Graduate Program |
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The Master of Science in Communication Disorders is designed to prepare professional speech pathologists to meet the needs of the communicatively impaired in hospitals, clinics, nursing facilities, schools, etc. It is also designed to meet the academic and clinical requirements of the American Speech Language and Hearing Association, leading to national certification and state licensure.
A minimum of 42 academic and 7 clinical credits are required for graduation. The master’s program begins in the July term and ends in December of the second year. Students will be assigned to three different externship sites that include both educational and medical settings.
Graduate Course Sequence
| First Year |
| Summer |
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| CD 500 |
Research Methods |
| CD 509 |
Speech Science |
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| Fall |
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| CD 507 |
Dysphasia/Aphasia |
| CD 511 |
Neurology |
| CD 503 |
Advanced Diagnostics |
| CD 590 |
Clinical Internship |
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| Spring |
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| CD 502 |
Motor Speech Disorders |
| CD 504 |
Seminar in Language |
| CD 514 |
Dysphagia |
| CD 591 |
Clinical Externship |
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| Second Year |
| Summer |
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| May Term |
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| CD 506 |
Disfluency |
| Term A |
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| CD 508 |
Voice Disorders |
| CD 591 |
Clinical Externship |
| Term B |
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| CD 505 |
Orofacial Anomalies |
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| Fall |
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| CD 510 |
Professional Issues |
| CD 512 or CD 513 |
Phonology/Advanced Neurogenics |
| CD 515 |
Pediatric Audiology |
| CD 591 |
Clinical Externship |
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