We encourage application of students from diverse backgrounds. Complete information on health requirements for Physical Therapy students may be secured from the Physical Therapy office. Students are required to assume responsibility for transportation and housing costs for clinical internships which may be anywhere in California. Admission Advising Group advising sessions with Physical Therapy faculty are scheduled throughout the year. All students accepted into the Physical Therapy Program must provide their own health insurance and transportation to clinical facilities.
Health insurance is mandatory prior to beginning clinical experiences.
The first clinical affiliations of 8 weeks occur between the first and second year of the master's physical therapy curriculum and is open to those students who have successfully completed the first year in the curriculum. The second part of the clinical certification requirement involves affiliations totaling 22 weeks of full time experience following the successful completion of the second year in the physical therapy master's curriculum. The certificate will be awarded following documentation by clinical faculty of students' consistent demonstration of safe, entry-level competencies in a prescribed number of clinical areas, as determined by the ACCE, the program Director, faculty, and the national accrediting body.