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

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Boston University Sargent
College of Rehabilitation Sciences
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Sargent College
TypePrivate
Established1881
President Ken Freeman [1]
Provost Ken Lutchen [2]
Dean Jack Dennerlein [3]
Academic staff
72 full-time [4]
68 part-time [4]
Undergraduates 1239 [4]
Postgraduates 451 [4]
Address
635 Commonwealth Avenue
,
Boston
,
Massachusetts
,
United States
CampusUrban
Website www.bu.edu/sargent

The Boston University Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (SAR) is a school 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.

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History

In 1881, Dudley Allen Sargent founded the Sargent School of Physical Training in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [5] During the decades that followed the establishment of the School, 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 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 outpatient clinic, and faculty and staff offices.

Areas of study

The Sargent College has four academic departments that confer degrees upon undergraduate and graduate students: [6]

Undergraduate

SAR offers the following degrees at the undergraduate level:

Graduate

SAR offers the following degrees in the graduate program:

Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation

BU Sargent College houses the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, [11] the first nationally funded psychiatric rehabilitation center in the United States.[ citation needed ]As of 2005, it was designated as the World Health Organization Collaborating Center in Psychiatric Rehabilitation. [12]

U.S. News Best Graduate Schools

Over the years, U.S. News & World Report 's Best Graduate School rankings have consistently found the graduate programs at BU Sargent College to be among the best in the country. As of 2020, Sargent College graduate programs ranked as follows: occupational therapy program was ranked number 1 (out of 198 programs), [13] physical therapy was ranked number 20 (out of 239 programs), [14] and speech-language pathology was ranked number 10 (out of 261 programs). [15]

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  2. ↑ "Boston University Provost". Archived from the original on 2009-09-05. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
  3. ↑ "Sargent College Dean's welcome". Archived from the original on 2010-01-09. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Sargent College fast facts". Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
  5. ↑ "Sargent College History" . Retrieved 2010-01-02.
  6. ↑ "Sargent College academic departments" . Retrieved 2010-01-02.
  7. ↑ "Department of Health Sciences". Archived from the original on 2010-01-09. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
  8. ↑ "Department of Occupational Therapy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-09. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
  9. ↑ "Department of Physical Therapy & Athletic Training". Archived from the original on 2010-01-09. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
  10. ↑ "Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences". Archived from the original on 2009-12-30. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
  11. ↑ "About". Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation. Boston University. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
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  13. ↑ "U.S. News & World Report Occupational Therapy rankings" . Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  14. ↑ "U.S. News & World Report Physical Therapy rankings" . Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  15. ↑ "U.S. News & World Report Speech-Language Pathology rankings" . Retrieved 2022-08-24.

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