Rehabilitation Science Certificate
Certificate Highlights
Evidence-based Approaches
Transfer Credits Into Our PhD Program
Take the first step toward earning your doctorate degree. Credits transfer directly from our Rehabilitation Science Certificate to our PhD in Health Science program.
Designed for Working Professionals
Learn while you continue working. Our certificate program is completely online; the structure and pace is designed specifically with busy professionals in mind. Practice what you learn at your own place of employment with feedback and guidance from our student-centered faculty.
Curriculum
At the completion of the Rehabilitation Science certificate program the student is expected to:
1. Advance their knowledge of connective tissue, healing, and implications for rehabilitation.
2. Examine evidence-based, objective measures of movement patterns, proprioception, flexibility, and strength required of individuals engaged in physical activity.
3. Create a progressive rehabilitation program based on current evidence and centered on restoring movement through corrective techniques.
4. Develop an integrative approach to selecting and using therapeutic interventions based on best practice.
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Credits
RS 600Connective Tissues & Healing3
This course provides an overview of connective tissue injury including degenerative processes, healing, and rehabilitation implications. Understanding of the relationships among connective tissues such as bone, ligaments, cartilage, capsule, tendon and muscle on a micro and macro level will be emphasized. Sports injuries, issues of aging, and rehabilitation principles in special populations will also be included. These principles will be applied to treatment procedure choices in rehabilitation.
Offered Fall Semester
RS 611Advanced Therapeutic Interventions3
This course will expose students to cutting-edge topics in rehabilitation clinical practice to develop an integrative approach to selecting appropriate evidence-based therapeutic interventions. Emphasis will be placed on the therapeutic management of mild traumatic brain injury, cardiac conditions, and orthopedic injury. Students will analyze current research to examine evidence-based techniques, indications and contraindications, preventative measures, and operational protocols for interventions relative to progressing through healing and restoring normal function and a highly competitive state for physically active individuals. Treatment effectiveness, patient satisfaction, return to activity decision-making, and critical assessment of evidence concerning patient care will be emphasized.
Offered Winter Semester
RS 612Motor Control & Corrective Techniques3
This course focuses on examining and analyzing scientific principles related to the mechanical understanding of motor control and the human body in motion. Emphasis is placed on principles of motor control, mobility, stability, movement patterns, and neurodevelopmental progression for patients undergoing rehabilitation. The goal is to develop a sequential and progressive rehabilitation program based on current evidence centered on restoring movement through corrective techniques.
Offered Fall Semester
HS 611Functional Assessment of Movement3
The purpose of this course is to examine evidence-based, objective measures of movement patterns, proprioception, flexibility, and strength required of individuals engaged in physical activity. Students will be exposed to injury prediction/prevention research and gain clinical skills in performing a comprehensive movement assessment. Factors contributing to movement dysfunction will be identified, and techniques for movement assessment will be outlined and discussed. Through a case-based format, students will formulate and present an intervention plan to address movement dysfunctions found during functional assessments that build on the basics and focus on movement constructs that will minimize future injury risk.
Offered Summer Semester
Semester Dates
Winter 2025
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Summer 2025
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Fall 2025
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What is the difference?
Priority Deadline
While admission decisions are provided on a rolling basis (decisions provided immediately after the application is reviewed), submitting your application by the priority deadline provides the most time for review.
The sooner applications are submitted and completed, the better the opportunity to review, accept, and enroll for the desired semester start.
Final Deadline
All applications and supplemental materials must be submitted by this date for the start of the upcoming semester. Any application submitted after this date will be moved to the following start date for that program.
Admission Requirements
A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a health/wellness-related field.
Tuition & Fees
2024
2025
Program Fees Details
This program is not eligible for Federal Student Loans. Private Loan options are available.
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Locked-in Tuition
Rocky Mountain University offers guaranteed tuition rates while completing your graduate degree. Our programs have a cost per credit rate lock once you are enrolled. Locked-in tuition helps you see your total cost from start to finish. If you defer to a later cohort start, you may be subject to an increased rate.