Rehabilitation Technology (MRT)

Sample Plan of Study

The following reflects the full-time schedule of a student in this program.

Fall Term

• Fundamentals of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Applications
• Fundamentals of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Design
• Individual and Social Experience of Disability
• Functional and Medical Aspects of Disability Related to Assistive Technology
• Introduction to Evidence-based Practice and Research Methodologies

Spring Term

• Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Practices
• Client Centered Rehabilitation & Assistive Technology Design
• Ethical Issues in Health Care
• Clinical Applications of Seating and Mobility
• Assistive Technology Funding, Policy and Management

Summer Term

• Clinical Internship
• Scholarly Paper

Elective Options

Students completing the one-year, 35-credit program, are not required to take electives in order to graduate. However, students pursuing the two-year option may be recommended to take elective courses. If there is another course students wish to take, they will need to seek approval from their advisor prior to registration.

• Soft Tissue Biomechanics
• Wheelchair Biomechanics
• Independent Study
• Teaching Internship
• Rehabilitation Biomechanics for the Health Care Professions
• Law of Disability Discrimination
• Health Information and the Health Care System
• Database Design and Big Data Analytics
• Digital Health