The Rehabilitation Science curriculum is designed to produce undergraduate rehabilitation generalists who have training and experience conducive to successful careers in various rehabilitation service programs. Within the Rehabilitation Science major seven minors are offered: 1) Addictions, 2) Aging, 3) Child Welfare and Social Services, 4) Corrections, 5) Disabilities Studies, and 6) Recreation Services.
The Rehabilitation Science Program is dedicated to nurturing the scholastic development, respect for diversity, ethical behavior, passion for advocacy, and professionalism of future rehabilitation practitioners. The graduates from the program will effectively serve the needs of the community, individuals with disabilities, and other human service populations. In order to accomplish this mission, the program has a primary objective to develop personnel for careers with state and private agencies that provide rehabilitation services to persons with disabilities. The program prepares scholars to enter the workforce immediately upon graduation or to pursue additional educational training in graduate school.
Upon graduation from the program students may work in a variety of roles such as case worker, case manager, parole officer, probation officer, juvenile intake officer, children and family service worker, addictions professional, or a number of rehabilitation service provider roles in direct service settings. Examples of these settings are state rehabilitation services, developmental disability centers, psychiatric treatment facilities, correctional settings, nursing homes, halfway houses, community based rehabilitation facilities, workforce centers, disability determination units, senior centers, addictions treatment facilities, and occupational training schools.
Graduates from the program who elect to attend graduate school typically pursue degrees in rehabilitation counseling, other counseling specialties, psychology related fields, social work, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and other human service related fields of study. Entry into some of these graduate programs requires specific electives that will be explained during advising.
Expected August 2024
College of Arts and Humanities
Witherspoon Hall 240,
407 West Q Street,
RUSSELLVILLE,
Arkansas,
72801, United States
Students must have completion of secondary education requirements or the equivalency of US high school.
A minimum score of 500 on the written TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language), 173 on the computerized TOEFL or 61 on the Internet-based TOEFL.
A minimum score of 5.5 on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS
An EIKEN score of Grade 2A.
A minimum score of 42 on the PTE (Pearson Test of English).
.*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.