The aim of the professional phase is to produce clinicians, trained for general practice in a dynamic health care environment, who provide best care, respectful of patient/client values, grounded in evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning, and contribute to the profession and their community. It begins the senior year, lasts eight semesters, and is subdivided into two phases, Phase I and Phase II.

During Phase I of the professional phase, fall and spring terms of senior year, course work in physical therapy begins at the 400 level. The 400 level courses present the basic, behavioral, professional, and applied science foundations that are subsequently applied in the 500 and 600 level courses taken during Phase II of the professional program. Bachelor degrees are awarded at the conclusion of the senior year to those individuals satisfying all Carroll undergraduate requirements.