Rehabilitation and Movement Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Curriculum
The Ph.D. in Rehabilitation and Movement Science will require a minimum of 38 credit hours of course work and 12 credit hours of dissertation research. Students will be required to complete:
- 12 credit hours of research core courses comprised of a research design class, two classes in statistical application and an elective in the area of research design or statistics.
- 18 credit hours in a concentration comprised of a focus on course work in a specific discipline formulated with the major adviser and approved by the Admissions Committee of the degree program.
- Three credit hours comprised of laboratory rotations in a minimum of two laboratories within the Rehabilitation and Movement Science program; each credit hour requires a minimum of 50 contact hours in the laboratory selected.
- Five credit hours minimum of professional development comprised of an interdisciplinary research/journal club seminar (0.5 credit hour per semester), a teaching practicum (one credit hour) and a presentation delivered at a regional, national or international conference of a related discipline (one credit hour).
- 12 credit hours of dissertation research comprised of a focused line of research over a three-to-four-year period of doctoral work.
Required research courses for the program (nine credit hours) – both tracks:
| Credits | ||
| STAT 543 Statistical Methods I | 3 | |
| STAT 544 Statistical Methods II | 3 | |
| ALHP 761 Health Related Sciences Research Design (or other approved course in research design) |
3 | |
| Approved research design alternatives: | ||
| HADM 761 Health Services Research Methods I | 3 | |
| SOCY 626 Applications of Advanced Research Methods | 3 | |
| EDUS 710 Educational Research Design | 3 | |
Elective research courses for the program (three credit hours) – both tracks:
| Credits | |
| BIOS 531 Clinical Epidemiology | 3 |
| BIOS 553 Linear Regression | 3 |
| BIOS 554 Analysis of Variance | 3 |
| BIOS 571 Clinical Trials | 3 |
| BIOS 572 Statistical Analysis of Biomedical Data | 3 |
| BIOS 655 Quantitative Epidemiology | 3 |
| ALHP 716 Grant Writing and Project Management in Health Related Sciences (or elective research course in consultation with adviser) | 3 |
Required concentration courses for the Ph.D. program tracks
| Credits | |
| Exercise physiology track | |
| HEMS 701 Advanced Exercise Physiology I | 3 |
| HEMS 702 Advanced Exercise Physiology II | 3 |
| PHIS 501 Mammalian Physiology | 5 |
| PHIS 512 Cardiovascular Exercise Physiology | 3 |
| PHIS 612 Cardiovascular Physiology | 3 |
| REMS/HEMS 610 Laboratory Techniques in Rehabilitation and Movement Science | 3 |
| ______ 20 |
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| Neuromusculoskeletal dynamics track (select 18 credits from the following): |
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| HEMS 611 Biomechanics of Human Motion | 3 |
| REMS/HEMS 660 Neuromuscular Performance | 3 |
| REMS 665 Instrumentation in Motion Analysis | 3 |
| REMS/HEMS 692 Independent Study or elective course | 3 |
| PHTY 605 Foundations of Pathokinesiology | 3 |
| PHTY 606 Therapeutic Kinesiology | 3 |
| PHTY/REMS 608 Advanced Musculoskeletal Sciences | 3 |
| PHTY/REMS 612 Advanced Biomechanics | 3 |
| Laboratory rotations (three credit hours) – both tracks: | |
| REMS 710 Research Techniques in Rehabilitation and Movement Science | 1-3 |
| Professional development core (five credit hours minimum) – both tracks | |
| REMS 690 Research Seminar in Rehabilitation and Movement Science | 1 |
| REMS 793 Teaching Practicum in Higher Education | 1 |
| REMS 794 Research Presentation Seminar | 3-4 |
| Research in rehabilitation and movement science (12 credit hours) – both tracks | |
| REMS 798 Research in Rehabilitation and Movement Science | 12 |