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Rehabilitation Science Overview and Teaching
Students must complete 10 credits of the following required courses in rehabilitation science application:
RSD 6930 Special Topics: In Rehabilitation Science (1 credit - spring)
RSD 6930 Special Topics: The College Classroom-Teaching, Process and Practice (3 credits - fall) This course is designed to provide doctoral students with the basic skills to succeed as faculty members in the college classroom environment.
RSD 6110 Rehabilitation Science Theory & Application I (3 credits - fall) This course offers reviews of the: 1) historical, philosophical, and theoretical foundations of rehabilitation science, including analysis of the components, stages, or domains of the disabling-enablin process; 2) selected rehabilitation research; 3) ethical, funding, and social implications of rehabilitation science; and 4) evolution of rehabilitation systems in the United States.
RSD 6940 Supervised Teaching in Rehabilitation (3 credits) This course provides hands on practical experience for students to develop teaching skills under the supervision of a faculty member.
Students may petition not to take RSD 6930 - Classroom Teaching and RSD 6940 - Supervised Teaching, based on part teaching experience. This petition must be forwarded to the RSD program director and include a description of teaching experience as well as an evaluation of the teaching.