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Physical Therapy
As a Physical Therapist, you will help people recover from injuries and function better. Working in a variety of settings, you will play a dynamic and comprehensive role in health care — treatment, consultation, management, education and research. To enter the PT profession now, you need either a master's or doctoral degree.
At Clarkson, our Pre-Physical Therapy program will prepare you to study for your Doctor of Physical Therapy degree. Clarkson's emphasis on spanning the boundaries of disciplines provides you with the flexibility to pursue your interests. You might choose to major in psychology and investigate how stress affects our health and impairs our performance. Or, an undergraduate degree in business would prepare you to manage a clinic.
Every health-related field is being driven by advances in science and technology. That's why a university rich in technology provides an ideal foundation for careers in the health sciences, including physical therapy. Clarkson's rigorous programs, real-world learning opportunities, and teamwork that spans disciplines will also benefit you at every stage of your career.
Clarkson operates a Center for Health Sciences in partnership with Canton-Potsdam Hospital. Home to both the University's program in Physical Therapy and to the hospital's Physical Rehabilitation Services, the center offers outstanding resources to undergraduates interested in the health sciences. The University has many other well-equipped laboratories for students.
As an undergraduate accepted into Clarkson's Pre-PT concentration, you automatically have a reserved space in our professional Physical Therapy program. The high-caliber PT faculty has decades of professional experience and years of teaching experience. All Pre-PT students learn about PT-related research as preparation for their professional research project. Undergraduate and graduate students may also choose to participate in faculty research including clinical research involving balance, unweighted walking, headaches, chronic pain, and geriatrics; basic science research in cell biology; educational and teaching innovation.
At Clarkson, our Pre-Physical Therapy program will prepare you to study for your Doctor of Physical Therapy degree. Clarkson's emphasis on spanning the boundaries of disciplines provides you with the flexibility to pursue your interests. You might choose to major in psychology and investigate how stress affects our health and impairs our performance. Or, an undergraduate degree in business would prepare you to manage a clinic.
Every health-related field is being driven by advances in science and technology. That's why a university rich in technology provides an ideal foundation for careers in the health sciences, including physical therapy. Clarkson's rigorous programs, real-world learning opportunities, and teamwork that spans disciplines will also benefit you at every stage of your career.
Clarkson operates a Center for Health Sciences in partnership with Canton-Potsdam Hospital. Home to both the University's program in Physical Therapy and to the hospital's Physical Rehabilitation Services, the center offers outstanding resources to undergraduates interested in the health sciences. The University has many other well-equipped laboratories for students.
As an undergraduate accepted into Clarkson's Pre-PT concentration, you automatically have a reserved space in our professional Physical Therapy program. The high-caliber PT faculty has decades of professional experience and years of teaching experience. All Pre-PT students learn about PT-related research as preparation for their professional research project. Undergraduate and graduate students may also choose to participate in faculty research including clinical research involving balance, unweighted walking, headaches, chronic pain, and geriatrics; basic science research in cell biology; educational and teaching innovation.