Curriculum Outline – Master of Science with Concentration in Adult Neurogenic Communication Disorders
Total Core Required Credits: 67
(Core courses must be taken for letter grade.)
Total Elective Credits required: 5
(Elective courses required for the concentration must be taken for a letter grade)
Minimum credits required for graduation: 72
If students have already completed an undergraduate course in Aural Rehabilitation they must take 2 more credits of electives to reach the total of 72 because they do not take CD 751 (Aural Rehabilitation).
Year 1 - Fall Term
| CD-732 | Spch Sound Disord in Children | 3 |
| CD-743 | Devel&Disord of Wr & Sp Lg I | 3 |
| CD-745 | Diag Meth & Clin Proc in CSD | 2 |
| CD-760 | Spok & Writ Clin Pract Seminar | 0 |
| CD-761 | Year 1 Spoken Clinical Pract. | 3 |
| CH-721 | Foundations of Cognition | 2 |
| HP-818 | Impact 1: Interprof Practice | 1 |
Year 1 - Spring Term
| CD-722 | Neuroanat&neurophy of Comm & S | 3 |
| CD-744 | Devel&Disord of Wr & Sp Lg II | 3 |
| CD-760 | Spok & Writ Clin Pract Seminar | 0 |
| CD-762 | Year 1 Written Clinical Pract. | 3 |
| CD-839 | Aphasia in Adlt:Asses&Interv | 3 |
| HP-819 | Impact 2: Interprof Project | 1 |
| - | Electives - As approved by academic advisor | |
Year 1 - Summer Term
| CD-735 | Foundations of Medical Speech Pathology | 1 |
| CD-770 | Year 1 Clin. Outplacement Sem | 0 |
| CD-771 | Year 1 Clin Outplacement 1 | 3 |
| CD-833 | Neuromotor Speech Disorders | 2 |
| CD-843 | Acquired Cognitively Based CD | 2 |
| CD-840 | Dysphagia in Adults & Children | 3 |
| - | Electives - As approved by academic advisor | |
CD 735 Foundations of Medical Speech Pathology (1 credit) must be taken in summer Year 1.
See other electives below
Year 2 - Fall Term
| CD-721 | Phys, Acoust, & Percep of Spch | 3 |
| CD-724 | Research Des & Stats for CSD | 3 |
| CD-752 | Hearing Skills Seminar | 1 |
| CD-832 | Voice Disorders | 3 |
| CD-870 | Year 2 Clin Outplacement Sem | 0 |
| CD-872 | Year 2 Clin Outplacement 2 | 3 |
| - | Electives - As approved by academic advisor | |
Students take CD752 only if they have already taken an Aural Rehab Course prior to matriculation.
Students planning on completing a thesis take CD724-02 in their Spring semester of Year 1.
See Electives below
Year 2 - Spring Term
| CD-751 | Aural Rehabilitation | 3 |
| CD-858 | Special Topics | 1-3 |
| CD-870 | Year 2 Clin Outplacement Sem | 0 |
| CD-873 | Year 2 Clin Outplacement 3 | 3 |
| CH-835 | Augmentative Communication | 2 |
| HP-999 | Interprof Sem - 2nd Year Spr | 0 |
| - | Electives - As approved by academic advisor | |
Students must take CD 858 Special Topics: Medical Speech Pathology II (2 credits) in spring Year 2.
Students take CD 751 only if they have not taken an Aural Rehab course prior to matriculation.
See other electives below
Year 2 - Summer Term
| CD-723 | Language, Culture & Cognition | 2 |
| CD-841 | Fluency Disorders | 2 |
| CD-857 | Adlt Neurodeg Syn Aff Lg&Cogn | 2 |
| HP-821 | Impact 3: Interprof. Ethics | 1 |
| - | Electives - As approved by academic advisor | |
CD 857 is a required course in summer year 2.
See other electives below
A total of 15 credits of Clinical Practicum must be completed from the following courses:
| CD-761 | Year 1 Spoken Clinical Pract. | 3 |
| CD-762 | Year 1 Written Clinical Pract. | 3 |
| CD-771 | Year 1 Clin Outplacement 1 | 3 |
| - | or | |
| CD-871 | Year 2 Clin Outplacement 1 | 3 |
| CD-872 | Year 2 Clin Outplacement 2 | 3 |
| CD-873 | Year 2 Clin Outplacement 3 | 3 |
A total of 5 credits of electives beyond those already specified for the concentration must be completed from the following courses:
Note - these are samples of elective course listings. Not all are offered each year.
| CD-824B | Diag Meth&cl Proc in Rd&wr Ds2 | 2 |
| CD-825 | Read & Writ in the Schools | 2 |
| CD-826 | Leading Literacy Change | 1 |
| CD-827 | Tch Narrative & Expos Literacy | 2 |
| CD-828 | Tch Lang&lit to Eng Lang Learn | 2 |
| CD-834 | Alaryngeal/Laryngectomy Semin | 1 |
| CD-836 | Genetics in Comm Disorders | 1-2 |
| CD-855 | Acquired Read & Writ Disorders | 2 |
| CD-858 | Special Topics | 1-3 |
| CD-859 | Advanced Autism Seminar II | 2 |
| CD-861 | Adv. Sem. in Voice Disorders | 2 |
| CD-895 | Research Proposal in CSD | 1 |
| CD-896 | Thesis Research I | 1 |
| CD-897 | Thesis Research II | 2 |
| CD-899 | Independent Study | 1-6 |
| CH-740 | Early Intervention: Birth to 3 | 2 |
| CH-800 | Ped Swallow & Feed Disorders | 1 |
| CH-836 | Theor & Pract Appr to Counsel | 2 |
| CH-837 | Trach/Vent Issues Med Setting | 1 |
CD 858: Special Topics Electives include:
Autism Seminar
Speech-Language Pathology in the Schools
Medical Speech Pathology II
Courses with the following prefixes can also be used towards elective requirements with advisor permissions:
| HP- | Interprofessional Courses | |
| NH- | Nursing Multidisciplinary Courses | |
| NH- | Nursing Multidisciplinary Courses | |
| PH- | Physical Therapy Multidisciplinary Courses | |