BW receives nearly $780,000 in new 'Choose Ohio First' STEM funding December 9
The State of Ohio awarded BW new Choose Ohio First funding — enabling the University to provide students with scholarships and learning opportunities.
School of Health Sciences
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Prepare yourself for a rewarding, in-demand career where your knowledge and skills can help restore, maintain and promote mobility and physical wellness.
Baldwin Wallace's pre-allied health/pre-physical therapy is a rigorous major that prepares you for a multitude of allied health graduate studies, leading to a career in areas such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, physician assistant, athletic training, chiropractic, podiatry and nursing.
The program combines comprehensive coursework, theoretical study and practical experiences. It includes a strong science foundation, impressive lab and research opportunities, diverse clinical exposure and community outreach initiatives.
Real-world focused, the pre-allied health/pre-physical therapy major helps you develop the interpersonal and professional skills needed for client-patient interaction, assessment and evaluation of client-patient needs, and integration of this information into a treatment plan.
Baldwin Wallace's affiliation with the following universities offers a channel for admission into graduate school.
BW students receive a direct link to post-graduate physical therapy, occupational therapy and athletic training programs at Chatham University (Pittsburgh).
The faculty and staff of The University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences provide support for students interested in attending an entry-level program in either occupational therapy or physical therapy at USA.
BW's affiliation with D'Youville College (Buffalo, N.Y.) offers acceptance for up to 10 BW students a year who fulfill requirements for guaranteed admission into the Doctorate of Physical Therapy program.
BW's articulation agreements offer acceptance for students that fulfill the requirements into a number of Master's of Athletic Training programs. Articulation agreements currently exist with:
A bachelor's degree in pre-allied health/pre-physical therapy can prepare you for post-graduate education opportunities that include:
Offered as a major, pre-allied health/pre-physical therapy blends critical thinking and problem-solving skills with specialized coursework and hands-on learning. It includes a strong foundation of biology, chemistry and physics in preparation for the rigorous prerequisites required of professional allied health programs.
Pre-allied health/pre-physical therapy is an ideal companion major to the exercise science major or sport medicine minor.
The pre-allied health/pre-physical therapy major prepares students to:
Student success is a top priority. Small class sizes, individual attention and faculty mentoring are at the core of BW's pre-allied health/pre-physical therapy major.
Experiential learning bridges classroom study with real-world opportunities. You can enhance your studies through internships, co-curricular activities and other learning opportunities that include:
Pre-Physical Therapy/Exercise Science Student Organization
The Pre-Physical Therapy/Exercise Science Student Organization is a student-led group. It provides students with educational opportunities to develop skills, enhance their knowledge of these professions and learn about the requirements for graduate and professional programs.
At the annual Honors Ceremony in the spring, recognitions include:
The BW Choose Ohio First STEM Scholars Program is open to Ohio residents who are entering Baldwin Wallace in the fall as a first-year student or transfer student and are interested in pre-allied health/pre-physical therapy. Students are eligible to apply to the program which also offers the Choose Ohio First scholarship, awarding substantial annual, renewable scholarships.
Amy Jo Sutterluety
Chair, Department of Allied Health, Sport and Wellness
Professor
Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Jaimy M. Dyer
Program Director, M.S. in Exercise Physiology
Professor
Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Cory Beaumont
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., The University of Tennessee
Megan Frank
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Kent State University
Karyn Gentile
Associate Professor
Assistant Athletic Trainer
M.S., Syracuse University
Wendy Hyde
Assistant Professor
M.Ed., Springfield College
Alexander Morgan
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee