This unique program provides Slippery Rock University undergraduate students the opportunity to earn a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree(DPT) in six years rather than the usual seven years. How does it work? As a Slippery Rock undergraduate who has chosen the 3+3 option, you will have the chance during your junior year to apply for admission to the SRU DPT program. If accepted, your first year in the DPT program will meet requirements for your undergraduate degree as well as begin your graduate path towards a degree in physical therapy. Transfer students to SRU are not eligible for the 3+3 option. Undergraduate degree programs eligible for the 3+3 option:

• Biology(Biology Department)
• Community Health (Department of Health and Safety)
• Safety and Environmental Management (Department of Health and Safety)
• Exercise Science(Department of Exercise and Rehabilitative Sciences)
• Therapuetic Recreation (Department of Parks and & Recreation/Environmental Education)

If you have a bachelor's or are anticipating having your bachelor's degree this spring or summer, you may apply to the Doctor of Physical Therapy program. In order to matriculate in the program next fall, however, you must submit a final transcript to the SRU Graduate Admissions office documenting that you have sucessfully earned a bachelor's degree. Each year the SRU DPT program receives applications form prospective students throughout the US and even a few from other countries.
If you are a high school student interested in physical therapy as a career, please contact the Admission Office for a Slippery Rock University application(724-738-2015). To learn more about those majors eligible for the 3+3 option, please contact the following.

• Biology Department 724-738-2023 (Dr. Jerry Chmielewski, Chair)
• Dept. of Health and Safety 724-738-2017 (Dr.Joseph Cali, chair)
• Dept. of Exercise & Rehab Sciences 724-738-4864 (Dr. Patricia Pierce, Chair)
• Dept. of Parks and Recreation: 724-738-2600 (Dr. Bruce Boliver, Chair)