Boston University College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (Sargent College)

The Boston University College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College (SAR) is a unit of Boston University. The College offers both undergraduate and graduate degree programs to prepare students for both research and clinical careers in health care and the rehabilitation sciences.

History

In 1881, Dr. Dudley Allen Sargent founded the Sargent School of Physical Training in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 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.

Academics

SAR offers the following areas of study at the undergraduate level:

* Athletic Training (BS)
* Health Science (BS)
* Nutritional Science (BS, Pre-Med)
* Occupational Therapy (BS/MSOT)
* Physical Therapy (BS/DPT)
* Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences (BS)
* Dietetics (BS)
* Human Physiology (BS, Pre-Med)

SAR offers the following degrees in the graduate program:

* Master of Science (MS)
** Applied Anatomy and Physiology
** Nutrition
** Nutrition-Dietetic Internship
** Occupational Therapy
** Speech-Language Pathology
* Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study (CAGS)
** Audiology
** Speech-Language Counseling
* Doctor of Science (ScD)
** Rehabilitation Sciences
* Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
** Applied Anatomy and Physiology
** Audiology
** Speech-Language Pathology
* Doctor of Physical Therapy (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. 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 certified Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, the first nationally funded psychiatric rehabilitation center in the United States.

External links

* [http://www.bu.edu/sargent Boston University College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (Sargent College)]