Please select the catalog year (your year of entry) in the drop-down menu to the right. Then use the navigation to choose your specific curriculum.
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 - No Concentration
Total Core Required Credits: 62
(Core courses must be taken for letter grade.)
Total Elective Credits required: 7
Minimum credits required for graduation: 69
If students have already completed an undergraduate course in Aural Rehabilitation they must take 2 more credits of electives (9 instead of 7) to reach the total of 69 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 |
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-843 | Acquired Cognitively Based Communication Disorders (Traumatic Brain Injury) | 2 |
| CD-840 | Dysphagia in Adults & Children | 3 |
| - | 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 CD-771 in the Summer, then CD-872 in the Fall or Spring of Year 2, and CD-873 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 CD-871 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-871 | Year 2 Clinical Outplacement 1 | 3 |
Students take CD-752 (Hearing Skills Seminar) only if they have already taken an Aural Rehab Course prior to matriculation.
Students planning on completing a thesis take CD-724 section 02 in their Spring semester of Year 1.
See Electives below
Year 2 - Spring Term
| CD-751 | Aural Rehabilitation: Treatment of Hearing Disorders | 3 |
| CD-870 | Year 2 Clinical Outplacement Seminar | 0 |
| CD-872 | Year 2 Clinical Outplacement 2 | 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:
| 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 7 credits of 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-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-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
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 | |