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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
Below are all the required courses and full curriculum of the program, based on 2025 program requirements and course offerings. This plan may not be reflective of every audiology graduate student in the program.
Year 1
Fall Term*
- Audiology Assessment (with Lab)
- Clinical Procedures Lab 1-1
- Amplification 1
- Physics, Physiology, and Psychology of Sound
- Audiology Clinic I
- Proseminar
- AuD Screening and Prevention Practicum PHASE-UP
Spring Term*
- Neuroscience of Communication
- Management of Adult Hearing Loss
- Physiologic Assessment
- Clinical Procedures Lab 1-2
- Audiology Clinic I
- Proseminar
- AuD Screening and Prevention Practicum PHASE-UP
Summer Term
- Differential Assessment
- Vestibular Assessment and Rehabilitation
- Professional Writing for Audiologists
- Clinical Procedures Lab 2-1
- Audiology Clinic I
Year 2
Fall Term*
- Clinical Procedures Lab 2-2
- Research Strategies and Tactics
- Audiology Clinic II
- Practice Management
- Educational Audiology
- Supervision
Spring Term*
- Data and Statistical Literacy
- Pediatric Auditory Rehabilitation
- Counseling Strategies for AuD and SLP
- Pediatric Evaluation
- Clinical Procedures Lab 203
- Audiology Clinic II
- Audiology Masters Comprehensive
Summer Term
- Implantables in Clinical Practice
- Evaluation and Treatment of Tinnitus
- Audiology Clinic II
- Science of Implantables
- Advanced Clinical Seminar 3-1
Year 3**
Fall Term*
- Interprofessional Rotation
- Research Practicum***
- Advanced Clinical Seminar 3-2
- Audiology Practicum Outplacement
- Proseminar/Research Roundtable
- Hearing Conservation and Preservation
- Fundamentals of SLP for Audiologists
Spring Term*
- Amplification 2
- Audiology Practicum Outplacement
- Advanced Physiological Assessment
- Advanced Clinical Seminar 3-3
Summer Term
- Advanced Clinical Seminar 4-1
- Externship
- Advanced Clinical Seminar 4-2
- Externship
- 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.
**Registration and coursework for year three fall term is lighter. This is by design. Third-year students will complete their research projects that will be presented the following spring. In addition, third-year students will complete externship applications and interviews.
***Students register for 2 credits of research in this term even though they will still be completing projects in the spring term.
Year 4
Fall Term
- Advanced Clinical Seminar 4-2
- Externship
Spring Term
- Advanced Clinical Seminar 4-3
- Externship
