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Graduate Curriculum

 Traditional Two-Year Curriculum for Students Entering Fall 2023

Fall 1

Credit Hours

Spring 1

Credit Hours
SPHS 5120 Assessment of Communication Disorders 3 SPHS 5210 School-Age Language Disorders 3
SPHS 5130 Pediatric Language Disorders 3 SPHS 5220 Aphasia/Cog Ling. Disorders 3
SPHS 5140 Speech Sound Disorders 3 SPHS 5230 Fluency Disorders 3

Electives:

SPHS 5310 Intro to AAC

OR:

SPHS 5520 Bilingual/Multilingual Assessment

 3 SPHS 5330 Dysphagia 3
SPHS 5988 Clinical Education 1 SPHS 5988 Clinical Education 1
SPHS 5990 Clinical Practicum 2 SPHS 5990 Clinical Practicum 2
Total Credit Hours Fall 1 15 Total Credit Hours Spring 1 15

 

Summer
Electives: SPHS 5335 Pediatric Dysphagia 2
SPHS 5990 Clinical Practicum 6
Total Credit Hours Summer 6 or 8

 

Fall 2 Credit Hours Spring 2 Credit Hours
SPHS 5110 Research Methods 3 SPHS 5410 Professional/ Multicultural Issues (online) 3
SPHS 5350 Voice Disorders/Head& Neck Anomalies 3 SPHS 5989 Externship in CD 9
SPHS 5340 Motor Speech Disorders 3    

Electives:

SPHS 5360 Comm Disorders ASD

OR:

SPHS 5320 Acquired Neurogenic Disorders

 3    
SPHS 5990 Clinical Practicum 3    
Total Credit Hours Fall 2 15 Total Credit Hours Spring 2 12

 

 

 

Leveling Program

The graduate program for students without a background in Communication Disorders is generally one year longer because one year of leveling is required. There are 30 credit hours of graduate course work to be taken during the leveling year for students without a Communication Disorders undergraduate degree, as listed below. In addition to the course work offered through the Communication Disorders Department, stduents who have not completed a 3 credit hour course in each of the following subjects: Biology, Chemistry or Physics, and Statistics, will need to complete these courses as well in order to be elligible for certification and licensure upon graduation with a M.A. degree in Communication Disorders.

Fall 1 Credit Hours Spring 1 Credit Hours
SPHS 4510 Phonetics 3 SPHS 4620 Speech & Hearing Science 3
SPHS 4520 Audiology 3 SPHS 4610 Language Acquisition 3
SPHS 4710 Speech Disorders 3 SPHS 4830 Aural Rehabilitation 3
SPHS 4715 Language Disorders 3 SPHS 4820 Neural Bases of CD 3
SPHS 4720 Anatomy & Physiology 3 SPHS 4810 Clinical Methods & Proc. 3