Health Sciences department is one of the Faculty of Supporting Medical Sciences departments, established since the Arab American University where founded in 2002, to graduate specialized, trained students in Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy and to fill the growing need in this field.

The BA program offers courses on the background of physical therapy and occupational therapy, the devices used, methods of assessment and treatment, therapeutic interventions, along with clinical courses which include methods of evaluation and treatment of various diseases to provide sound academic background for study and practice of the new physical therapy and occupational therapy in hospitals and health care centers.