A sample plan of study is as follows:
First year
Second year
| First Year - Fall Semester |
Credit Hours |
|---|
| Neurological Bases of Speech, Hearing and Language |
3.0 |
| Speech Production and Speech Perception |
3.0 |
| Speech Sound Disorders |
3.0 |
| Audiological Service Delivery in Speech-Language Pathology Laboratory |
1.0 |
| Research Methods in Communication Disorders |
3.0 |
| Clinical Methods in Speech-Language Pathology I |
2.0 |
| Total Semester Hours |
15.0 |
| First Year - Spring Semester |
Credit Hours |
|---|
| Aphasia and Related Disorders |
3.0 |
| Motor Speech Disorders |
3.0 |
| Language Disorders in Children: Preschool and School Age |
3.0 |
| Dysphagia in Adults and Children |
3.0 |
| Clinical Methods in Speech-Language Pathology II |
2.0 |
| Evidence-based Practice, Professional Issues, and Ethics |
2.0 |
| Total Semester Hours |
16.0 |
| First Year - Summer Semester |
Credit Hours |
|---|
| Cognition and Communicative Disorders |
3.0 |
| Voice and Resonance Disorders |
3.0 |
| Fluency Disorders: Theory and Practice |
3.0 |
| Speech-Language Pathology Practicum I |
4.0 |
| Total Semester Hours |
13.0 |
| First Year Total |
44.0 |
| Second Year - Fall Semester |
Credit Hours |
|---|
| Augmentative and Alternative Communication |
2.0 |
| Aging, Cultural and Linguistic Diversity |
3.0 |
| Head Neck Cancer, Tracheostomy, and Mechanical Ventilation |
3.0 |
| Applied Topics in Communication Disorders and Sciences |
2.0 |
| Speech-Language Pathology Practicum II |
4.0 |
| Total Semester Hours |
14.0 |
| Second Year - Spring Semester |
Credit Hours |
|---|
| Speech-Language Pathology Advanced Practicum* (3:1) |
8.0 |
| Total Semester Hours |
8.0 |
| Second Year Total |
22.0 |
|
Minimum Hours Required for MS-SLP Degree:
* Includes completion of a research project |
66.0 |
