Â鶹ԭ´´

The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in the College of Health and Human Services offers the Ph.D. degree with a concentration in Speech-Language Pathology. The doctoral program in Communication Disorders is designed to develop the scientific and cognitive skills needed to identify and independently study important questions concerning human communication. In pursuit of these goals, students engage actively in research and teaching. The doctoral program emphasizes a student-centered approach to doctoral education. Students participate in research throughout their program and are closely supervised in their research and teaching experiences. The curriculum is individually designed to meet students’ educational needs and professional goals.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, students in the Communication Sciences & Disorders program are expected to be able to:

Demonstrate the ability to develop basic and analytical knowledge in the following: a) sciences of normal speech, language and voice. b) Disorders of speech, language and voice. c) Related disciplines providing insight into human communication

Develop appropriate research and technical skills in instrumentation and research methodologies

Communicate technical information effectively, via oral and written means

Design and independently investigate critical questions in the specialty topic area(s) for which the student is being trained.