Note: This Literacy Concentration does NOT meet all the requirements for the MA Dept. of Elem. and Second. Education Reading Specialist Licensure.
Curriculum Outline – Master of Science with Concentration in Literacy
Total Core Required Credits: 68
(Core courses must be taken for letter grade.)
Total Elective Credits required: 4
(Elective courses required for the concentration must be taken for letter grade, except for the Reading practicum course.)
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-760 | Spok & Writ Clin Pract Seminar | 0 |
| CD-761 | Year 1 Spoken Clinical Pract. | 3 |
| CD-732 | Spch Sound Disord in Children | 3 |
| CH-721 | Foundations of Cognition | 2 |
| CD-745 | Diag Meth & Clin Proc in CSD | 2 |
| CD-743 | Devel&Disord of Wr & Sp Lg I | 3 |
| HP-818 | Impact 1: Interprof Practice | 1 |
Year 1 - Spring Term
| CD-760 | Spok & Writ Clin Pract Seminar | 0 |
| CD-762 | Year 1 Written Clinical Pract. | 3 |
| CD-744 | Devel&Disord of Wr & Sp Lg II | 3 |
| CD-722 | Neuroanat&neurophy of Comm & S | 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-770 | Year 1 Clin. Outplacement Sem | 0 |
| CD-771 | Year 1 Clin Outplacement 1 | 3 |
| CD-833 | Neuromotor Speech Disorders | 2 |
| CD-840 | Dysphagia in Adults & Children | 3 |
| CD-843 | Acquired Cognitively Based CD | 2 |
| CD-855 | Acquired Read & Writ Disorders | 2 |
| - | Electives - As approved by academic advisor | |
CD 855 (2 credits) is required but may be taken in summer Year 2.
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 CD 752 only if they have already taken an Aural Rehab Course prior to matriculation.
Students planning on completing a thesis take CD 724-02 in their Spring semester of Year 1.
See Electives below
Year 2 - Spring Term
CD 828 and CD 824B are required. CD 824B may be taken in spring Year 1.
| CD-751 | Aural Rehabilitation | 3 |
| CD-824B | Diag Meth&cl Proc in Rd&wr Ds2 | 2 |
| CD-828 | Tch Lang&lit to Eng Lang Learn | 2 |
| 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 take CD751 only if they have not taken an Aural Rehab course prior to matriculation.
See Electives below
Year 2 - Summer Term
| CD-723 | Language, Culture & Cognition | 2 |
| CD-841 | Fluency Disorders | 2 |
| HP-821 | Impact 3: Interprof. Ethics | 1 |
| - | Electives - As approved by academic advisor | |
A total of 15 credits of Clinical Practicum must be completed from the following courses:
Students do not need to complete a reading practicum for this literacy concentration.
| 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 4 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-735 | Foundations of Medical Speech Pathology | 1 |
| CD-825 | Read & Writ in the Schools | 2 |
| CD-826 | Leading Literacy Change | 1 |
| CD-827 | Tch Narrative & Expos Literacy | 2 |
| CD-834 | Alaryngeal/Laryngectomy Semin | 1 |
| CD-836 | Genetics in Comm Disorders | 1-2 |
| CD-857 | Adlt Neurodeg Syn Aff Lg&Cogn | 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-837 | Trach/Vent Issues Med Setting | 1 |
| CH-836 | Theor & Pract Appr to Counsel | 2 |
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 | |