Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 5A · Cal-GETC Area 5C · IGETC Area 5C · IGETC Area 5A · CSU GE Area B1 · CSU GE Area B3Descriptionhigher math placement Examine the science in the world around you, like inertia, gravity, and electric circuits, and investigate phenomena with weekly lab investigations that utilize common materials. Immerse yourself in leaning by doing as you analyze rockets, cars, and the chemicals in your home. Prepare to embark on a future of being an elementary school and being scientifically literate with knowledge of how the science applies to everyday life. UC credit limitation: No credit if taken after a college level course in Physics or Chemistry. PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT Associate in Science Degree: Physical Therapist Assistant Physical Therapy is a healthcare profession whose practitioners work in a variety of settings including hospitals, private practice, outpatient clinics, home health agencies, schools, sport and fitness facilities, skilled nursing facilities, and industrial settings. The Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) is a member of the health care team who provides physical therapy services under the direction and supervision of a licensed physical therapist. The PTA helps people from all age groups with health or medical problems who have limited ability to move or perform functional activities in their daily lives. The PTA, once graduated and licensed, provides care through instruction to patients/clients' exercises for range of motion, strength, and coordination along with mobility training for functional activities such as gait, transfers, and bed mobility with varying assistive devices, and functional training throughout the lifespan. The PTA is also skilled in massage and usage of modalities/physical agents such as electrical stimulation or ultrasound and cryotherapy/thermotherapy. Graduation from a physical therapist assistant education program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education, 3030 Potomac Ave., Suite 100, Alexandria, Virginia 22305-3085; phone; 703-706-3245; accreditation@apta.org is necessary for eligibility to sit for the licensure examination, which is required in all states. Candidacy is considered to be an accredited status, as such the credits and degree earned from a program with Candidacy status are considered, by CAPTE, to be from an accredited program. Therefore, students in the charter (first) class should be eligible to take the licensure exam even if CAPTE withholds accreditation at the end of the candidacy period. That said, it is up to each state licensing agency, not CAPTE, to determine who is eligible for licensure. Information on licensing requirements should be directed to the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT; www.fsbpt.org) or specific state boards (a list of state boards and contact information is available on FSBPT's website. Effective April 29, 2025, College of the Canyons has been granted Candidate for Accreditation status by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (3030 Potomac Ave., Suite 100, Alexandria, Virginia 22305-3085; phone: 703-706-3245; email accreditation@apta.org. If needing to contact the Santa Clarita Community College District 250 CREDIT PROGRAMS / COURSE DESCRIPTIONS PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT program/institution directly, please call (661) 362-3557 or email ptainfo@canyons.edu. Candidate for Accreditation is an accreditation status of affiliation with the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education that indicates the program may matriculate students in technical/professional courses. Achievement of Candidate for Accreditation status does not assure that the program will be granted Initial Accreditation. Eligibility for enrollment in this program is determined by a special admission procedure. Interested persons should review program information on the College of the Canyons Physical Therapist Assistant website. A grade of 78% or better must be maintained in all courses to continue in the program. Course repetition in this program is not permitted. Course repetition in this program is not permitted. Courses must be taken in sequence. Failure to successfully complete a course requires dismissal from the program, with readmission allowed only upon successful completion of the Readmission Policy and Procedure found in the PTA Student Handbook. Clinical Experience Requirement: Students accepted into this program must successfully complete classes which require supervised clinical practice in hospitals, clinics, and other settings. These facilities may require criminal background checks and health screenings, including fingerprinting and drug screening, as a condition of placement to work at that facility. Refusal to submit to a background check, or failure to meet clearance criteria established by a given healthcare facility may prevent placement in clinical experience courses and therefore make it impossible to successfully complete the program. Healthcare facilities also require adherence to strict standards of conduct. Facilities may refuse educational access to any person who does not adhere to the facility's standards of safety, health, and behavior. Failure to meet such standards may be cause for dismissal from the program. Degree Student Learning Outcome: Students will be able to demonstrate entry-level clinical competency in the management of patients/clients with diseases and conditions representative of those commonly seen in practice across the lifespan and the continuum of care as required by state and national standards. Program Requirements: Units Required: 49.50 ......................................................Units: PTA-100 Preparing for Careers in Physical Therapy............................................3.0 PTA-105 Patient Management for the Physical Therapist ..........................................2.0 PTA-105L Patient Management for the Physical Therapist ..........................................1.5 PTA-110 Pathophysiology for the Physical Therapist Assistant...........................3.0 PTA-120 Clinical Kinesiology for the Physical Therapist Assistant...........................3.0 PTA-120L Clinical Kinesiology for the Physical Therapist Assistant Lab....................2.0 PTA-130 Evidence-Based Physical Therapy............................................1.0 PTA-201 Physical Agents................................2.0 PTA-201L Physical Agents Lab.........................1.5 PTA-205 Development, Growth, and Aging.....2.0 PTA-220 Orthopedic Rehabilitation.................2.0 PTA-220L Orthopedic Rehabilitation Lab..........1.5 PTA-225 Professional Practice for the Physical Therapist Assistant...........................3.0 PTA-240 Neurological Rehabilitation...............2.0 PTA-240L Neurological Rehabilitation Lab........1.5 PTA-242 Cardiopulmonary and Integumentary Physical Therapy..............................2.0 PTA-242L Cardiopulmonary and Integumentary Physical Therapy Lab.......................1.5 PTA-244 Physical Therapy for Special Populations.......................................2.0 PTA-244L Physical Therapy for Special Populations Lab................................1.5 PTA-250 Clinical Experience I.........................2.5 PTA-252 Clinical Experience II........................3.5 PTA-254 Clinical Experience III.......................3.5 PTA-260 Physical Therapist Assistant Seminar............................................1.0 PTA-262 Physical Therapist Assistant Case Study................................................1.0Usually HeldMon Wed 12:30pm–1:50pm, Mon Wed 9:30am–10:50am, Tue 6:30pm–9:35pm 