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Curriculum
Pitt’s program offers the following communication science and disorders (CSD) courses in a two-semester sequence. If necessary, they can be spread over a longer period of time.
These courses are not offered online or during summer terms.
It is the student’s responsibility to determine the requirements of graduate programs of their interest. Students will work with an academic advisor and the program director to determine appropriate course selection based on the student’s individual academic goals.
Fall Offerings
- Nature of Language
- Transcription Phonetics
- Anatomy and Physiology of Speech and lab
- Anatomy and Physiology of Hearing and lab
- Intro to Audiology (3 credits)
- Aural Rehabilitation – must be enrolled in Intro to Audiology simultaneously
Spring Offerings
- Language Development
- Hearing Science*
- Speech Science*
- Introduction to Speech-Language Pathology
- Guided Clinical Observation
- Introduction to Professional and Clinical Issues
- Clinical Methods in CSD
*Students must successfully complete respective anatomy courses in the fall to enroll in these courses.
Preparing for Communication Science and Disorders Graduate Programs
There are additional course requirements needed to apply to CSD graduate programs, such as speech-language pathology. They may be completed prior to or during the post-baccalaureate year.
- In order to meet requirements specified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), before entering a graduate program, the student must also provide transcript evidence of completion of at least one three-credit course in each of the following areas:
- college mathematics
- statistics
- social/behavioral science (sociology or psychology)
- physical science (physics or chemistry)
- biological science (human biology or human anatomy/physiology)
- Additional recommended courses may include child development/developmental psychology.
- This is a required course if the student is seeking education certification in Pennsylvania after graduate school.
- Documented completion of observation with a certified clinician is required prior to commencing a graduate program.
- The recommended number of observation hours is 25.
- It is also recommended that you complete at least 10 of these hours prior to starting the post-baccalaureate program. You can check the ASHA website under ‘Find a Professional’ or the local directory for clinicians in your area. It is recommended that you shadow in a range of settings to gain perspective on the full scope of practice.
Post-Baccalaureate Coursework and Prerequisites
These courses can be taken at any other ASHA-accredited university. Courses may have another name or be combined (ex: anatomy and physiology of speech and hearing; speech and hearing science). It is important that students take classes that cover the following core areas:
- Introduction to Linguistics
- In-depth course in Transcription Phonetics
- Anatomy and Physiology of both Speech and Hearing
- Speech and Hearing Science
- A course that covers the principles of assessment and remediation in the field
- A course in language development through a CSD department
Unfortunately, faculty/staff will not be available to evaluate courses that each applicant or student plans to take at other universities to determine equivalency.
