PT at Wayne State University

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. PT 5400Neurosciences for Health Care Professionals Cr. 3
  2. PT 5505Clinical Applications of Human Anatomy Cr. 3
  3. PT 5510Clinical Applications of Human Anatomy: Laboratory Cr. 1
  4. PT 5500Kinesiology and Biomechanics Cr. 3
• 1. PT 5505Clinical Applications of Human Anatomy Cr. 3
  2. PT 5400Neurosciences for Health Care Professionals Cr. 3
  3. PT 5510Clinical Applications of Human Anatomy: Laboratory Cr. 1
• 1. PT 5510Clinical Applications of Human Anatomy: Laboratory Cr. 1
  2. PT 5400Neurosciences for Health Care Professionals Cr. 3
  3. PT 5505Clinical Applications of Human Anatomy Cr. 3
• 1. PT 5410Clinical Medicine I Cr. 3
  2. PT 5430Clinical Medicine II Cr. 1

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate PT coursework.

• PT 5500Kinesiology and Biomechanics Cr. 3opens 10 courses (4 directly)
• PT 5430Clinical Medicine II Cr. 1opens 9 courses (6 directly)
• PT 6700Motor Learning and Motor Control Cr. 2-3opens 6 courses (2 directly)
• PT 7200Management of Patients with Neurological Disorders I Cr. 3opens 5 courses (3 directly)
• PT 5100Therapeutic Exercise I Cr. 3opens 4 courses (3 directly)
• PT 7220Management of Patients with Neurological Disorders II Cr. 3opens 3 courses (3 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate PT work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 38 PT and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 15 more PT courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in PT. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at PT 7320

  1. PT 5400Neurosciences for Health Care Professionals Cr. 3
  2. PT 6700Motor Learning and Motor Control Cr. 2-3
  3. PT 7200Management of Patients with Neurological Disorders I Cr. 3
  4. PT 7220Management of Patients with Neurological Disorders II Cr. 3
  5. PT 7320Rehabilitation Procedures Cr. 3

• 5 courses deep, ending at PT 8500

  1. PT 5410Clinical Medicine I Cr. 3
  2. PT 5430Clinical Medicine II Cr. 1
  3. PT 5100Therapeutic Exercise I Cr. 3

• 4 courses deep, ending at PT 7000

  1. PT 5400Neurosciences for Health Care Professionals Cr. 3
  2. PT 5500Kinesiology and Biomechanics Cr. 3
  3. PT 5660Pathokinesiology Cr. 2

• 4 courses deep, ending at PT 7120

  1. PT 5030Basic Patient Care in Physical Therapy Cr. 2
  2. PT 5320Basic Examination and Evaluation Procedures Cr. 3
  3. PT 7100Management of Patients with Orthopedic Conditions I Cr. 4

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for PT yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under PT yet.

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Department events

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