Boston University College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (Sargent College)
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The Boston University College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College (SAR) is a unit of Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...

. The College offers both undergraduate and graduate degree programs to prepare students for both research and clinical careers in health care and the rehabilitation
Physical therapy
Physical therapy , often abbreviated PT, is a health care profession. Physical therapy is concerned with identifying and maximizing quality of life and movement potential within the spheres of promotion, prevention, diagnosis, treatment/intervention,and rehabilitation...

 sciences.

History

In 1881, Dr. Dudley Allen Sargent
Dudley Allen Sargent
Dudley Allen Sargent was a United States educator, lecturer and director of physical training.-Biography:...

 founded the Sargent School of Physical Training in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...

. During the decades that followed the establishment of the School, Dr. Sargent built a reputation as an innovator in physical conditioning and health promotion. At the Sargent School, students learned training techniques to strengthen and improve the physical capabilities of all people, including both disabled and healthy individuals. This emphasis on comprehensive health care remains a focus of the College today. Sargent College became part of Boston University in 1929, five years after Dr. Sargent's death.

In the fall of 1990, BU Sargent College moved to an extensively renovated facility at 635 Commonwealth Avenue. The six-story building contains classrooms, student lounges, research laboratories, an alumni room, an outpatient rehabilitation clinic and faculty and staff offices.

Areas of study

The Sargent College has four academic departments that confer degrees upon undergraduate and graduate students:
  • Department of Health Sciences
  • Department of Occupational Therapy
  • Department of Physical Therapy & Athletic Training
  • Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences

Undergraduate

SAR offers the following degrees at the undergraduate level:
  • Bachelor of Science
    Bachelor of Science
    A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...

     (BS)
    • Athletic Training
    • Health Science
    • Nutritional Science
      Nutrition
      Nutrition is the provision, to cells and organisms, of the materials necessary to support life. Many common health problems can be prevented or alleviated with a healthy diet....

    • Occupational Therapy
      Occupational therapy
      Occupational therapy is a discipline that aims to promote health by enabling people to perform meaningful and purposeful activities. Occupational therapists work with individuals who suffer from a mentally, physically, developmentally, and/or emotionally disabling condition by utilizing treatments...

       (BS/MSOT)
    • Physical Therapy
      Physical therapy
      Physical therapy , often abbreviated PT, is a health care profession. Physical therapy is concerned with identifying and maximizing quality of life and movement potential within the spheres of promotion, prevention, diagnosis, treatment/intervention,and rehabilitation...

    • Speech, Language
      Speech and language pathology
      Speech-Language Pathology specializes in communication disorders.The main components of speech production include: phonation, the process of sound production; resonance, opening and closing of the vocal folds; intonation, the variation of pitch; and voice, including aeromechanical components of...

       & Hearing Sciences
    • Dietetics
    • Human Physiology
      Human physiology
      Human physiology is the science of the mechanical, physical, bioelectrical, and biochemical functions of humans in good health, their organs, and the cells of which they are composed. Physiology focuses principally at the level of organs and systems...


Graduate

SAR offers the following degrees in the graduate program:
  • Master of Science
    Master of Science
    A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:...

     (MS)
    • Applied Anatomy and Physiology
    • Nutrition
    • Nutrition-Dietetic Internship
    • Speech-Language Pathology
  • Master of Science in Occupational Therapy (MSOT)
    • Occupational Therapy
  • Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study (CAGS)
    • Audiology
    • Speech-Language Counseling
  • Doctor of Science
    Doctor of Science
    Doctor of Science , usually abbreviated Sc.D., D.Sc., S.D. or Dr.Sc., is an academic research degree awarded in a number of countries throughout the world. In some countries Doctor of Science is the name used for the standard doctorate in the sciences, elsewhere the Sc.D...

     (ScD)
    • Rehabilitation Sciences
  • Doctor of Philosophy
    Doctor of Philosophy
    Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...

     (PhD)
    • Applied Anatomy and Physiology
    • Audiology
    • Speech-Language Pathology
  • Doctor of Physical Therapy
    Doctor of Physical Therapy
    The Doctor of Physical Therapy or Doctor of Physiotherapy is a post-baccalaureate three-year degree conferred upon successful completion of a professional clinical doctoral level professional or post-professional physical therapist education program for the licensed physical therapist...

     (DPT)
    • Physical Therapy

U.S. News Best Graduate Schools

Over the years, U.S. News and World Reports' Best Graduate School rankings have consistently found the graduate programs at BU Sargent College to be among the best in the country. In 2008, Sargent College was ranked number 1 for occupational therapy programs, 24th for physical therapy programs, and 25th for speech-language pathology programs. To see the rankings for this year, visit U.S. News and look for BU Sargent College or Boston University.

World Health Organization Certified Center

BU Sargent College houses a World Health Organization
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...

 certified Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, the first nationally funded psychiatric rehabilitation center in the United States.

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