Sample RT Plans of Study
Note: Due to UALR’s closing of the RT/VRT program, students entering the program will have to successfully complete the required courses as per the following plan of study in order to finish the degree within the phase-out time.
Summer, 2010: RHBL 5302 Basic Independent Living Skills for Persons with Impaired Vision; online course begins week of May 24, with the required hands-on assessment workshop in Little Rock, July 26 – July 31, 2010; COUN 7360 Rehabilitation Foundations; Total: 6 credit hours
Fall, 2010: RHBL 7314 Braille and Relevant Formats, RHBL 7315 Medical Aspects of Blindness and Associated Disabilities; Semester total: 6 credit hours; Total: 12 credit hours
Spring, 2011: RHBL 7311 Methods of Teaching Adaptive Communication Skills for Persons with Impaired Vision [prerequisites: Braille and Basic IL; Spring semester begins in January with the required hands-on assessment workshop in Little Rock usually the last week in April]; RHBL 7325 Low Vision [prerequisite: Medical Aspects or consent of the instructor]; Semester total: 6 credit hours; Total: 18 credit hours
Summer, 2011: COUN 7362 Psychological Aspects of Disability; EDFN 7303 Introduction to Educational Research; Semester total: 6 credit hours; Total: 24 credit hours
Fall, 2011: RHBL 7314 Principles of Rehabilitation Teaching [Prerequisite: RHBL 7310 OR RHBL 7311]; CNSL 7301 Theoretical Aspects of Counseling; Semester total: 6 credit hours; Total: 30 credit hours
Spring, 2012: RHBL 7310 Methods of Teaching Adaptive Independent Living Skills for Persons with Impaired Vision [Prerequisites: Braille and Basic IL; required hands-on assessment workshop in Little Rock usually held the last week in April; CNSL 7302 Techniques of the Counseling Interview [Prerequisite: CNSL 7301; required 3 day workshop in LR, usually held the week before or week after the RT Methods workshop]. Semester Total: 6 credit hours; Total: 36 credit hours.
Summer, 2012: RHBL 7390 Supervised Practicum in RT/VRT; Note: Practicum can begin as soon as the spring workshop is completed.* Semester Total: 3 credit hours; Total: 39 credit hours.
Fall, 2012: RHBL 7395 Internship in RT/VRT*; Note; Internship can begin as soon as the practicum is completed. Semester Total: 3 credit hours; Total 42 credit hours.
Graduation: December, 2012!
*N.B. The actual length of time for the field experiences will depend on whether they are completed on a full time or part time basis and when the number of required direct contact hours are completed. Time is a major issue between a center-based or itinerant placement, due to the amount of travel time involved in itinerant service delivery.
For the RT degree the field experiences [combined practicum and internship] must total a minimum of 350 clinical experience hours of which 275 are to be direct, face-to-face instruction with clients.