Prerequisites
Applicants are required to have a minimum prerequisite GPA of 3.0. It is important to be aware that your overall GPA is different than your prerequisite GPA.
Prerequisite Claculator
Click below to download the prerequisite claculator to estimate your prerequisite GPA.
All prerequisite courses are required to be completed prior to beginning classes in the DPT Program.
3+3 ES BS / DPT track
UB students within the 3+3 ES BS / DPT track must complete all undergraduate courses necessary for the exercise science BS degree before entering the Graduate DPT Program.
Undergraduate Degree & Course Catalog
Four-year exercise science BS degree
UB students may also choose to earn the four-year exercise science BS degree before entering the Graduate DPT Program.
A minimum GPA of 3.0 and a minimum grade of C- or better in all PTCAS application prerequisite coursework.
- ES 207 Human Form and Function or APY 345 Comparative Primate Anatomy and APY 346 Dissections in Comparative Primate Anatomy
- CHE 101 General Chemistry/CHE 113 Lab
- CHE 102 General Chemistry/CHE 114 Lab
- MTH 121 Survey of Calculus and its Applications I or MTH 131 Mathematical Analysis for Management or MTH 141 College Calculus I
- PGY 300 Human Physiology
- PHY 101 College Physics I
- PHY 151 College Physics I Lab
- PHY 102 College Physics II
- PHY 152 College Physics II Lab
- PSY 101 Introductory Psychology or PSY 322 Abnormal Psychology or PSY 336 Developmental Psychology or NSG 250 Human Growth and Development
- STA 119 Statistical Methods or PSY 207 Psychological Statistics
- ES 310 Practical Applications in Exercise Science and ES 381 Exercise Physiology Lab
- ES 342 Neuroscience
- ES 344 Neuroanatomy
- ES 370 Biomechanics I
- PAS 407 Gross Human Anatomy
- UB Exercise students may choose one of these courses for their PTCAS application. They must complete all three courses for their ES degree:
- ES 300 Theory of Athletic Injury I
- ES 340 Physical Activity for Special Cases
- ES 380 Exercise Physiology
Students applying from another university
A minimum GPA of 3.0 and a minimum grade of C- or better is required in all prerequisite coursework.
- General Anatomy
- Human Physiology (300/400 level)
- Chemistry I and II with lab
- Physics I and II with lab
- College-level Pre-calculus or Calculus
- Psychology (Child or Developmental Psychology is recommended but not required)
- Statistics (Statistics that a science major would take. Business Statistics will NOT be accepted)
- Biomechanics (300/400 level)
- Exercise Science course with laboratory sections that include exercise testing and fitness evaluation (300/400 level)
- Exercise Science course that includes exercise physiology or introduction to athletic injury (300/400 level)
- Neuroscience (300/400 level)
- This course is offered online immediately after gross human anatomy.
- Gross Anatomy
If you have not completed gross human anatomy or neuroscience, you can still apply to the DPT program without having met these requirements.
If you are accepted into the program, you will be required to take these two courses at UB the summer before the DPT program classes begin in the fall.
Undergraduate UB international students have the same prerequisite courses as any UB student applicant.
Non-UB international students applying to the Graduate DPT Program have the same prerequisite courses as any non-UB student applicant.
International Students are required to provide WES transcripts (if applicable) and their TOEFL or Duolingo* score when applying in PTCAS.
*A Duolingo score of 120 is required for those applying to the DPT Program.
Additional requirements
Questions about the program?
Contact undergraduate advisement at sphhp-oasa@buffalo.edu or (716) 829-5000.
