PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Au.D program in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders is a minimum of 105 credit hours which can be completed in eleven semesters. Academic course work is interspersed with clinical practicum experience.
The Au.D program is designed to prepare professionals to enter the workplace with high level of skills and knowledge through intensive academic and clinical experiences. The program is designed to prepare a person for a career in the hospitals, private practice settings, industrial settings, medical offices, clinical settings and rehabilitation centers. The program is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).
First Year
Fall — 13 credits (12 + 1)
CSD 852-(3) Advanced Hearing Science
CSD 834-(3) Diagnostic Audiology I
CSD 849-(3) Basic Audiometry
CSD 807-(3) Auditory System Physiology/Neurophysiology
CSD 895-(1) Clinical Practicum
Spring — 10 credits (9 + 1)
CSD 868-(3) Amplification Systems I
CSD 850-(3) Pediatric Audiology
CSD 873-(3) Educational Audiology
CSD 895-(1) Clinical Practicum
Summer — 7 credits (6 + 1)
CSD 876-(3) Hearing Conservation and Instrumentation
CSD 875-(3) Medical Audiology
CSD 895-(1) Clinical Practicum
Second Year
Fall — 12 credits (10 + 2)
CSD 835-(3) Diagnostic Audiology II
CSD 871-(3) Adv. Amplification Systems
CSD 878-(4) Professional Issues/Practice Mgmt
CSD 895-(2) Clinical Practicum
Spring — 13 credits (11 + 2)
CSD 800-(3) Research Methods
CSD 842-(4) Vestibular Assessment & Rehab.
CSD 844-(4) Electrophysiology
CSD 895-(2) Clinical Practicum
Summer — 10 credits (8 + 2)
CSD 848-(3) Cochlear Implants and ALDs
CSD 866-(3) Counseling in Audiology
CSD 895-(2) Clinical Practicum
CSD 884-(2) Doctoral Project OR
CSD 999-(2) Doctoral Thesis
Third Year
Fall - 9 credits (6 + 3)
CSD 945-(3) Central Auditory Processing
CSD 946-(1) Genetics and Hearing Loss
CSD 884-(2) Doctoral Research Project OR
CSD 999-(2) Doctoral Thesis
CSD 895-(3) Clinical Practicum
Spring — 11 credits (8 + 3)
CSD 921-(3), 922(3), 930(3) or 962(3)
CSD 972-(3) Aural Rehabilitation II
CSD 884-(2) Doctoral Research Project OR
CSD 999-(2) Doctoral Thesis
CSD 895-(3) Clinical Practicum
Summer — 6 credits
CSD 996-(6) Externship
Fourth Year
Fall — 9 credits
CSD 996-(9) Externship
Spring — 9 credits
CSD 996-(9) Externship