Pre-Physical Therapy
Certificate of Achievement Pre-Professional · Golden West College · 2026-2027 Catalog
The Pre-Physical Therapy certificate satisfies prerequisite coursework for most graduate-level programs in this field. This certificate program offers students the opportunity to complete the required foundational sciences, social science, and statistics coursework. The certificate focuses on providing students who want to apply to a graduate-level Physical Therapy program certified by the American Physical Therapy Association.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Name the basic structures of the human body.
- Use a variety of experimental and analytical techniques.
- Apply statistical modeling to data sets in the social and behavioral sciences.
REQUIREMENTS
Review Graduation Requirements and Program Maps.
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| BIOL G220 | Human Anatomy | 4 |
| BIOL G225 | Human Physiology | 4 |
| PSYC C1000 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| STAT C1000 | Introduction to Statistics | 3-6 |
| orSTAT C1000E | Introduction to Statistics | |
| orPSYC G140 | Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences | |
| orSOC G125 | Introduction to Statistics in Sociology | |
| orECON G160 | Statistics for Business and Economics | |
| Select one science sequence: | ||
| Biology Option 1: | ||
| BIOL G180 | Cell and Molecular Biology | 5 |
| BIOL G182 | Zoology | 4 |
| BIOL G183 | Botany | 4 |
| Biology Option 2: | ||
| BIOL G180 | Cell and Molecular Biology | 5 |
| BIOL G186 | Diversity of Organisms | 5 |
| Chemistry: | ||
| CHEM G180 | General Chemistry A | 5 |
| CHEM G185 | General Chemistry B | 5 |
| Physics Option 1: | ||
| PHYS G120 | Algebra Based Physics: Mechanics | 4 |
| PHYS G125 | Algebra Based Physics: Electricity/Magnetism | 4 |
| Physics Option 2: | ||
| PHYS G185 | Calculus Based Physics: Mechanics | 4 |
| PHYS G280 | Calculus Based Physics: Electricity/Magnetism | 4 |
| Total Units | 22-30 | |