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The following requirements are in addition to, or further elaborate upon, those requirements outlined in the Student Services section of this Web site.
Coursework Requirements
The curriculum is designed to allow a student to successfully complete the DPT, sit for the PT license exam, gain valuable clinical experience, and complete the PhD degree within a seven year timeframe. Upon finishing the DPT portion of the program, in Year 4, if the student decides not to continue with the PhD program, then the student will be required to repay the tuition and fees associated with DPT program.
DPT/PhD(Eng) Joint Program Sequence
- First Year: Core Engineering Coursework (see relevant degree program for specifics); selection of primary research lab
- Second Year: 1st Year DPT Training; development of proposal for preliminary study; 1st clinical experience
- Third Year: 2nd Year DPT Training; execution and defense of preliminary study; 2nd clinical experience
- Fourth Year: Completion of DPT Training; Final long term clinical experiences; PT Licensure; Clinical Practice placement; Continuation of PhD work
- Fifth – Seventh Years: Part time clinical practice; progress towards completion of PhD
Part-time Clinical Practice requirement
It is critical that students develop expertise within the clinical environment in addition to their academic development so that they have a well-rounded appreciation to clinical problems that require technological solutions. Upon completion of the DPT program, students will be required to sit for the PT license exam within the state of Illinois. They are required to pass the exam within three attempts. Students will be placed within a supervised clinical practice environment three half-days per week (12 hours per week). Students will be paid a supplemental salary by the clinical institution. Potential clinical practice sites are now being established between NMH, RIC, and private practice clinics throughout the Chicagoland region.
Required and Elective Coursework
| Required Courses for PhD Component |
Units |
| Required Courses ("A" required to be exempted from quals) |
4
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| MECH_ENG 390 (Introduction to Dynamic Systems) |
1 |
| BMD_ENG 463 (Systems Neuropathophysiology) |
1 |
| EPI_BIO 302 (Introduction to Biostatistics) |
1 |
| ES_APPM 311-1 (Methods of Applied Mathematics) |
1 |
| Restricted Electives (3 courses from the following list; total of 5 elective courses including required courses) |
5 |
| BMD_ENG 343 (Biomaterials and Medical Devices) |
1 |
| BMD_ENG 346 (Tissue Engineering) |
1 |
| BMD_ENG 349 (Bioregenerative Engineering) |
1 |
| BMD_ENG 350 (Transport Fundamentals) |
1 |
| BMD_ENG 371 (Mechanics of Biological Tissue) |
1 |
| BMD_ENG 365 (Human Limbs and their Artificial Replacements) |
1 |
| BMD_ENG 366 (Biomechanics of Movement) |
1 |
| BMD_ENG 467 (Biomedical Robotics) |
1 |
| BMD_ENG 469 (Neural Control and the Mechanics of Movement) |
1 |
| EECS 374 (Introduction to Digital Control) |
1 |
| EECS 390 (Introduction to Robotics) |
1 |
| EECS 435 (Neural Networks) |
1 |
| MECH_ENG 333 (Introduction to Mechatronics) |
1 |
| MECH_ENG 391 (Fundamentals of Control Systems) |
1 |
| MECH_ENG 434 (Random Data and Spectral Analysis) |
1 |
| EECS 330 (Human Computer Interaction) |
1 |
| EECS 370 (Computer Game Design) |
1 |
| PTHMS 510 (Gross Anatomy) - taught by the Physical Therapy Department (if used to replace one course of physiology requirement due to established credit, then cannot be used in this category) |
1 |
| Total required units for the PhD component of the combined DPT/PhD Degree |
9 |
* Required courses and restricted electives are subject to change by the dissertation committee for each student, with the approval of the chair of the graduate program committee
Other DPT/PhD Degree Requirements
- Examinations: Graduate qualifying examinations for admission to candidacy
- Research/Projects: Thesis research
- PhD Dissertation: Original, independent research presented in a defensible thesis of high quality
- Final Evaluations: Defense of dissertation
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