Master of Arts in Speech-Language Pathology

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Two Year Outline


​​Summer II 
CDO 736  Speech Sound Disorders
CDO 704 Preschool Language
CDO 705 Traumatic Brain Injury

Fall
CDO 717 Aphasia
CDO 739 Stuttering
CDO 638 Dysphagia
3 credits of therapy practicum 		​Spring
CDO 708 School-Age Language
CDO 735 AAC
CDO 714 Motor Speech
3 credits of therapy practicum		​Summer I
CDO 632 Counseling
3 credits of therapy practicum

Summer II
2 credit hours of elective course work
3 credits of therapy practicum

Fall
CDO 713 Voice
CDO 734 Applied Speech Science
CDO 722 Cognitive Communication Disorders
3 credits of therapy practicum
​Spring
CDO 795 Internship
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Options for Study


Plan A - Thesis Plan B - Internship
Capstone Experience 6
(CDO 798)		 6
(CDO 795)
Required Practicum 15 15
Required Courses 39
 39
Electives (possible)
 2
 2
Total Credit Hours 62
 62

Capstone Experience
All speech-language pathology graduate students must complete one of three capstone experiences prior to graduation. This experience must be chosen from:
Plan A - Thesis (CDO 798),
Plan B - Internship (CDO 795)


Required Practicum
Students must have 15 hours of practicum, which includes combinations of CDO 749. Students are required to participate in the Summer Specialty Clinics program during the summer semester between their first and second year.

Required Courses
CDO 525 (3) - Research Design in Communication Disorders
CDO 632 (3) - Counseling Issues in Communication Disorders
CDO 638 (3) - Seminar: Adult and Pediatric Swallowing and Feeding Disorders
CDO 704 (3) - Language Disorders in Preschool Children
CDO 708 (3) - Language Disorders in School-Age Children
CDO 713 (3) - Voice/Resonance Disorders/Laryngectomee Rehabilitation
CDO 714 (3) - Motor Speech Disorders
CDO 717 (3) - Aphasia
CDO 734 (3) - Applied Speech Science
CDO 735 (3) - Augmentative and Alternative Communication
CDO 736 (3) - Speech Sound Disorders in Children
CDO 739 (3) - Stuttering
CDO 795 (6) - Internship

Electives
Should be selected from the following in consultation with student's academic advisor.
CDO 537 (1-9) - Special Topics in Communication Disorders
CDO 551 (3) - Autism Spectrum Disorders; A Clinical Focus
CDO 639 (2) - Hypopharyngeal Visualization
CDO 640 (3) - Cadaveric Anatomy for Communication
CDO 702 (2) - Infant/Toddler Communcation: Assessment and Intervention
CDO 705 (3) - Cognitive-Communication Disorders of Traumatic Brain Injury
CDO 711 (2) - Craniofacial Disorders
CDO 740 (3) - Neuroanatomy
CDO 790 (1-4) - Advanced Independent Study

 

Note 1:  CDO 525 is required only if the student has not taken an equivalent course at the undergraduate level.
Note 2:  Fifteen (15) hours of CDO 749 is required.  Each full-time graduate student is expected to enroll in clinical practicum each semester for three (3) credit hours.  Participation in the Summer Speech-Language Specialty Clinics is required during the summer following the first year in the graduate program.