PhD in Rehabilitation Science Program

In addition to the general requirements of the KU Graduate School, the basic requirements for a PhD in Rehabilitation Science include the following:

• Achieving satisfactory grades in a minimum of 51 credit hours of course work. The requirements include 21 credit hours of core courses, 8 credit hours of research tools, one course in a foreign language or other research skills (FLORS), 12 credit hours of doctoral dissertation research, and 6 credit hours of cognate elective courses.
  
  
• Demonstration of competence in the core areas of study and FLORS, by successfully completing the qualifying and comprehensive examinations required to be a PhD candidate.
  
  
• Satisfactory completion of a dissertation based on an original research work.
  
  
• Successful oral presentation and defense or the dissertation.