The Master of Science in Rehabilitation Sciences prepares practicing professionals for leadership roles in physical therapy. You must have a bachelor degree in health-related sciences or entry level professional degree in physical therapy in order to be eligible for this program.

The program's required courses develop:

• advanced knowledge of movement control and the basis for movement dysfunction,
• skills in measurement of impairment, functional limitations, and disability,
• skills in research on movement dysfunction and the outcomes of rehabilitation, and oral and written communication skills.

The program culminates in a research thesis on a topic of interest. Graduates of the program are prepared to engage in scientifically based musculoskeletal or neurologic research, entry-level teaching, or graduate study at the doctoral level.

Graduate students in rehabilitation sciences have access to faculty mentors with a wide variety of backgrounds in both basic and clinical sciences. In addition, there are dozens of specialized clinical facilities in the Chicago metropolitan area with which the department maintains clinical affiliation agreements. Departmental laboratory facilities include a movement science laboratory and a clinical gait and motion analysis laboratory.