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Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Requisites

All students will take the following:

    1.) Core courses (26 credit hours)

    2.) Electives (6 credit hours – up to 4 of which may be cross listed core courses)

    3.) Research (3)

    4.) Master's Report (3) or Thesis (6)

This sequence results in a total of 38 hours of academic course work over the course of five to six semesters. Clinical practicum requires enrollment for additional credit hours each semester and summer.

Please note that these requirements are subject to change for each academic catalog (published every two years). However, the requirements in effect at the time of a student's initial enrollment in the Graduate School will comprise the official degree program for that student, regardless of any subsequent changes in the Master's program.

Core Courses

CSD 293D Developmental Speech Disorders

CSD 293D Developmental Language Disorders

CSD 293D Voice Disorders

CSD 293D Fluency Disorders

CSD 293D Language Intervention with Infants and Toddlers

CSD 293D Language Intervention with School Age Children

CSD 293E Acquired Language Disorders

CSD 293E Measurement in Communication Sciences and Disorders

CSD 293E Dysphagia

CSD 293E Language Theory and Bilingualism or CSD 293E Cognitive and Linguistic Foundations of Language Development and Disorders.

CSD 293F Acquired Speech Disorders

CSD 293F Aphasia

Electives

Six credit hours selected by student with approval of adviser. Courses may be taken in CSD or in other University departments.

Research Sequence with Thesis or Report

CSD 386N Research in Communication Sciences and Disorders or CSD 698A Master's Thesis

CSD 398R Master's Report or CSD 698 B Master's Thesis