School of Rehabilitation Sciences:: The University of Jordan ::

 Study plan for Bachelor program in Physiotherapy 2025/2026

First: University Requirements:

Preparation Program Requirements All students admitted to the university must apply for a degree examination in Arabic, English, and computer, prepared or approved by the university, to determine their level. Based on the results of the examinations, either the student will study one or more of the requirements of the preparatory program
(0 – 15 Credit Hours)
Notes	Prerequisites	Credit Hours	Course No.	Course Title	No
Pass/ Fail	-	3	3201001	Arabic Language (Level 1)	1
Pass/ Fail	3201001	3	3201002	Arabic Language (Level 2)	2
Pass/ Fail	-	3	3202001	English Language (Level 1)	3
Pass/ Fail	3202001	3	3202002	English Language (Level 2)	4
Pass/ Fail	-	3	0309099	Basics of Computing	5

Compulsory Requirements
(18 Credit Hours)
Notes	Prerequisites	Credit Hours	Course No.	Course Title	No
	-	3	2220100	Military Science	1
	-	3	3400100	National Culture	2
	-	3	3420100	Ethics and Social Responsibility	3
	-	3	3420101	Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Leadership	4
	3202002	3	3202003	English Language (Level 3)	5
	English Language (Level 3) 3202003 Or, depending on language of instruction: Special Topic (in English) 3202103 Or Arabic Language (Second Level) 3201002	3	3420102 For course in Arabic 3420103 For course in English	Communication Skills and Soft Skills	6

Electives
(9 Credit Hours)
Elective courses: (9) credit hours to be chosen from the first, second and third groups mentioned below. The student has to choose one course from each of the groups.
(First Group)
Notes	Prerequisites	Credit Hours	Course No.	Course Title	No
Blended	-	3	0359102	Environmental Culture and Development	1
	-	3	0400102	Islamic Culture	2
Blended	-	3	0309100	Health Culture	3
	-	3	1000102	Legal Culture	4
	-	3	1100100	Physical Fitness Culture	5
	-	3	3400111	Tourism Culture	6
	-	3	3400103	Introduction to Philosophy and Critical Thinking	7
(Second Group)
Notes	Prerequisites	Credit Hours	Course No.	Course Title	No
	-	3	0400101	Islam and Contemporary Issues	1
	-	3	2300101	Arab-Islamic Civilization	2
	-	3	2300102	Jordan: History and Civilization	3
	-	3	3400107	Great Books	4
	-	3	3400108	Jerusalem	5
Blended	-	3	0309101	Social Media	6
	-	3	2000100	Appreciation of Arts	7
	-	3	2200103	Foreign Language	8
	-	3	3400106	Special Subject	9

(Third Group)
Notes	Prerequisites	Credit Hours	Course No.	Course Title	No.
Blended	-	3	0309104	Special Topic in Digital Skills	1

Second: School courses: distributed as follows:

Obligatory school courses: (28) credit hours
Elective school courses: (0) credit hours

Obligatory school courses: (28) credit hours:

Course Number	Course Title	Type of learning (face-to-face \| blended \| online)	Contact Hours		Credit Hours	Pre-requisite
			Theoretical	Practical
0349101	General Biology I	Face to face	3	-	3	-
0309103	Modern Digital Skills	Blended	3	-	3	-
0329103	General Physics for Life Sciences	Face to face	3	-	3	-
0501107	Physiology I	Face to face	2	-	2	0349101 0339101
0502107	Anatomy of Head, Neck and Thorax	Blended	2	2	3	0349101
1802131	Psychology in Rehabilitation Sciences	Online	2	-	2	1801100
1801381	Biostatistics For Rehabilitation Students	Face to face	2	-	2	1804340
1804340	Research Methods in Rehabilitation Sciences	Online	3	-	3	1801103
1832447	Management and Leadership in Rehabilitation	Blended	3	-	3	1801491
1801103	Principles and Ethics of Rehabilitation	Online	2	-	2	1801100
1833472	Perspectives in Assistive Technology	Face to face	2	-	2	1831318 1831334

Elective school courses: (0) credit hours:

Third: Specialty courses: (87) credit hours distributed as follows:

Obligatory specialty courses: (85) credit hours
Elective specialty courses: (2) credit hours

Obligatory specialty courses: (85) credit hours:

Course Number	Course Title	Type of learning (face-to-face \| blended \| online)	Contact Hours			Credit Hours	Pre requisite
			Theoretical	Practical	Clinical
1801100	Introduction to physiotherapy	Face to face	1	-	-	1	-
0339101	General Chemistry I	Face to face	3	-	-	3	-
0501108	Physiology II	Face to face	2	-	-	2	0501107
0532108	Anatomy of Extremities and Trunk	Blended	2	2	-	3	0349101
0503101	Therapeutics	Face to face	1	-	-	1	0501108 – concurrent
0507103	Surgery for Rehabilitation Students	Face to face	2	-	-	2	0532108
0508102	Internal Medicine for Rehabilitation Students	Face to face	2	-	-	2	0501107
5042070	Pathology	Face to face	1	-	-	1	0532108 + 0501107
1801203	Therapeutic Exercise I	Face to face	2	4	-	3	0532108
1801204	Therapeutic Exercise II	Face to face	2	4	-	3	1801203
1801205	Physical and Electrical Modalities	Face to face	2	4	-	3	0329103 + 0501108 + 0339101
1801200	Exercise Physiology	Face to face	2	-	-	2	0501108
1801313	Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy I	Face to face	2	4	-	3	1801203+ 1831262 + 1801207
1831318	Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy II	Face to face	2	4	-	3	1801313
1801324	Cardiopulmonary Physiotherapy I	Face to face	2	4	-	3	1801200 + 0504207 + 0503101
1831325	Cardiopulmonary Physiotherapy II	Face to face	2	4	-	3	1801324
1801339	Neuromuscular Physiotherapy I	Face to face	2	4	-	3	1801204 + 1801231
1831334	Neuromuscular Physiotherapy II	Face to face	2	4	-	3	1801339
1801303	Introductory clinical training I	Face to face	-	-	4	1	Concurrent: 1801313 + 1801339 + 1801324
1801304	Introductory clinical training II	Face to face	-	-	4	1	1801303 Concurrent: 1831318 + 1831325 + 1831334
1801344	Pediatric Physiotherapy I	Face to face	2	4	-	3	1801313 + 1801231
1801446	Pediatric Physiotherapy II	Face to face	2	-	4	3	1801344
1831261	Biomechanics and kinesiology 1	Face to face	3	-	-	3	0329103 + 0532108
1831262	Biomechanics and kinesiology 2	Face to face	3	-	-	3	1831261
1831471	Physiotherapy in Acute Care	Face to face	2	-	-	2	0508102 + 1831318 + 1831325 + 1831334
1831472	Physiotherapy for Older Adults	Face to face	3	-	-	3	1831318 + 1831325 + 1831334
1831202	Tests and Measures	Online	1	-	-	1	1801103
1801207	Musculoskeletal assessment	Face to face	-	4	-	1	0532108
1801231	Neuroscience	Face to face	3	-	-	3	0502107 + 0501108
1801476	Special Cases in Physiotherapy	Face to face	2	-	-	2	1831318
1801491	Clinical Physiotherapy I	Face to face	-	-	24	6	Students have to pass the following courses: 1831334 + 1831318 + 1831325
1801492	Clinical Physiotherapy II and employability readiness	Face to face	-	-	24	6	Students have to pass the following courses: 1801491 + 1801446
1801400	Project I	Face to face	1	-	-	1	1801381 + 1804340
1801402	Project II	Face to face	2	-	-	2	1801400

B. Elective specialty courses: (2) credit hours from the following:

Course Number	Course Title	Type of learning (face-to-face \| blended \| online)	Contact Hours			Credit Hours	Pre-requisite
			Theoretical	Practical	Clinical
1801403	Women's and men's health	Face to face	2	-		2	1831334
1801404	Orthotics and Prosthetics	Face to face	2	-		2	1831262
1811474	Physiotherapy in Sport Injuries	Face to face	2	-		2	1831318 + 1801200
1801494	External elective clinical training in physiotherapy	Face to face	-	-	8	2	1801304

Fourth: Courses offered by other faculties/schools and departments

Course Number	Course Title	Type of learning (face-to-face \| blended \| online)	Contact Hours		Credit Hours	Prerequisite
			Theoretical	Practical
0349101	General Biology I	Face to face	3	-	3	-
0309103	Modern Digital Skills	Blended	3	-	3	-
0329103	General Physics for Life Sciences	Face to face	3	-	3	-
0501107	Physiology I	Face to face	2	-	2	0349101 0339101
0502107	Anatomy of Head, Neck and Thorax	Blended	2	2	3	0349101
1802131	Psychology in Rehabilitation Sciences	Online	2	-	2	1801100
1804340	Research Methods in Rehabilitation Sciences	Online	3	-	3	1801103
1832447	Management and Leadership in Rehabilitation	Blended	3	-	3	1801491
0339101	General Chemistry I	Face to face	3	-	3	-
0501108	Physiology II	Face to face	2	-	2	0501107
0532108	Anatomy of Extremities and Trunk	Blended	2	2	3	0349101
0503101	Therapeutics	Face to face	1	-	1	0501108 – concurrent
0507103	Surgery for Rehabilitation Students	Face to face	2	-	2	0532108
0508102	Internal Medicine for Rehabilitation Students	Face to face	2	-	2	0501107
5042070	Pathology	Face to face	1	-	1	0532108 + 0501107
1833472	Perspectives in Assistive Technology	Face to face	2	-	2	1831318 1831334

Fifth: Advisory Study Plan

First Year

*First Semester*				*Second Semester*
Course Number	Course Title	Type of learning (face-to-face \| blended \| online)	Credit Hours	Course Number	Course Title	Type of learning (face-to-face \| blended \| online)	Credit Hours
0329103	General Physics for Life sciences	Face to face	3	0532108	Anatomy of Extremities and Trunk	Blended	3
0349101	General Biology I	Face to face	3	0501107	Physiology I	Face to face	2
0339101	General Chemistry I	Face to face	3	1801103	Principles and Ethics of Rehabilitation	Online	2
0309103	Modern Digital Skills	Blended	3	1802131	Psychology in Rehabilitation Sciences	Online	2
1801100	Introduction to Physiotherapy	Face to face	1		University Requirement		3
	University Requirement		3		University Requirement		3
TOTAL			16	TOTAL			15

*Summer course*
Course Number	Course Title	Type of learning (face-to-face \| blended \| online)	Credit Hours
	University Requirement		3
	University Requirement		3
	University Requirement		3
TOTAL			9

Second Year

*First Semester*				*Second Semester*
Course Number	Course Title	Type of learning (face-to-face \| blended \| online)	Credit Hours	Course Number	Course Title	Type of learning (face-to-face \| blended \| online)	Credit Hours
0502107	Anatomy of Head, Neck, and Thorax	Blended	3	0507103	Surgery for Rehabilitation Students	Face to face	2
0501108	Physiology II	Face to face	2	0508102	Internal Medicine for Rehabilitation Students	Face to face	2
0503101	Therapeutics	Face to face	1	1801231	Neuroscience	Face to face	3
5042070	Pathology	Face to face	1	1831262	Biomechanics and kinesiology II	Face to face	3
1831202	Tests and Measures	Online	1	1801204	Therapeutic Exercise II	Face to face	3
1801207	Musculoskeletal Assessment	Face to face	1	1801205	Physical and Electrical Modalities	Face to face	3
1801203	Therapeutic Exercise I	Face to face	3	1801200	Exercise Physiology	Face to face	2
1831261	Biomechanics and kinesiology I	Face to face	3
	University Requirement		3
TOTAL			18	TOTAL			18

Third Year

*First Semester*				*Second Semester*
Course Number	Course Title	Type of learning (face-to-face \| blended \| online)	Credit Hours	Course Number	Course Title	Type of learning (face-to-face \| blended \| online)	Credit Hours
1801339	Neuromuscular Physiotherapy I	Face to face	3	1831334	Neuromuscular Physiotherapy II	Face to face	3
1801313	Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy I	Face to face	3	1831318	Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy II	Face to face	3
1801324	Cardiopulmonary Physiotherapy I	Face to face	3	1831325	Cardiopulmonary Physiotherapy II	Face to face	3
1804340	Research Methods in Rehabilitation Sciences	Online	3	1801344	Pediatric Physiotherapy I	Face to face	3
1801303	Introductory Clinical Training I	Face to face	1	1801304	Introductory Clinical Training II	Face to face	1
	University Requirement		3	1801381	Biostatistics	Face to face	2
					University Requirement		3
TOTAL			16	TOTAL			18

Note: Students are advised to complete all university requirements before their fourth year, keeping in mind to complete all the university requirements before the second semester in the fourth year.

Fourth Year

*First Semester*				*Second Semester*
Course Number	Course Title	Type of learning (face-to-face \| blended \| online)	Credit Hours	Course Number	Course Title	Type of learning (face-to-face \| blended \| online)	Credit Hours
1801491	Clinical Physiotherapy I	Face to face	6	1801492	Clinical Physiotherapy II and employability readiness	Face to face	6
1801446	Pediatric Physiotherapy II	Face to face	3	1801467	Special Cases in Physiotherapy	Face to face	2
1831472	Physiotherapy for Older Adults	Face to face	3	1832447	Management and Leadership in Rehabilitation	Blended	3
1831471	Physiotherapy in Acute Care	Face to face	2	1801402	Project II	Face to face	2
1801400	Project I	Face to face	1		Elective specialty course	Face to face	2
1833472	Perspectives in assistive technology	Face to face	2
TOTAL			17	TOTAL			15

Study plan for Bachelor program in Physiotherapy 2020/2024

1- University requirements:

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2- School requirements:

A- Obligatory courses (27 credit hours)

Course code	Course name	Credit hours		Prerequisites
Course code	Course name	Theoretical	Practical	Prerequisites
0304101	General biology I	3	-	-
1802131	Psychology of Rehabilitation	3		1801101 Rehabilitation Principles and Ethics
0342103	General physics for life sciences	3	-	3
0501107	Physiology I	2	-	0304101 General Biology “1”
0502107	Anatomy of head, neck & thorax	2	2	0304101 General Biology “1”
1801381	Bio-Statistics for rehabilitation students	2	-	-
1804340	Research methods in rehabilitation sciences	3	-	1801381 Bio-Statistics for rehabilitation students
1802447	Management & Leadership	3	-	1804340 Research methods in rehabilitation sciences
1801101	Principles & Ethics of Medical Rehabilitation	3	-	-
1902103	Computer skills for medical faculties	3	-

B- Elective courses (None)

3- Specialty requirements:

A- Obligatory courses (79 credit hours)

Course code	Course name	Credit hours		Prerequisites
Course code	Course name	Theoretical	Practical	Prerequisites
0303101	General Chemistry 1	3	-	-
0501108	Physiology 2	2	-	0501107 Physiology 1
0502108	Anatomy of Extremities	2	2	0304101 General biology
0503101	Therapeutics	1	-	0501108 Physiology 2 (or concurrent)
0507103	Surgery For Rehabilitation Students	2	-	0502108 Anatomy of Extremities
0508102	Internal Medicine for Rehabilitation Students	2	-	0501107 Physiology 1
5042070	Pathology	1	-	0502108 Anatomy of extremities + 0501107 Physiology 1
1801203	Therapeutic exercise 1	2	4	1801101 Rehabilitation Principles and Ethics
1801204	Therapeutic exercise 2	2	4	1801203 Therapeutic exercise 1
1801205	Physical and electrical modalities	2	4	342103 General Physics + 0501108 Physiology 2 + 0303101 General Chemistry 1
1801200	Exercise physiology	2	-	0501107 Physiology 1
1801313	Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy I	2	4	0507103 Surgery for Rehabilitation Students + 1811202 Tests & Measures
1801318	Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy II	2	4	1801313 Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy I
1801324	Cardiopulmonary Physiotherapy I	2	4	1801200 Exercise physiology + 0504207 Pathology + 0503101 Therapeutics
1801325	Cardiopulmonary Physiotherapy II	2	4	1801324 Cardiopulmonary 1
1801339	Neuromuscular Physiotherapy I	2	4	1801204 Therapeutic exercise 2 + 1801213 Neuroscience
1801334	Neuromuscular Physiotherapy II	2	4	1801339 Neuromuscular Physiotherapy I
1801344	Paediatric Physiotherapy 1	2	4	1801313 Musculoskeletal physiotherapy 1 + 1801213 Neuroscience
1801446	Paediatric Physiotherapy 2	2	-	1801344 Paediatric Physiotherapy 1
1801261	Biomechanics	2	4	0502108 Anatomy of extremities + 0342103 General physics
1801262	Kinesiology	2	-	1801261 Biomechanics
1811471	Physiotherapy in Acute Care	2	-	0508102 Internal Medicine for Rehabilitation students + 1801318 Musculoskeletal physiotherapy 2 + 1801325 Cardiopulmonary 2 + 1801334 Neuromuscular Physiotherapy II
1811472	Physiotherapy for older adults	2	-	0508102 Internal Medicine for Rehabilitation student
1811202	Tests & Measures	1	4	1801101 Rehabilitation Principles and Ethics + 0502108 Anatomy
1801231	Neuroscience	3	-	0502107 Anatomy of Head, Neck, and Thorax + 0501108 Physiology 2
1801491	Clinical Physiotherapy 1	-	-	1801334 Neuromuscular Physiotherapy 2 + 1801318 Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy II + 1801325 Cardiopulmonary 2 + 1801344 Paediatrics Physiotherapy 2 + 21801205 Physical and electrical modalities
1801492	Clinical Physiotherapy 2	-	-	1801491 Clinical Physiotherapy 1 + 1801446 Paediatrics Physiotherapy 2

B- Elective courses (2 credit hours)

Course code	Course name	Credit hours		Prerequisites
Course code	Course name	Theoretical	Practical	Prerequisites
1801476	Special Cases in Physiotherapy	2	-	Physiotherapy in Acute Care 1811471
1811474	Physiotherapy in sports injuries	2	-	1801318 Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy II + 1801200 Exercise physiology
1813449	Orthotics and Prosthetics	2	-	1801262 Kinesiology

Advisory Study Plan

( 1 ) Year

( 1 ) Semester			( 2 ) Semester
Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours	Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
0304101	General biology I	3	0502108	Anatomy of Extremities	3
0342103	General physics for life sciences	3	0501107	Physiology I	2
0303101	General Chemistry 1	3	1801101	Principles & Ethics of Medical Rehabilitation	3
1902103	Computer Skills for medical faculties	3	1802131	Psychology of Rehabilitation	2
	University requirement	3		University requirement	3
				University requirement	3
Total		15	Total		16

( 2 ) Year

( 1 ) Semester			( 2 ) Semester
Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours	Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
0502107	Anatomy of head, neck & thorax	3	0507103	Surgery For Rehabilitation Students	2
0501108	Physiology 2	3	0508102	Internal Medicine for Rehabilitation Students	2
0503101	Therapeutics	1	1801231	Neuroscience	3
1801261	Biomechanics	3	1801262	Kinesiology	2
1811202	Tests & Measures	2	1801324	Cardiopulmonary Physiotherapy I	3
5042070	Pathology	1	1801204	Therapeutic exercise 2	3
1801203	Therapeutic exercise 1	3	1801205	Physical and electrical modalities	3
1801200	Exercise physiology	2
Total		18	Total		18

( 3 ) Year

( 1 ) Semester			( 2 ) Semester
Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours	Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
1801325	Cardiopulmonary Physiotherapy II	4	1801334	Neuromuscular Physiotherapy II	4
1801339	Neuromuscular Physiotherapy I	3	1801318	Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy II	4
1801313	Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy I	3	1801344	Paediatric Physiotherapy 1	3
1801381	Bio-Statistics for rehabilitation students	2	1804340	Research methods in rehabilitation sciences	3
	University requirement	3		University requirement	3
	University requirement	3
Total		18	Total		16

( 4 ) Year

(1 ) Semester			( 2 ) Semester
Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours	Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
1801491	Clinical Physiotherapy 1	6	1801492	Clinical Physiotherapy 2	6
1801446	Paediatric Physiotherapy 2	3		Elective speciality course	2
1811471	Physiotherapy in Acute Care	2	1802447	Management & Leadership	3
1811472	Physiotherapy for older adults	2
Total		13	Total		11

Program Specifications

Bachelor of science in Physiotherapy / Study Plan