A student may apply for provisional admission to the Exercise Science-Physical Therapy BS/DPT accelerated program once they complete a minimum of 45 hours of university credit (averaging at least 15 credit hours each semester) with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5 and a minimum science GPA of 3.3, and complete the following courses with a minimum GPA of 3.3:
The application process will be directed to the physical therapy program and not through PTCAS. Students will fill out an application, write an essay on a selected topic, and undergo an interview with a member of the PT faculty. Students may contact pt@harding.edu for more details on how to apply to this program.
If the student is granted provisional admission, he or she may transition full-time into the graduate portion of the PT program when the following conditions have been met:
- Completion of all required liberal arts course requirements
- Overall GPA 3.5
- Science GPA of 3.3
- Completion of 98 hours of undergraduate credit
- GRE of at least 145 on both the verbal and quantitative sections
Students who are provisionally admitted must maintain a 3.0 GPA in the first 2 semesters to gain full admission into the physical therapy program. Students who are not accepted provisionally will continue with their degree in exercise science and are eligible to apply through the normal process with PTCAS.
After completion of the first year of the DPT program, the students will be awarded a Bachelor of Science degree. If the student is unsuccessful in the DPT program, they can transfer back to the exercise science program to complete the undergraduate degree.
