graduate School Application

Equivalency Charts - Use this link to find course equivalents

Financial Aid - Here you will find program specific financial aid information and a link to the UTC Financial Aid web site.

Petition Form

  • Graduate Student Petition Form  - Most commonly used for consideration of advanced elective courses (e.g. substitution of an Advanced Biology Elective for Biology II).

In-State and Out-of-State Classification

Criminal Background Checks

Our Department requires criminal background checks and/or drug tests for all enrolled students, in order to verify an individual’s suitability to participate in experiential education rotations and to ensure patient safety.

Procedure for obtaining an approved Level 2 Criminal Background Check