Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

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Mary Kennedy, Ph.D., Chair

Professor: Kennedy;
Assistant Professors: Fagan, Hughes, Sheppard;
Clinical Assistant Professors: Beekman, LaChance.

The Master of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders Department prepares students for clinical positions as speech-language pathologists in healthcare and education. Through skillful faculty leadership, mentoring and personalized instruction, students develop the knowledge and skills to assess and treat children and adults across the lifespan with language, speech, cognitive and voice disorders. Evidence-based practice is the foundation of the curriculum, including clinical fieldwork courses. Clinical fieldwork sites include hospitals, clinics, private practices and schools. Graduates are eligible for a Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), a California Services credential in speech-language pathology and a California state license in speech-language pathology.

Degrees

• Communication Sciences and Disorders with Speech Language Pathology Services Credential, M.S.

Courses

• CSD 500 - Research Methods
• CSD 501 - Articulation and Phonology
• CSD 502 - Clinical Procedures and Professional Issues
• CSD 503 - Language Disorders in Children
• CSD 504 - Fluency
• CSD 505 - Autism Spectrum Disorders and Early Childhood Assessment
• CSD 506 - Neuroanatomy
• CSD 507 - Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) and Cognitive Aspects of Communication
• CSD 509 - School-Based Issues
• CSD 510 - Adult Language Disorders
• CSD 511 - Disorders of Swallowing/Dysphagia
• CSD 512 - Multicultural and Second Language Acquisition
• CSD 515 - Advanced Audiology
• CSD 516 - Counseling
• CSD 517 - Voice, Resonance, Craniofacial and Motor Speech Disorders
• CSD 518 - Acquired Cognitive-Communication Disorders across the Lifespan
• CSD 620 - Clinical Practicum
• CSD 630 - Clinical Practicum
• CSD 640 - Clinical Practicum
• CSD 650 - Clinical Practicum
• CSD 660 - Clinical Practicum
• CSD 670 - Directed Research Experience
• CSD 680 - Clinical Practicum for Cognitive and Communication Disorders
• CSD 685 - Clinical Practicum for Cognitive and Communication Disorders
• CSD 698 - Capstone or Thesis Project

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