A good major and minor for physical therapy?
Im looking into becoming a pediatric physical therapist and will major in health science but am not sure if minoring in psychology or biology would be a better route to take.
Any ideas and helpful advice please?
You need to make sure you get a great gpa. Minors are not required. If you are intersted in peds, you may want to take some intro to spec ed, or child development courses. I am generally not a fan of bio majors but since you already need a 4 semesters of bio for gen bio and A and P. You may want to take an advanced anatomy with cadaver disection, neural science, exercise physiology, I might consider it.
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Take a look at the courses the minor requires and see which one has more courses as required by the graduate school you hope to attend. Make your decision that way to avoid taking lots of unnecessary classes.
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I am a PT
You need to make sure you get a great gpa. Minors are not required. If you are intersted in peds, you may want to take some intro to spec ed, or child development courses. I am generally not a fan of bio majors but since you already need a 4 semesters of bio for gen bio and A and P. You may want to take an advanced anatomy with cadaver disection, neural science, exercise physiology, I might consider it.
References :
I am a board certified pediatric physical therapy