Students will follow the typical plan of study for DPT students for the initial seven semesters (i.e. 2 1/3 years) of the program. Then students will follow the plan of study for PhD students.
Doctor of Physical Therapy Coursework
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioengineering Coursework
Bioengineering Track Courses – 9 credits*
Life Sciences (successfully completing the lecture and lab components of Human Anatomy coursework fulfills this requirement) – 6 credits
Graduate Electives (successfully completing Musculoskeletal I & II fulfills this requirement) – 6 credits*
Graduate Engineering Mathematics – 3 credits
Statistics for Bioengineers – 3 credits
Societal, Political and Ethical Issues in Bioengineering (or equivalent bioethics course) – 3 credits
Seminar – 6 credits total, 4 credits must be BIOENG 2023 – BIOENGINEERING SEMINAR SERIES. One of the four seminars can be substituted with a Preparation for STEM academic career course, when combined with appropriate certification. The other 2 credits may be from BIOENG 2023 or any other seminars deemed appropriate by the Graduate Program Director. Please see list of Approved Seminar Courses for suggestions.
Doctoral Dissertation Research, BIOENG 3997 and BIOENG 3999 – 12 credits of 3999 to be taken after the proposal – 35 credits
*The standard policy for PhD students is 9 credits of track courses and 6 credits of electives. There is an exception for the Bioimaging and Signals track, for which the requirement is 12 credits of track courses and 3 credits of electives. DPT-PhD students in this track must take all four track courses, in which case only 3 elective credits are waived.
Total number of credit hours: 72 credits minimum, which includes 6 credits to fulfill life science requirement but does not include credits from foundational courses if applicable.
Please see the Department of Bioengineering’s PhD Requirements page for more details.
