Curriculum Outline – Master of Science with Concentration in Medical Speech Pathology
Total Core Required Credits: 67
(Core courses must be taken for letter grade.)
Total Elective Credits required: 5
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
CH 837 is required but may be taken in spring Year 2
| 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 |
| CH-837 | Trach/Vent Issues Med Setting | 1 |
| HP-819 | Impact 2: Interprof Project | 1 |
| - | Electives - As approved by academic advisor | |
Year 1 - Summer Term
CD 735 Foundations of Medical Speech Pathology is required.
| 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-840 | Dysphagia in Adults & Children | 3 |
| CD-843 | Acquired Cognitively Based CD | 2 |
| - | Electives - As approved by academic advisor | |
The practicum committee will inform students about their external practicum course numbers. If students are placed in their first external practicum in the Summer of Year 1 they will register for CD771 in the Summer, then CD872 in the Fall or Spring of Year 2, and CD873 in the Spring or Summer of Year 2.
Some students will not begin their first external practicum until the Fall of Year 2, in which case they will register for CD871 then.
See 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 858 Special Topics Medical Speech Pathology II (2 credits) is required.
| 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 take CD 751 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 |
| CH-800 | Ped Swallow & Feed Disorders | 1 |
| HP-821 | Impact 3: Interprof. Ethics | 1 |
| - | Electives - As approved by academic advisor | |
CH 800 is required, but may be taken in summer Year 1.
See 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-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-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 | |