Curriculum
Plans of study are flexible and some students may opt for a longer, part-time timeframe.
Sample Plan of Study
The following reflects the full-time schedule of a student in this program.
Fall Term
- Fundamentals of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Applications
- Fundamentals of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Design
- Individual and Social Experience of Disability
- Functional and Medical Aspects of Disability Related to Assistive Technology
- Introduction to Evidence-based Practice and Research Methodologies
Spring Term
- Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Practices
- Client Centered Rehabilitation & Assistive Technology Design
- Ethical Issues in Health Care
- Clinical Applications of Seating and Mobility
- Assistive Technology Funding, Policy and Management
Summer Term
- Clinical Internship
- Scholarly Paper
Elective Options
Students completing the one-year, 35-credit program, are not required to take electives in order to graduate. However, students pursuing the two-year option may be recommended to take elective courses. If there is another course students wish to take, they will need to seek approval from their advisor prior to registration.
- Soft Tissue Biomechanics
- Wheelchair Biomechanics
- Independent Study
- Teaching Internship
- Rehabilitation Biomechanics for the Health Care Professions
- Law of Disability Discrimination
- Health Information and the Health Care System
- Database Design and Big Data Analytics
- Digital Health