Curriculum
With an emphasis on best practices and applying research, the integration of classroom and clinical education in Pitt’s Doctor of Audiology program is like no other.
Students participate in research projects mentored by expert faculty and benefit from a coordinator to guide your externship search. The curriculum at Pitt offers students extensive hands-on experiences with a focus on:
- Prevention, diagnosis and treatment in hearing and balance across the lifespan
- Interdisciplinary assessment and practice
- Rehabilitation/management of hearing and balance disorders
- Critical consumption of research
Example Plan of Study
This plan may not be reflective of every audiology graduate student in the program. Course sequence is subject to change.
Year 1
Fall Term*
- Audiology Assessment (with Lab)
- Clinical Procedures Lab 1-1
- Amplification 1
- Physics, Physiology, and Psychology of Sound
Spring Term*
- Neuroscience of Communication
- Vestibular Assessment and Rehabilitation
- Physiologic Assessment
- Clinical Procedures Lab 1-2
Year 2
Summer Term
- Differential Assessment
- Management of Adult Hearing Loss
- Professional Writing for Audiologists
- Clinical Procedures Lab 2-1
Fall Term*
- Clinical Procedures Lab 2-2
- Research Strategies and Tactics
- Practice Management
- Pediatric Assessment
- Principles of Clinical Instruction and Peer Teaching
Spring Term*
- Data and Statistical Literacy
- Amplification II
- Counseling Strategies for AuD and SLP
- Clinical Procedures Lab 2-3
- Audiology Masters Comprehensive
Year 3**
Summer Term
- Implantables in Clinical Practice
- Evaluation and Treatment of Tinnitus
- Science of Implantables
- Advanced Clinical Seminar 3-1
- Research Practicum***
Fall Term*
- Interprofessional Rotation
- Advanced Clinical Seminar 3-2
- Hearing Conservation and Preservation
- Fundamentals of SLP for Audiologists
- Educational Audiology
Spring Term*
- Pediatric Auditory Rehabilitation
- Advanced Physiological Assessment
- Advanced Clinical Seminar 3-3
Year 4
Summer Term
- Advanced Clinical Seminar 4-1
- Externship
Fall Term
- Advanced Clinical Seminar 4-2
- Externship
Spring Term
- Advanced Clinical Seminar 4-3
- Externship
*Students must register for Pro Seminar (CSD 2060) for the fall and spring semesters of the first three (3) years of study. In the third year of the program, if your clinic schedule permits, audiology students will attend the Research Roundtable, organized by PhD students in the CSD program.
**Student will be enrolled in Audiology Clinic I until at least the spring of their first year, totaling 1 – 2 credits per term. Students will enroll in Audiology Clinic II beginning in their first summer and will be enrolled each semester until the start of their externship. Audiology Clinic II is at least two credits of clinic.
***Students register for 2 credits of research in this term even though they will still be completing projects in the spring term.