The purpose of graduate education in allied health is to provide health practitioners with discipline-specific course work and appropriate electives to advance their knowledge in their respective disciplines. In addition, each allied health graduate student takes a set of core research methods courses leading to the completion of a thesis. All students are assigned a graduate advisor immediately upon acceptance to the graduate program. A program of study is developed early in the graduate education process to meet the student's educational objectives. The student then forms a graduate committee that will advise him or her on any special needs and assist in selecting a thesis topic.
Faculty members are especially sensitive to students who are employed full-time.
In many cases students integrate their thesis experience with their work environment. The requirements are highly program specific and can be obtained from eachprogram. Undergraduate grade point average of 3.00 or higher on a 4.00 scale. The student's application materials will be reviewed by the School of Allied Health Sciences Graduate Studies Committee. There are no deadlines for submission.