Rehabilitation Sciences

• SAR RS 650: Philosophy of Science
  This course serves as an introduction into philosophy of science and ethics. The first four lectures will focus on the different perspectives in the organism-environment relationship, mind-body distinction, and action will be discussed. These perspectives will be related to theories on the emergence of knowledge, conceptual frameworks in health and rehabilitation sciences, and ethical reasoning. The goal of this course is to facilitate the ability of the students to critically analyze the assumptions of theories and models in health and rehabilitation sciences. Format of sessions will be lecture, discussion and presentation of main assignment. Student presentations will be integrated into the topics presented.
• SAR RS 750: Research Design
  This course serves as an introduction into research designs relevant to rehabilitation science. The first set of sessions provides the background and framework for understanding the reasoning behind different research designs. The remaining sessions focus on various categories of research designs, the types of research questions these designs address, and the types of data analyses that are appropriate to the designs. The course content is integrated with the content students received in Philosophy of Rehabilitation Science. Format of sessions are lecture, discussion, and experiential. A major component of this course is peer-mentored work on writing and the development of a research proposal. Student assignments are individualized to student areas of mentored research. Student presentations are integrated into the topics presented according to the class schedule.
• SAR RS 790: Teaching Skills
  The role of the researcher as teacher is highly valued but seldom emphasized in graduate education. This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to learn and practice sound teaching and learning principles and mechanics into the teaching of College-level students. Students will be required to present a class four times during the semester. Following presentations, the student will be critiqued by the instructor and by peers. Students will also be given a number of readings around which discussion will take place. Discussion will emphasize how students might incorporate the lessons from their readings into the next presentation. Finally students will be required to develop a detailed course outline and schedule and a sample lesson. Ideally this will be preparation for a class that the student may eventually teach. The primary emphasis will be on teaching of medium to large classes using the lecture method.
• SAR RS 890: Doctoral Seminar in Rehabilitation Sciences
  This seminar allows for a discussion of topics of interest to doctoral-level students in the ScD program in Rehabilitation Sciences, and is designed to provide insight in 1) curricular aspects of the ScD program, 2) mentor-mentee relationship, 3) skills necessary for ScD graduates entering the field of rehabilitation sciences with a research doctorate, and 4) interdisciplinary nature of the field of rehabilitation. This course enhances the student's ability to successfully complete the ScD program by working on skills needed to write and critically review IRB proposals, research manuscripts and research grant proposals, to outline ethical dilemmas in research, to formulate and disseminate a line of inquiry, and to distinguish various career paths. Literature addressing these issues will be used throughout to illustrate the arguments.
• SAR RS 900: Yr 1 Mentorship
  
• SAR RS 910: Rs Scd Dir Read
  
• SAR RS 911: Rs Scd Dir Res
  
• SAR RS 930: Dis Pro Dev
  
• SAR RS 940: Dis Reseach
  
• SAR RS 991: Rs Scd Diswrite
  

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