The mission of the Department of Physical Therapy and Health Science is to prepare undergraduate students to enter careers in the health care industry or to enter graduate education in health related fields, and to prepare graduate students as general practitioners in Physical Therapy.

Vision:   The Department of Physical Therapy and Health Science will strive to build a balanced environment of teaching, research, service and practice, which will prepare students to live and work productively in a diverse and ever-changing society.

Bradley University is committed to excellence in teaching and learning.  At Bradley, students, faculty, and staff unite to create a dynamic academic community of the highest quality. The mission of the College of Education and Health Sciences is to prepare professionals who are uniquely qualified for the useful and productive service that promotes the intelligent use of human resources and fosters individual development over the life span.   The mission of the Department of Physical Therapy and Health Science includes preparing general practitioner physical therapist professionals, who are qualified to meet the challenges in health care, which affect the quality of care.

The goals of the Department are to provide students with relevant and appropriate learning experiences, which are guided and facilitated by high quality instruction.  The Department's faculty are committed to preparing:  (1) undergraduate students to meet the challenges inherent to the health care industry, and (2) graduate students to serve as physical therapist general practitioners.

We promote lifelong learning through providing examples to the students of areas of study in which we can provide a beginning knowledge base. Through the research course, the need for research in adding to our knowledge base in physical therapy is formally addressed.  In other courses the lifelong learning idea tends to be within the routine of discussing many of the topics, and is expressed both directly and indirectly.  Also, the faculty serve as models of persons who continue adding knowledge and skills through life.