Professional Options in the Health Sciences

Touro College offers an M.S. degree in Occupational Therapy and Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree through its School of Health Sciences, located both in New York City and Bay Shore, Long Island. Lander College for Men students enjoy preferential admissions to these highly competitive programs. Prerequisite courses for admission to these programs are offered at the College. Qualified students may also separately apply and be admitted to The School of Health Sciences directly from high school, after being accepted to Lander College for Men. Applicants must have an SAT score of at least 1100 and an overall average of at least 85. Upon completion of the prerequisite courses at the Lander College for Men, and all other admission requirements, students admitted to these programs may immediately continue with the professional phase of their education. For additional information about admission to the School of Health Sciences call or write Touro College, School of Health Sciences, 1700 Union Blvd., Bay Shore, NY 11706 Tel. (631) 665-1600 x255.

Physical Therapy

Touro College offers a three year graduate-level curriculum leading to a Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences and a Clinical Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree. Program graduates are eligible to sit for the National Physical Therapy licensure examination in all 50 states. The program is offered both at Touro’s Manhattan (West 23rd Street) Campus and at its Long Island Campus in Bay Shore. Course requirements for admission include the satisfactory completion of at least 90 credits, of which 60 must be in liberal arts and sciences, including a major concentration consisting of 15 credits in one subject, which must include 9 credits of 300 level courses or above. Many Lander students, who received credits for study in Israel, may satisfy the major concentration requirement, and some or all of their elective and liberal arts credit requirements, with Talmud and/or other Jewish Studies courses.

Required Science Courses (32 credits)

  • BIO 101 Principles of Biology I 4
  • BIO102 Principles of Biology II 4
  • BIO 222 Anatomy & Physiology I 4
  • BIO 223 Anatomy & Physiology II 4
  • CPC 101 Inorganic Chemistry I 4
  • CPC102 Inorganic Chemistry II 4
  • CPP 101 General Physics I 4
  • CPP102 General Physics II 4

Other Required Courses (18 credits)

  • LLE 101 English Composition I 3
  • LLE 102 English Composition II (or Literature) 3
  • MAT 120 Pre-Calculus (or Calculus) 3
  • MAT 261 Statistics for Social Science 3
  • PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology 3
  • One psychology elective 3

Other Courses (40 credits) — must include:

  •  Additional liberal arts credits at least 10
  • Credit concentration (of which 9 must be upper division courses) 15
  • Elective credits 15

Total Credits 90

Note: A minimum of 50 hours of service in a Physical Therapy setting is also required, including 25 inpatient hours for Physical Therapy.