/Institutions/Messiah-College/json/2024-2025/Graduate-Catalog-local.json
/Institutions/Messiah-College/json/2024-2025/Graduate-Catalog.json
Doctor of Science in PT (D.Sc.)
Degree Concentrations
- Academic Leadership Concentration
- Orthopaedic Manual Therapy Concentration
Program Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate advanced knowledge of physical therapy research, principles, and practices.
- Demonstrate knowledge of fundamental research, principles, and practices in higher education teaching.
- Contribute to the body of scholarship in physical therapy and/or physical therapy education.
- Apply physical therapy skills associated with advanced professional practice.
- Demonstrate effective higher education classroom pedagogy.
- Describe appropriate connections between Christian principles and professional growth and leadership in the field of physical therapy and/or physical therapy education.
- Apply ethical principles to complex problem-solving and decision-making in physical therapy and/or physical therapy education contexts.
- Address key issues related to serving diverse populations in healthcare and higher education.
Degree Requirements (57-58 credits)
Program Core Requirements (31 credits)
| HIED 513 | Institutional Assessment and Effectiveness | 3 |
| HIED 520 | Academic Engagement and Learning in Higher Education | 3 |
| HIED 525 | Curriculum Development in Higher Education | 3 |
| HLTH 506 | Bioethics | 3 |
| HLTH 808 | Statistics for Evidence Based Practice | 3 |
| HLTH 810 | Scholarly Writing & Research Design | 3 |
| HLTH 950 | Dissertation I | 4 |
| HLTH 952 | Dissertation II | 3 |
| HLTH 954 | Dissertation III | 3 |
| One of the following: | |
| HIED 514 | Equity Issues in Higher Education | 3 |
| LEAD 560 | Diversity and Leadership | 3 |
Academic Leadership Concentration (27 credits)
| One of the following: | |
| HLTH 830 | Primary Care Physical Therapy Practice | 3 |
| HLTH 834 | Medical Diagnostics and Clinical Decision Making | 3 |
| HLTH 836 | Neuroscience of Pain | 3 |
| HLTH 842 | Advanced Topics in Physical Therapy | 3 |
| One of the following: | |
| HLTH 620 | Collaboration in Inter-professional Teams | 3 |
| | |
| HIED 512 | Organizational Culture and Governance in Higher Education | 3 |
| OR | |
| LEAD 505 | Strategic Thinking, Planning and Organizational Change | 3 |
| | |
| HIED 515 | Strategic Leadership in Higher Education | 3 |
| OR | |
| LEAD 515 | Best Practices in Leadership | 3 |
| | |
| HIED 555 | Spiritual Formation in Higher Education | 3 |
| OR | |
| LEAD 501 | The Character of a Leader | 3 |
| Seven of the following (21 credits): | |
| HLTH 620 | Collaboration in Inter-professional Teams | 3 |
| HLTH 830 | Primary Care Physical Therapy Practice | 3 |
| HLTH 834 | Medical Diagnostics and Clinical Decision Making | 3 |
| HLTH 836 | Neuroscience of Pain | 3 |
| HLTH 842 | Advanced Topics in Physical Therapy | 3 |
| | |
| HIED 512 | Organizational Culture and Governance in Higher Education | 3 |
| OR | |
| LEAD 505 | Strategic Thinking, Planning and Organizational Change | 3 |
| | |
| HIED 515 | Strategic Leadership in Higher Education | 3 |
| OR | |
| LEAD 515 | Best Practices in Leadership | 3 |
| | |
| HIED 555 | Spiritual Formation in Higher Education | 3 |
| OR | |
| LEAD 501 | The Character of a Leader | 3 |
Orthopaedic Manual Therapy Concentration (26 credits)
| HLTH 932 | Advanced Upper Quadrant Integration | 3 |
| HLTH 934 | Advanced Lower Quadrant Integration | 3 |
| HLTH 936 | Theory and Practice of Advanced Spinal HVLAT | 4 |
| HLTH 938 | Advanced Clinical Reasoning | 3 |
| HLTH 940 | Advanced Oral-Practical Evaluation | 3 |
| One of the following: | |
| HLTH 830 | Primary Care Physical Therapy Practice | 3 |
| HLTH 834 | Medical Diagnostics and Clinical Decision Making | 3 |
| HLTH 836 | Neuroscience of Pain | 3 |
| HLTH 842 | Advanced Topics in Physical Therapy | 3 |
| One of the following: | |
| HLTH 620 | Collaboration in Inter-professional Teams | 3 |
| | |
| HIED 512 | Organizational Culture and Governance in Higher Education | 3 |
| OR | |
| LEAD 505 | Strategic Thinking, Planning and Organizational Change | 3 |
| | |
| HIED 515 | Strategic Leadership in Higher Education | 3 |
| OR | |
| LEAD 515 | Best Practices in Leadership | 3 |
| | |
| HIED 555 | Spiritual Formation in Higher Education | 3 |
| OR | |
| LEAD 501 | The Character of a Leader | 3 |
| Two of the following: | |
| HLTH 620 | Collaboration in Inter-professional Teams | 3 |
| HLTH 830 | Primary Care Physical Therapy Practice | 3 |
| HLTH 834 | Medical Diagnostics and Clinical Decision Making | 3 |
| HLTH 836 | Neuroscience of Pain | 3 |
| HLTH 842 | Advanced Topics in Physical Therapy | 3 |
| | |
| HIED 512 | Organizational Culture and Governance in Higher Education | 3 |
| OR | |
| LEAD 505 | Strategic Thinking, Planning and Organizational Change | 3 |
| | |
| HIED 515 | Strategic Leadership in Higher Education | 3 |
| OR | |
| LEAD 515 | Best Practices in Leadership | 3 |
| | |
| HIED 555 | Spiritual Formation in Higher Education | 3 |
| OR | |
| LEAD 501 | The Character of a Leader | 3 |