Rehabilitation Health Sciences (B.S.)

The Rehabilitation Health Sciences major is an interdisciplinary undergraduate major designed for students seeking professional careers specifically in physical therapy, occupational therapy, and athletic training. In the first two years of the program, students receive broad training in the life and physical sciences and have the option of pursuing several different majors in the School of Science and the School of Education and Exercise Science. In the junior year students take courses in human physiology and exercise physiology, which are each taught with an emphasis on integrating learning from other courses in the physical and life sciences. Students complete their academic training in their senior year with a cadaver-based human anatomy course. In addition to course requirements, students complete a capstone course with an exercise science faculty member and complete an internship. Students must earn a C- or better in all courses marked with an *.