Lincoln Memorial University offers a Guaranteed Professional Admissions (GPA) 3+3 undergraduate-graduate degree program in which accepted students receive a bachelor's degree in Exercise and Rehabilitation Science and a Doctorate in Physical Therapy in as little as six years. Students may be accepted into this program as first-year undergraduate students (GPA entry) or "3+3 BS/DPT" (3+3 BS/DPT Entry). If they already possess a baccalaureate degree and designated prerequisites, they will be accepted as "Post-Baccalaureate Entry" graduate students.
The GPA and 3+3 BS/DPT programs are each a six-year curriculum, with three years of study each at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Upon successful completion of the 4th academic year, the BS degree in Exercise and Rehabilitation Science is conferred to students. The 4th academic year is the 1st year of the Professional Phase of the DPT program. (Certain other LMU degree programs may also serve as preparatory to application for admission to the DPT program; students admitted via this pathway are currently considered Post-Baccalaureate Entry graduate students, similar students with bachelor’s degrees from institutions other than LMU.)
During the 4th academic year, students completing the BS in Exercise and Rehabilitation Science remain subject to BS program policies as they begin the DPT program. They are also subject to DPT program policies. Information regarding how these programs and policies overlap can be found in the section "GPA and 3+3 BS/DPT Program Policies and Procedures."
The GPA and 3+3 BS/DPT Entry degree major of Exercise and Rehabilitation Science are described in the Lincoln Memorial University Undergraduate Catalog, not the Lincoln Memorial University Graduate Catalog (which catalogues Lincoln Memorial University’s traditional post-baccalaureate programs). All Professional Phase DPT courses are catalogued in the LMU DPT Course Catalog. The GPA and 3+3 BS/DPT degree will follow the policies and procedures found in the LMU Undergraduate Student Catalog.