Rehabilitation Science Curriculum

The PhD in Rehabilitation Science program is a research-focused degree comprising a minimum 58 credit hour curriculum. Thefirst two years of the degree consist of didactic instruction in core, elective, and focused concentration courses. Students mustcomplete a minimum of 9 credit hours of elective courses. The focused concentration tracks include movement science,neurocognitive rehabilitation, or the open concentration. Once the didactic instruction has been successfully completed, thestudent must pass a qualifier examination to advance to doctoral candidate status. As a doctoral candidate, an original researchproposal for dissertation must be presented to his or her committee for approval. The dissertation committee shall consist of 3faculty members, one of whom is at the host institution (local sponsor) and another who is an external expert in the subjectmatter. The student shall select their major professor from the core and associated faculty, then together they will select theother two committee members. Once the research proposal for dissertation is approved, the candidate carries out research andcompletes and orally defends a dissertation. Dissertation research progress determines when the student is eligible forgraduation; the estimated time to completion is four to six years.