Through our SLP program, students enjoy clinical education in real-world community-based settings, hands-on mentoring by faculty experts in various areas of speech-language pathology and integrated classroom and clinical education with unique opportunities to participate in research.
Our highly-ranked curriculum (#3 by U.S. News and World Report)offers:
- Identification, prevention, diagnosis, and treatmentof disorders across the lifespan affecting functions including...
- Speech
- Language
- Hearing
- Cognition
- Social interaction
- Swallowing
- Emphasis on evidence-based practice and critical inquiry
- Interdisciplinary assessment
Required Courses:
- CSD 2039 - Motor Speech Disorders, 3 credits
- CSD 2055 - Pediatric Audiological Rehabilitation, 3 credits
- CSD 2060 - Proseminar (4 terms), 0 credits
- CSD 2064 - Introduction to Clinical Decision Making, 3 credits
- CSD 2070 - Articulation and Phonological Disorders, 3 credits
- CSD 2071 - Child Language Disorders I, 3 credits
- CSD 2072 - Fluency Disorders, 3 credits
- CSD 2073 - Voice Disorders, 3 credits
- CSD 2076 - Dysphagia, 3 credits
- CSD 2077 - Augmentative Communication, 3 credits
- CSD 2081 - Research Strategies and Tactics, 3 credits
- CSD 2082 - Professional Issues 1, 1 credit
- CSD 2083 - Professional Issues 2, 1 credit
- CSD 2120 - Principles for Audiology for Speech-Language Pathologist, 1 credit
- CSD 2130 - Neurogenic Language and Cognitive Communication Disorders 1, 3 credits
- CSD 2162 - Counseling for Communication Disorders, 2 credits
- CSD 2230 - Neurogenic Language and Cognitive Communication Disorders 2, 3 credits
- CSD 2250 - Child Language Disorders II, 3 credits
- CSD 2079 - Swallowing Dysphagia and Feeding Disorder in Children, 1 credit
- CSD 2028 - Autism Spectrum Disorders in SLP, 1 credits
Clinical Practice (10 credits):
- CSD 2065 - SLP Network Practicum
- CSD 2066 - SLP Outplacement Practicum
- CSD 2067 - SLP School Practicum
- CSD 2086 - SLP Screening and Prevention Practicum
Optional Coursework:
Other Requirements:
CSD 2069 - Written and oral comprehensive examination
Thesis Option (Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology):
Students who elect to complete a master's thesis are exempt from the written component of the comprehensive examination. In addition, the oral thesis defense serves as the oral component of the comprehensive examination for these students.
Concentrations: