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Post-Professional Certificate Programs

Post-professional certifications provide an opportunity to advance and validate your educational and clinical knowledge.

For novice and intermediate physical therapists, ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ offers one certification program:

  • Women's Health Physical Therapy

The post-professional certificate program is currently only available at the Dallas center.

Program Requirements

PT students practicing new clinical skills on each other.

For a complete list of requirements for the post-professional certificate, visit the program catalog:

  •  (12 semester credit hours)

Admission Requirements

Admission to the P.B Certificate of Advanced Studies in Women's Health PT

Program Contact

Sharon Wang-Price, PT, PhD
214-689-7715
swang@twu.edu

Additional Contact: Mary Beth Daugherty
940-898-2460
PT@twu.edu

Application Deadline (First class begins in Summer)

Foreign-educated physical therapists – April 15
U.S.-educated physical therapists – May 1
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ Alumni – June 1

Application Requirements

  • Proof of graduation from an approved (CAPTE accredited or equivalent) entry-level physical therapy program.
  • A license to practice physical therapy in the United States.
  • Have a minimum 3.0 grade point average (GPA) for the last 60 hours of undergraduate study and a minimum 3.0 GPA for all prior graduate work.
  • Applicants have the option of submitting GRE scores voluntarily. GRE scores are not required. 
  • Applicants with an International degree may be required to submit a minimum acceptable score for the TOEFL tests.  The School of Physical Therapy requires TOEFL scores of at least 24-writing, 26-speaking, 21-reading comprehension, and 18-listening comprehension. Please refer to the ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ International Admission website for requirements and exemptions.
  • Upload a copy of your Physical Therapy license into the application
  • Resume
  • Letter of Intent

Note:  A certificate program is not a full-time program, therefore, applicants on a visa are ineligible to apply.

 

Graduate Admission

Begin by reviewing your program's website to see if there are additional admission requirements and application deadlines prior to applying.  

  1. Apply online.
    Apply to Graduate Programs  via the ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ  following instructions below.  
  2. Submit transcripts to ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ.
    • Domestic Applicants must submit official transcripts for each college or university attended, both undergraduate and graduate. See the Information on Transcripts website for more details. Original transcripts for each college/university attended must be submitted, even if referred to on another schools transcripts.
    • International Applicants are now required to provide an evaluation prepared by a  or  member evaluation service. International transcripts should not be sent directly to ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ. See the International Admissions website for more details.
  3. Submit Recommendation Requests
    If your program requires you to submit names for recommendations you will need to do it in the application. List of programs-majors.  
  4. Pay the application fee.
    The $50 fee ($75 fee for International applicants), which applies to all new and returning applicants, can be paid by:
    1. Credit card - Pay Online through the application as the last step before submitting the application. The second portion of the application will not be available until the application fee has been received.
    2. Fee Waivers - Graduate applicants who are certified McNair Scholars are eligible for a McNair Scholar Application Fee Waiver. ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ Alumni may be eligible for the Alumni Advantage Fee Waiver. Check your eligibility here: /alumni-advantage/. If eligible submit the request using the Application Fee Waiver Submission
    3. Following fee payment return to the application dashboard where supplemental application documents can be uploaded. The online application will list which documents are needed to fulfill the program admission requirements. You can also check the program's website.
  5. Submit Program supplemental documents
    1. Review the specific requirements for your intended program to identify any supplemental materials needed for your application.

Watch for emails from your new program/department that may come to your ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ email address.

For more information or assistance with the application or graduate admissions, visit the Graduate Admissions website.

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