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Current Curriculum Plan – Medical Speech Pathology Concentration
The concentration in medical speech pathology provides students with an effective understanding of the significant implications of acute and chronic medical illnesses on a patient’s cognitive, communication and swallowing abilities across the lifespan and continuum of healthcare. Foundational themes address knowledge and skills necessary to consider the multifaceted needs of critically ill and rehabilitating in-patients and their families, and to provide patient-centered care within an interprofessional healthcare team. This concentration focuses primarily, though not exclusively, on patients with dysphagia.
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 | 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
CH 837 is required but may be taken in spring Year 2
| 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 |
| CH-837 | Tracheotomy and Ventilation Issues in a Medical Setting | 1 |
| HP-819 | IMPACT 2: Interprofessional 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 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 |
| - | 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 | 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 858 Special Topics Medical Speech Pathology II (2 credits) is required.
| CD-751 | Aural Rehabilitation: Treatment of Hearing Disorders | 3 |
| CD-858 | Special Topics | 1-3 |
| 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 CD 751 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 |
| CH-800 | Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Disorders | 1 |
| HP-821 | IMPACT 3: Interprofessional 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 | 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 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 | 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-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-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 | |