Campuses:
Twin Cities campus
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Twin Cities Campus
Rehabilitation Science Ph.D.Rehabilitation Medicine Administration
Medical School
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, MMC 388, 420 Delaware Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN, 55455 (612-625-3966; fax: 612-625-4274)
Email:
adamc002@umn.edu
Website: http://www.med.umn.edu/rehabscience
Along with the program-specific requirements listed below, please read the
General Information section of
this
website for requirements that apply to all major fields.
The graduate program in rehabilitation science is a post-professional program designed to train researchers and academicians. The rehabilitation science M.S. and Ph.D. degrees are geared to occupational and physical therapists and students with related interests. 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.
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
The preferred undergraduate GPA for admittance to the program
is 3.00.
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.
Special Application Requirements:
In addition to the Graduate School's application (including personal statement and fee), applicants must submit the following materials: GRE General Test scores; official transcripts; three letters of reference; and TOEFL score for international students. Student must also have an agreed-upon faculty adviser at the time applying. Compatibility of research interests is a major determinant in the student/adviser relationship.
Scores in the 50th percentile or higher are preferred. Scores for recent admits have averaged 480 verbal, 660 quantitative, and 4.5 analytical.
International applicants must submit score(s) from one of the following tests:
The preferred English language test is Test of English as Foreign Language.
Key to test
abbreviations
(TOEFL, IELTS, MELAB).
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
36
credits are required in the major.
12 credits are required outside the major. 24 thesis credits are required.
This program may not be completed with a minor.
Use of 4xxx courses towards program requirements is not permitted.
A minimum GPA of 3.00
is required for students to remain in good standing.
At least 2 semesters must be completed
before filing a Degree Program Form.
The Ph.D. degree requires a minimum of 36 graduate credits, not including dissertation credits (thesis credits). The minimum of 36 graduate credits is broken down as follows: 16 credits of rehabilitation science (RSC) credits, which include 6 credits of departmental seminars (RSC 8100); 12 graduate credits toward a minor or supporting program (non-RSC courses); and 8 graduate credits of statistics coursework. Sample minors and supporting areas of past students include gerontology, kinesiology, neuroscience, and public health. If a student chooses to declare a minor, the student must follow the minor requirements of the program offering the minor. RSC courses and statistics courses cannot be applied to the credits needed for the minor or supporting program. Acceptable statistics courses include, but are not limited to, PUBH 6450 - Biostatistics I, PUBH 6451 - Biostatistics II, EPSY 8261 - Statistical Methods I, and EPSY 8262 - Statistical Methods II. To fulfill the requirement students need to take both courses in the respective series (Biostats I and Biostats II; Stat Methods I and Stat Methods II). Students cannot fulfill the statistics requirement by taking only PUBH 6450 - Biostatistics I and EPSY 8261 - Statistical Methods I. In addition to these minimum requirements, the adviser may require additional courses. Students should meet with their advisers prior to each semester to plan their courses of study. 24 thesis credits are required.
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