This certificate will prepare students for graduate programs such as prosthetics and orthotics or rehabilitation technology. It will also provide the coursework and some of the clinical hours needed to satisfy the requirements for the RESNA (formerly Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America) Assistive Technology Supplier certification.
Required Courses
- REHSCI 1200 Human Anatomy (3 cr) and
- REHSCI 1201 Human Anatomy Lab (1 cr) and
- REHSCI 1205 Human Physiology (4 cr)
Or other approved human anatomy and physiology course sequence
- HRS 1701 Introduction to Orthotics and Prosthetics (2 cr)
- HRS 1704 Fundamentals in Rehabilitation Engineering and Technology I (3 cr)
- HRS 1706 Introduction to Rehabilitation Engineering Design (4 cr)
- REHSCI 1210 Neuroscience (4 cr) -OR-
- PSY 0505 Introduction to Biopsychology (3 cr) -OR-
- NROSCI 1000 Introduction to Neuroscience (3 cr)
- REHSCI 1220 Kinesiology/Biomechanics (3 cr)
- REHSCI 1290 Practical Issues in Disability (3 cr) -OR-
- HRS 1017 Introduction to Epidemiology (3 cr) -OR-
- HRS 1515 Rehabilitation Psychology (3 cr) -OR-
- PSY 0515 Rehabilitation Psychology (3cr) - OR-
- IL 1580 Foundations of Special Education (3 cr) -OR-
- IL 1560 Early Education of Young Children with Disabilities (3 cr) -OR-
- PSYED 1012 Developmental Disabilities (3 cr)
- REHSCI 1275 Introduction to Occupation Science (3 cr)
- REHSCI 1296 ATR Field Experience (2 cr)
- HRS 1718 Project-based Technology Design (3 cr) *recommended
Total Certificate Credits = 32-33