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Graduate Coursework (56 credits) * Effective for students entering Fall, 2012

14 REQUIRED COURSES (40 credits)

CSD 522 Voice Disorders (3 cr)
CSD 530 Language Disorders in Adults (3 cr)
CSD 533 Fluency Disorders (3 cr)
CSD 535 Motor Speech Disorders (3 cr)
CSD 536 Swallowing and Its Disorders (3 cr)
CSD 545 Clinical Applications from Speech and Hearing Science (3 cr)
CSD 575 Counseling for Communication Disorders (3 cr)
CSD 593 Research Methods in Human Communication Disorders (3 cr)
CSD 594 Clinical Speech Sound Disorders (3 cr)
CSD 524 Language Disorders: Infants, Pre Schoolers and People with Developmental Disabilities (3 cr)
CSD 525 Language Disorders: School Age Children and Adolescents (3 cr)
CSD 537 Acquired Cognitive Communication Disorders (3 cr)
CSD 548 AAC and Clinical Applications of Technology (3 cr)
CSD 590 Graduate Capstone: Evidence-based Clinical Decision –Making in CSD (1 cr)

ELECTIVE COURSES (minimum of 6 credits)

CSD 523 Rotation in Otolaryngology (0-1 cr)
CSD 550 Topics in Medical Aspects of Communication Disorders (3 cr)
CSD 579 Language and Hearing (3 cr)
CSD 596 Institute in Literacy for SLPs (3 cr)
CSD 497/597 The Nervous System and Communication (1 cr)
CSD 598 Independent Study of Special Topics (1-3 cr)
CSD 601 Topics in CSD (1-3 cr)
CSD 602 Current Topics in Prevention (3 cr)
CSD 603 Pediatric Motor Speech and Swallowing (3 cr)

NOTE:Completion of a master’s thesis may be chosen in place of taking 6 credits of elective credits.

REQUIRED CLINICAL PRACTICA (10 credits)

  • CSD 580 2 cr. First Practicum (Fall, Sp, Su) 
  • CSD 581 2 cr. Clinical Practicum Seminar (taken concurrently with CSD 580) 
  • CSD 583 2 cr. Advanced Practicum One (Fall, Sp, Su) or CSD 587 2 cr. Advanced Practicum in the Public Schools (Fall, Sp) 
  • CSD 585 2 cr. Advanced Practicum Two (Fall, Sp, Su) 
  • CSD 586 1 cr. Supervised Practicum in Fluency Disorders (Fall, Sp, Su) 
  • CSD 589 1 cr. Specialty Clinics (Fall, Sp, Su)

Additional Requirements

We are proud to be a program accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). All of our students must meet the ASHA requirements as well as the academic requirements for New York State (NYS) teacher certification as a Teacher of Students with Speech and Language Disabilities and NYS license to practice speech-language pathology. Depending on undergraduate coursework, graduate students may be required to take additional coursework in education, science, foreign language, math and/or educational psychology. In some cases, students may be able to test out of courses or take college level proficiency exams (CLEP) to meet some of these requirements. Academic advisors will assist students with their individual needs.