UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
FACULTY OF MEDICINE
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL THERAPY
2015 ACADEMIC PREREQUISITE INFORMATION SHEET
Applicant’s Name: _________________________________________________
UBC Student number: ______________________
Institution where undergraduate program taken: __________________________ Degree and Program: _______________________
Please list the courses you wish to be used as your Physical Therapy program pre-requisites in content and # of credits. Please see the detailed prerequisite information
which accompanies this form.
Prerequisite
Course # (ie:
PHYL 301)
# of credits
Course Title
University (where
course was taken)
Completion
Date
Final
Grade
Achieved***
Human Physiology
Anatomy
Statistics
Chemistry
Physics
Psychology
Applicant’s Signature: __________________________________
*** Indicate your Final Grade as it appears on your official transcript. DO NOT attempt to convert it to a percentage. Conversions will be done by the Admissions
Office.
Detailed Academic Prerequisite Information for the MPT Program – for entrance September 2015
Prerequisite Courses
All applicants will be required to have completed the following prerequisites with a minimum grade of 72%:
* at UBC 3 credits is equal to a course which spans one term, 6 credits is equal to a course which spans two terms
Human Physiology – 6 credits in Human Physiology. Suggested course (acceptable courses are not restricted to the following courses) from UBC is Physiology 301,
from SFU is KIN 305 and from UVIC is EPHE 241A. You can take BIOL 230 from Athabasca University by distance education. If you are a HKIN student at
UBC a combination of HKIN 190/191 and an Exercise Physiology course will cover your Human Physiology and Human Anatomy requirements. The MPT program
builds on the following principles of human physiology: properties of the living cell; neural, muscular, cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, renal and endocrine
systems; metabolism, reproduction and homeostasis. Please note that the course work must solely be based on human physiology. Academic standing of a minimum
B (72%) is required.
Anatomy – 3 credits in Human Anatomy. Suggested courses (acceptable courses are not restricted to the following courses) from UBC are CAPS 390 or 391 and at
UVIC is PE 141. If you are a HKIN student at UBC a combination of HKIN 190/191 will cover your Anatomy requirements. You can also take BIOL 235 from
Athabasca University by distance education. Anatomy courses must cover gross anatomy of the human musculoskeletal, visceral and neurological systems. Academic
standing of a minimum B (72%) is required.
Physics - Grade 12 Secondary level Physics or 3 credits of most University level Physics courses can be used to cover this prerequisite. We do not require that the
course you complete has a lab component. Academic standing of minimum B (72%) is required.
Statistics – 3 credits in Statistics. Content should include statistical methods, probability theory, discrete and continuous random variables, estimation, hypothesis
testing, regression, analysis or variance, goodness of fit, confidence intervals, elementary non-parametric methods, exploratory data analysis and hypothesis testing,
simple linear regression and contingency tables variances. Academic standing of minimum B (72%) is required.
Chemistry - Grade 12 Secondary level Chemistry or most half course equivalent University level Chemistry courses can be used to cover this prerequisite. Academic
standing of minimum B (72%) is required.
Psychology – Any 3 credits in Psychology can be used to cover this prerequisite. Academic standing of minimum B (72%) is required.
All prerequisite courses must be completed and listed on transcripts no later than December 31 2014. Web-based and distance education courses are accepted
provided they are at a University level. If you are currently taking one of the required courses indicate this under “date completed”.
The Department of Physical Therapy at the University of British Columbia considers applications from both students who have completed or are in the process of
completing a post-graduate degree. Students applying in the final year of a four-year degree program must provide proof of completion of the degree requirements
prior to the date of enrolment in the MPT program.