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If you attended prior to 2007-2008 and require a copy of your curriculum, please contact the Registrar's Office at registrar@mghihp.edu.
Current Curriculum Plan - Literacy Concentration
The concentration in literacy provides students with current research, theory, and teaching practices in reading, writing, and oral language. The focus is on understanding reading and writing disorders in the context of oral reading development. Specific knowledge is gained on diagnostic tools and strategic interventions for struggling readers and writers. Students who hope to work after graduation as Speech-Language Pathologists with literacy expertise in states other than Massachusetts can consider this option. Note: This Literacy Concentration does NOT meet all the requirements for the MA Dept. of Elem. and Second. Education Reading Specialist Licensure.
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-732 | Speech Sound Disorders in Children | 3 |
| CD-743 | Development and Disorders of Written and Spoken Language I | 3 |
| CD-745 | Diagnostic Methods and Clinical Processes in CSD | 2 |
| CD-760 | Seminar for Spoken and Written Language Disorders Practicum | 0 |
| CD-761 | Clinical Practicum - Spoken Language Disorders | 3 |
| CH-721 | Foundations of Cognition | 2 |
| HP-818 | IMPACT 1: Interprofessional Practice | 1 |
Year 1 - Spring Term
| CD-722 | Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology of Communication and Swallowing | 3 |
| CD-744 | Development and Disorders of Written and Spoken Language II | 3 |
| CD-760 | Seminar for Spoken and Written Language Disorders Practicum | 0 |
| CD-762 | Clinical Practicum- Reading and Writing Disorders | 3 |
| CD-839 | Aphasia in Adults: Assessment and Intervention | 3 |
| HP-819 | IMPACT 2: Interprofessional Project | 1 |
| - | Electives - As approved by academic advisor | |
Year 1 - Summer Term
| CD-770 | Year 1 Clinical Outplacement Seminar | 0 |
| CD-771 | Year 1 Clinical Outplacement 1 | 3 |
| 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-843 | Acquired Cognitively Based Communication Disorders (Traumatic Brain Injury) | 2 |
| CD-855 | Acquired Reading and Writing 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 | Physiology, Acoustics, and Perception of Speech | 3 |
| CD-724 | Research Design and Statistics for CSD | 3 |
| CD-752 | Hearing Skills Seminar | 1 |
| CD-832 | Voice Disorders | 3 |
| CD-870 | Year 2 Clinical Outplacement Seminar | 0 |
| CD-872 | Year 2 Clinical 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 824B is required. CD 824B may be taken in spring Year 1.
| CD-751 | Aural Rehabilitation: Treatment of Hearing Disorders | 3 |
| CD-824B | Diagnostic Methods and Clinical Processes in Reading and Writing Disorders II | 2 |
| CD-870 | Year 2 Clinical Outplacement Seminar | 0 |
| CD-873 | Year 2 Clinical Outplacement 3 | 3 |
| CH-835 | Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) | 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-841 | Fluency Disorders (Stuttering) | 2 |
| HP-821 | IMPACT 3: Interprofessional 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 | Clinical Practicum - Spoken Language Disorders | 3 |
| CD-762 | Clinical Practicum- Reading and Writing Disorders | 3 |
| CD-771 | Year 1 Clinical Outplacement 1 | 3 |
| - | or | |
| CD-871 | Year 2 Clinical Outplacement 1 | 3 |
| CD-872 | Year 2 Clinical Outplacement 2 | 3 |
| CD-873 | Year 2 Clinical 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 | 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-857 | Adult Neurodegenerative Syndromes Affecting Language and Cognition | 2 |
| CD-858 | Special Topics | 1-3 |
| CD-859 | Advanced Autism Seminar II | 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-837 | Tracheotomy and Ventilation Issues in a Medical Setting | 1 |
| CH-836 | Theoretical and Practical Approaches to Counseling | 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 | |