Curriculum Plan - SLP MS - Adult Neurogenic Communications Disorders Concentration
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Current Curriculum Plan - with Concentration in Adult Neurogenic Communication Disorders
Total Required Credits: 72
Student will work with program advisors to determine elective options.
Year 1 - Fall Term
CD 732 | Speech Sound Disorders in Children | 3 |
CD 743 | Spoken and Written Language Development and Disorders-Part A: Foundational Concepts and Assessment | 2 |
CD 744 | Spoken and Written Language Development and Disorders-Part B: Language and Literacy Disorders in Early School Age | 2 |
CD 745 | Spoken and Written Language Development and Disorders-Part C: Intervention for Language for Learning and Advanced Language | 2 |
CD 760A | Spoken and Written Clinical Practicum Seminar I | 0 |
CD 761 | SLLC Clinical Practicum I | 3 |
HP 818 | IMPACT 1: Interprofessional Practice | 1 |
HP 001 | Power, Privilege, & Positionality | 0 |
Year 1 - Spring Term
CD 722 | Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology of Communication and Swallowing | 3 |
CD 760B | Spoken and Written Clinical Practicum Seminar II | 0 |
CD 762 | SLLC Clinical Practicum II | 3 |
CD 839 | Aphasia in Adults: Assessment and Intervention | 3 |
CH 721 | Foundations of Cognition | 2 |
HP 819 | IMPACT 2: Interprofessional Project | 1 |
Students planning on completing a thesis take CD-724 section 02 in their Spring semester of Year 1.
Year 1 - Summer Term
CD 735 Foundations of Medical Speech Pathology is required. See other electives below.
CD 721 | Physiology, Acoustics, and Perception of Speech | 3 |
CD 735 | Foundations of Medical Speech Pathology | 1 |
CD 770 | Year 1 Clinical Outplacement Seminar | 0 |
CD 828 | Teaching Language and Literacy to English Language Learners | 2 |
CD 833 | Neuromotor Speech Disorders | 2 |
CD 840 | Dysphagia in Adults & Children | 3 |
CD 870A | Clinical Seminar I | 0 |
CD 871 | Clinical Practicum III | 3 |
| Electives - As approved by academic advisor | |
Year 2 - Fall Term
CD 832 | Voice Disorders | 3 |
CD 841 | Fluency Disorders (Stuttering) | 2 |
CD 843 | Acquired Cognitively Based Communication Disorders (Traumatic Brain Injury) | 2 |
CD 857 | Adult Neurodegenerative Syndromes Affecting Language and Cognition | 2 |
CD 870B | Clinical Seminar II | 0 |
CD 872 | Clinical Practicum IV | 3 |
CH 835 | Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) | 2 |
Year 2 - Spring Term
CD 724 | Evidenced-Based Practice and Research Methods for Speech Language Pathologists | 3 |
CD 751 | Aural Rehabilitation: Treatment of Hearing Disorders | 3 |
CD 870C | Clinical Seminar III | 0 |
CD 873 | Clinical Practicum V | 3 |
HP 821 | IMPACT 3: Interprofessional Ethics | 1 |
HP 999 | Interprofessional Seminar | 0 |
| Electives - As approved by academic advisor | |
Students take CD751 only if they have NOT taken an Aural Rehab course prior to matriculation. Students take CD752, Hearing Skills Seminar in the Fall semester, if they have already taken Aural Rehabilitation prior to matriculation.
Students may take HP821 in either spring or summer semester, year two.
See Electives below
Year 2 - Summer Term
CD 855 Acquired Reading & Writing Disorders and CD 857 Adult Neurodegenerative Disorders are required.
CD 855 | Acquired Reading and Writing Disorders | 2 |
| Electives - As approved by academic advisor | |
See other electives below.
Other electives 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 824B | Diagnostic Methods and Clinical Processes in Reading and Writing Disorders II | 2 |
CD 825 | Reading and Writing in the Schools | 2 |
CD 826 | Leading Literacy Change | 1 |
CD 827 | Teaching Narrative and Expository Literacy | 2 |
CD 834 | Alaryngeal Speech (Post-Laryngectomy) Seminar | 1 |
CD 836 | Genetics in Communication Disorders | 1-2 |
CD 855 | Acquired Reading and Writing Disorders | 2 |
CD 856 | Med SLP II: Clinical Decision Making | 2 |
CD 857 | Adult Neurodegenerative Syndromes Affecting Language and Cognition | 2 |
CD 858 | Special Topics | 1-3 |
CD 859 | Advanced Autism Seminar | 2 |
CD 861 | Advanced Seminar 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 Age 3 | 2 |
CH 800 | Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Disorders | 1 |
CH 836 | Theoretical and Practical Approaches to Counseling | 2 |
CH 837 | Tracheotomy and Ventilation Issues in a Medical Setting | 1 |
CD 858: Special Topics Electives include:
Autism Seminar
Speech-Language Pathology in the Schools
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 | |