Our Ph.D in Rehabilitation Science Program

Students in the PhD RS program select academic and research emphases to develop customized areas of expertise within their concentration. The chosen emphases will guide selection of the faculty advisor/mentor, advisory committee members, coursework, comprehensive qualifying examination topics and research/dissertation focuses. Students should choose research emphases that are supported by their selected academic emphases and that are consistent with the interests of their faculty advisor/mentor. The academic and research emphases offered in the Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) and Movement Sciences and Disorders (MSD) concentrations are shown below.

Academic Emphases

Research Emphases

Choose one primary and one secondary academic emphasis:

Amplification
Audiological Clinical Methods/Treatment
Augmentative and Alternative Communication Education
Aural Habilitation and Rehabilitation
Developmental Disorders
Dysphagia
Fluency, Voice, and/or Resonance Disorders
Interpersonal Communication/Multicultural Issues
Language Development
Motor Speech Disorders
Neurogenic Disorders
Neuroscience/Neuroanatomy
Phonetics/Phonological Disorders
Research Design and Methodology
Sign Language
Speech and Hearing Anatomy and Physiology
Speech Language Pathology Clinical Methods/Treatment
Speech/Hearing Science and/or Research
Speech Perception/Speech Signal Processing
Vestibular/Balance System
Other*

Choose one primary and one secondary research emphasis:

Acquired Neurogenic Disorders
Applied and Clinical Linguistics
Audiometric Science
Auditory Cognition/Processes
Auditory Integrated Biomedicine
Behavioral Assessment and Intervention
Language/Phonology Disorders
Signal Processing
Speech/Hearing Science
Vestibular System
Approved research emphasis from MSD concentration

*Additional academic emphases may be selected with approval from the program, as applicable.

Academic Emphases

Research Emphases

Choose one primary and one secondary academic emphasis:

Anatomy
Biomechanics
Clinical Science
Education
Neuroscience
Pain Science
Psycho-Social Behavior
Sensory/Motor Control
Other*

Choose one primary and one secondary research emphasis:

Dysfunction and Pain of Nerve & Musculoskeletal Tissues
Dysfunction of the Spine & Extremities
Dysfunction of Balance & Gait
Rehabilitation Management & Outcomes (neuro-musculo-skeletal)
Rehabilitation for Human Performance
Rehabilitation Education (student, patient, professional)
Rehabilitation of Sex- & Gender-Based Dysfunctions
Rehabilitation throughout the Lifespan
Approved research emphasis from CSD concentration

*Additional academic emphases may be selected with approval from the program, as applicable.