Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, MMC 388, 420 Delaware Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN, 55455 (612-625-3966; fax: 612-625-4274)

The graduate program in rehabilitation science is a post-professional program designed to train rehabilitation scientists and academicians. The program includes occupational and physical therapists and students with other backgrounds interested in rehabilitation research. The program's philosophy provides students with 1) a strong foundation in research methodology, 2) a concentrated educational experience specifically tailored toward a student's specific research question in rehabilitation science, and 3) a working knowledge of the importance of a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach to the scientific process.

Other requirements to be completed before admission:

Applicants must hold a bachelor's degree or graduate degree in a discipline related to rehabilitation such as biomedical engineering, medicine, occupational therapy, physical therapy, or speech/audiology. International students must hold a comparable foreign degree from an accredited program. Depending on the educational background of the applicant, admission may be contingent upon completion of selected prerequisite coursework.

The student must inform the director of graduate studies (DGS) in writing of his or her intent to pursue the minor. A rehabilitation science faculty admissions committee determines student admission for the minor. To be admitted, a student must be an active graduate student pursuing an equivalent graduate degree in another field. The student must be in good academic standing within his or her major program. The student must have a mutually agreed-upon graduate faculty member in rehabilitation science serve as a reviewer on the student's dissertation committee and serve as the minor field examiner on the final exam committee.

Master's students must complete a minimum of 6 RSC credits. Doctoral students must complete a minimum of 12 RSC credits. All students pursuing the minor must take the RSC courses on the A-F grade basis, and maintain at least a 3.0 GPA in those courses. Up to 2 RCS independent study credits are allowed for the master's, and up to 4 RCS independent study credits are allowed for the doctoral degree. Below is a list of eligible rehabilitation science courses. Independent courses are indicated with an asterisk (*). RSC 5101 - Math Tools for Research Applications (1 cr) RSC 5106 - RSC Past, Present, Future (1 cr) RSC 5135 - Advanced Biomechanics I: Kinematics (3 cr) RSC 5200 - Intro to TMS RSC 5206 - Academic Ethos (1 cr) RSC 5231 - Clinical Biomechanics (3 cr) *RSC 5294 - Independent Study in Rehabilitation Science (credits arranged) RSC 5306 - Scientific and Professional Presentation (1 cr) RSC 5814 - Age, Exercise, and Rehabilitation (2 cr) RSC 5841 - Rehabilitation Science Instrumentation and Methodology (4 cr) RSC 5901 - Scholarly Inquiry in Health Sciences (4 cr) RSC 8106 - Critical Analysis of Scientific Literature (2 cr) *RSC 8130 - Current Literature (credits arranged) RSC 8135 - Advanced Kinesiology (3 cr) *RSC 8170 - Special Topics in Rehabilitation Science (credits arranged) *RSC 8185 - Problems in Rehabilitation Science (credits arranged) RSC 8192 - Research Design in Rehabilitation Science (3 cr) RSC 8206 - Grant Writing (2 cr) RSC 8282 - Problems in Human Movement (4 cr) RSC 8306 - Peer Review and Publication (2