The curriculum has four course components: 1) core; 2) cognate (outside area); 3) specialization; and 4) doctoral thesis (see Summary of Courses table below). All core courses are required and available through the OUHSC Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (RS), except for the statistics courses. The cognate courses are taught outside of OUHSC and are selected by the student in collaboration with their faculty advisor. Cognate course are intended to expand students’ knowledge and skills in an areas that are related to rehabilitation science and are relevant to a student’s interests and goals, such as administration, education, engineering or neuroscience. Students receiving grant support may have a required area of study for the cognate. Specialization courses are all taught through RS or the OUHSC College of Allied Health. Doctoral thesis hours are taught through RS and are the culmination of the student’s DSc program. Students entering with a Bachelor’s Degree are required to take additional elective courses. Electives include additional course work in statistics, cognate or specialization courses.
As the table below indicates, the program requires 67 credits for students with a professional bachelor’s degree, 58 credits for students with a professional master’s or doctoral degree, 49 credits for student with a postprofessional masters degree, and 34 credits with a post-professional master of science degree from our program (physical therapy or rehabilitation sciences).
