All applicants should contact the Department of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy for advisement. This certificate is awarded under the jurisdiction of the Graduate School. Students also should refer to Requirements for Graduation section and the Graduate School section for general regulations. Completion of the certificate requires satisfactory completion of a minimum of 15 units. This program, for persons who are not physical therapists, comprises six semesters and two summers for completion of the required 120 units.
All courses are in sequence and only in rare circumstances is the sequence altered.
A cross-cultural course in sociology is recommended. All science courses must include laboratories. Candidates should be computer literate and a notebook computer is required by 1999 with modem and large storage capacity. Students from foreign countries must have taken at least one year of study in the United States prior to application. Credits from foreign institutions must be approved by the USC Office of International Admissions.