Courses

Below you will find the current course offerings listed by semester and then alphabetically by department. Students and Faculty should log in to workday.simmons.edu and view the live course listings for the current semester. The current semester listings below are updated weekly. If you have any questions about these courses, please contact the Registrar's Office at or 617-521-2111.

Summer 2023 Course Schedule

Last Updated: 12/10/2023 06:04AM

Doctorate of ABA

DABA 633 - Advanced Single Subject Design

This course prepares doctoral students in Behavior Analysis to critically evaluate single subject design research and propose single subject design research that meets quality indicators and standards of evidence. Students read textbooks, methodological studies, and research articles. There is practice with critically evaluating studies and manuscripts, writing research proposals, and graphing. Students write a conceptual paper synthesizing a methodological topic in single subject design research. This course provides advanced methodological analyses and skills needed to design doctoral dissertation and other research using single subject design.

Section Section Dates Time Instructor Credits Location
OL01 2023/05/17 - 2023/08/16
Wednesday
6:00PM - 9:30PM
Judah Axe
4
TBD

DABA 635 - Behavioral Medicine

Behavioral Medicine is an important area of research, teaching, and clinical practice. It is the study of the factors influencing the behavioral and physical health of people, and takes a biopsychosocial approach in accounting for illness and wellness. This course will review different areas of practice in behavioral medicine, including prevention, intervention, treatment adherence, and maintenance of health behavior change. Topics include technology in health behavior change, physical activity, healthy eating, chronic illness, mental health, pain and stress, substance use, mood disorders, behavioral dentistry, pediatric behavioral challenges, age-related disorders, and other areas of disease, health, and wellness. Students will review and present empirical studies, and develop and present a research proposal that examines a unique question in behavioral medicine.

Section Section Dates Time Instructor Credits Location
OL01 2023/05/16 - 2023/08/22
Tuesday
6:00PM - 9:30PM
Gretchen Dittrich
4
TBD

DABA 690 - Dissertation Lab

This course occurs in a small group seminar format, once a week for an hour, although individual meetings with one�s advisor may occur outside of this schedule. The purpose is to prepare students for the design, development, writing and defense of their dissertation proposal and formal dissertation. Because this course occurs in a small group format, students will be at different stages of the dissertation process. For example, some students may be formalizing and operationalizing their research question whereas others may be preparing for their dissertation defense. As a consequence, the doctoral students who are further along in the process advise and provide support for those students just starting out. Students are assigned to a Dissertation Lab during their first or second semester in the program, and enroll in and attend Dissertation Lab each semester thereafter, while taking other doctoral-level courses. Although students will develop and defend their dissertation proposal while taking other doctoral-level courses, all required coursework must completed prior to one defending their actual dissertation. If a student completes 12 credits of DABA 690without writing and defending their dissertation, they must enroll in DABA 699 Extension until they have successfully completed and defended their dissertation.

Section Section Dates Time Instructor Credits Location
OL01 2023/05/15 - 2023/08/21
Monday
4:00PM - 5:00PM
Ronald Allen
1
TBD
OL02 2023/05/15 - 2023/08/21
Monday
3:30PM - 4:30PM
Judah Axe
1
TBD
OL03 2023/05/15 - 2023/08/21
Monday
4:00PM - 5:00PM
Gretchen Dittrich
1
TBD
OL04 2023/05/15 - 2023/08/21
Monday
4:00PM - 5:00PM
Philip Chase
1
TBD
OL05 2023/05/15 - 2023/08/21
Monday
3:00PM - 4:00PM
Russell Maguire
1
TBD
OL07 2023/05/15 - 2023/08/21
Monday
4:30PM - 5:30PM
Kylan Turner
1
TBD

DABA 699 - Dissertation Extension

This is an extension of the dissertation lab. If a student completes 12 credits of DABA 690 without writing and defending their dissertation, they must enroll in DABA 699 Extension until they have successfully completed and defended their dissertation. Note: DABA 699 extension is a 0-credit course, but carries a 1-credit tuition fee.

Section Section Dates Time Instructor Credits Location
OL01 2023/05/15 - 2023/08/21
Monday
4:00PM - 5:00PM
Ronald Allen
TBD
TBD
OL02 2023/05/15 - 2023/08/21
Monday
3:30PM - 4:30PM
Judah Axe
TBD
TBD
OL03 2023/05/15 - 2023/08/21
Monday
4:00PM - 5:00PM
Gretchen Dittrich
TBD
TBD
OL04 2023/05/15 - 2023/08/21
Monday
4:00PM - 5:00PM
Philip Chase
TBD
TBD
OL05 2023/05/15 - 2023/08/21
Monday
3:00PM - 4:00PM
Russell Maguire
TBD
TBD
OL07 2023/05/16 - 2023/08/22
Tuesday
6:30PM - 7:30PM
Kylan Turner
TBD
TBD

Doctor of Philosophy in Educ.

DEDU 699 - Dissertation Extension

Section Section Dates Time Instructor Credits Location
OL1 TBD TBD
Benjamin Cole
TBD
TBD

Doctor of Physical Therapy

DPT 621 - Human Anatomy

Knowledge of human anatomy is essential for physical therapists to make clinical decisions regarding examination, evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis, and development of a plan of care for patients and clients. This course is an in-depth study of the human body through cadaver dissection and lecture/discussion. Students apply the knowledge gained in this course to all subsequent physical therapy courses.

Section Section Dates Time Instructor Credits Location
01 2023/05/30 - 2023/08/04
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
12:00PM - 1:20PM
Rachel Verrill
7
Main Campus

DPT 621L - Human Anatomy Lab

Section Section Dates Time Instructor Credits Location
01 2023/05/30 - 2023/08/04
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
8:00AM - 10:20AM
Rachel Verrill
TBD
TBD

DPT 631 - Clinical Medicine

In this introductory course, students learn basic concepts that will be utilized throughout the duration of the DPT program and their careers. Students will learn fundamental principles related to imaging, pharmacology, and body systems not covered elsewhere in the curriculum. The course will be framed within the context of the Human Movement System and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health. Lectures will incorporate active learning strategies and emphasis will be made to incorporate content from the co-requisite course DPT 621 Human Anatomy. The focus of this course will be to lay the foundation of information by introducing students to concepts that they will apply in future courses.

Section Section Dates Time Instructor Credits Location
01 2023/05/31 - 2023/08/02
Wednesday
12:00PM - 2:20PM
Jenna Powers
2
Main Campus

DPT 701 - Clinical Experience I

Students apply knowledge and skills in patient/client management in a health care setting and learn to address the physical therapy needs of actual patients and clients under the supervision of a physical therapist. The experience requires students to be in the clinical setting for approximately 40 hours per week for 12 weeks.

Section Section Dates Time Instructor Credits Location
01 TBD TBD
Jillian Kulinski
5
TBD

DPT 714 - Professional Seminar

The professional seminar for this semester has been designed to build upon your prior clinical experiences, as well as topics from previous professional seminars to help prepare for your final two full time clinical experiences and your future as a physical therapist. The seminar will include discussion topics, guest speakers, and assignments to assist you in preparing for upcoming clinical experiences and move forward with your professional development so that you feel prepared, informed and confident in your abilities to enter into the profession of Physical Therapy. Integrated Clinical Experiences (ICEs) will also be included within the course. Each student will be assigned to an ICE for 1 day a week for 4 weeks in either DPT 713 or DPT 714. Experiences will be in a variety of settings, which include, but are not limited to: neuro (IP or OP), women's health and/or pediatrics. Please refer to Clinical Education Manual for Policy and Procedures.

Section Section Dates Time Instructor Credits Location
01 2023/05/31 - 2023/08/02
Wednesday
1:00PM - 2:20PM
Matthew O'Rourke
1
Main Campus

DPT 724 - Advanced Topics

This course is designed to build upon concepts covered in prior musculoskeletal and clinical course work and introduce advanced and specialty topics in musculoskeletal physical therapy. Students will integrate and apply previous knowledge and skills to new contexts while critically analyzing physical therapy practice in the musculoskeletal setting. The course will be divided into three main areas. The first will address the history, clinical decision-making, application, and efficacy of manual therapy techniques including mobilization and manipulation to the spine and extremities. The second portion of the semester will build upon these concepts while addressing the anatomy, epidemiology, pathology, and management of individuals with temporomandibular joint dysfunction, upper cervical spine dysfunction, headaches, thoracic outlet syndrome, pediatric/adolescent scoliosis and Women's health related diagnoses. The third portion of the course will address the physical therapy, medical and orthotic/prosthetic management of amputations. Concepts of modern pain science will be integrated into each of these topic areas. This course includes lecture and laboratory and is designed to utilize integrated clinical experiences to build on clinical care in an evidenced based format.

Section Section Dates Time Instructor Credits Location
01 2023/06/05 - 2023/07/31
Monday
8:00AM - 11:50AM
Matthew O'Rourke
3
Main Campus

DPT 724L - Advanced Topics Lab

Section Section Dates Time Instructor Credits Location
01 2023/05/31 - 2023/08/02
Wednesday
8:00AM - 11:50AM
Matthew O'Rourke
TBD
Main Campus

DPT 734 - Complex Conditions

This course integrates learning from all previous courses that addressed frameworks for physical therapy practice. A case discussion/presentation approach is used to enhance skills in differential diagnosis and clinical decision-making for patients of all ages with complicated and multi-system problems.

Section Section Dates Time Instructor Credits Location
01 2023/05/30 - 2023/08/01
Tuesday
1:00PM - 3:50PM
Stacey Maguire
2
Main Campus

DPT 754 - Research Seminar: Systematic Review

This is the fifth course in the research sequence of the curriculum, for students who opt for, and selected for systematic review. This course is the final part of the capstone research course. This is an advanced course focused on the critical review of the scientific literature, building upon content from DPT 652, DPT 653, DPT 752, and DPT 753. The critical review of the literature will be on a topic directly pertaining to physical therapy (e.g. diagnosis, intervention, education, etc.). The course design is to foster collaborative investigation, critique, and writing leading toward dissemination.

Section Section Dates Time Instructor Credits Location
01 2023/05/30 - 2023/08/01
Tuesday
11:00AM - 11:50AM
Justin Beebe
1
Main Campus

DPT 764 - Research Seminary: Faculty Directed Research

This is the fifth course in the research sequence of the curriculum, for students who opt for, and selected for faculty directed research. This course is the final part of the capstone research course. This is an advanced course in research methodology and design, which builds upon DPT 652, DPT 653, DPT 752, and DPT 763. Students complete projects begun during Year II, as designated by the faculty advisor. The course design is to foster collaborative research activities leading toward dissemination.

Section Section Dates Time Instructor Credits Location
01 2023/05/30 - 2023/08/01
Tuesday
10:00AM - 10:50AM
Justin Beebe
1
Main Campus

DPT 784 - Frameworks for Physical Therapy: Nuromuscular II

This course is a continuation of DPT 783. Students expand their neuroscience knowledge and repertoire of physical therapy examination, evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis, and management skills for a broader variety of neuromuscular problems and more complex patient cases. Teaching and learning methods include lecture, laboratory activities, patient cases, and small group self-directed, problem-based tutorials, and integrated clinical experiences. Includes lecture and laboratory sessions.

Section Section Dates Time Instructor Credits Location
01 2023/05/30 - 2023/08/03
Tuesday, Thursday
8:00AM - 9:50AM
Julie Shulman
5
Main Campus

DPT 784L - Frameworks for Physical Therapy: Nuromuscular II Lab

Section Section Dates Time Instructor Credits Location
01 2023/06/01 - 2023/08/03
Thursday
11:00AM - 12:50PM
TBD
TBD
Main Campus
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