Communicative Science and Disorders
  MA Degree Plan

Master of Arts
Communicative Sciences and Disorders

First Semester
CDS 501 Instrumentation and Research Design in Speech and Hearing Sciences 3
CDS 600 Speech Science 3
CDS 601 Neurophysiological Bases of Language 3
CDS 620 Language Acquisition And Development 3
 
Second Semester
CDS 602 Diagnostic Procedures in Speech and Language Pathology 3
CDS 612 Studies in Articulation Problems 3
CDS 621 Language Disorders 3
*CDS 618 or Advanced Clinical Practicum or Independent Study or Elective 3
CDS 699 or
elective
 
Summer Session
CDS 622 Family Intervention Strategies in Communication Disorders 3
CDS 607 Stuttering 3
CDS 618 Advanced Clinical Practicum 1 -3
 
First Semester
CDS 606 Voice Disorders 3
CDS 603 Aphasia and Related Disorders 3
CDS 618 Advanced Clinical Practicum 1 -3
CDS 699 or Independent Study or Elective 3
Elective
 
Summer Session
CDS 624 Readings in communicative Sciences and Disorders or Elective 3
CDS 628 Diagnosis and Management of Swallowing Disorders 3
CDS 618 Advanced Clinical Practicum 1-3
*CDS 699 or Independent Study or Elective 3
Elective
CDS 702 Comprehensive Examination 1
   
Total Credits 49
* The Degree Plan is for Full-Time students only. Part-Time students will require two or more additional semesters. Elective courses in Communicative Sciences and Disorder Offered periodically at the discretion of the department: CDS 500, 604, 605, 610, 611, 613, 614, 615, 616, 617