Communication Disorders, M.A.

(ACOMD)

The department offers the Master of Arts in communication disorders with or without a thesis. The thesis option requires 33 hours of coursework plus six hours of thesis credit. The non-thesis option requires 39 hours of coursework and successful completion of a comprehensive examination. Required coursework is designed to enable students to satisfy requirements for professional certification in speech-language pathology.

Classes required of all students include: COMD 7281 Acquired Neurogenic Language Disorders , COMD 7282 Acquired Neurogenic Cognitive-Communicative Disorders , COMD 7381 Language and Learning Disorders , COMD 7382 Voice Disorders , COMD 7385 Neuropathologies of Speech , COMD 7480 Measurement and Diagnosis of Communication Disorders , COMD 7153 Research Design in Communication Science and Disorders , COMD 7384 Early Communicative Intervention , and COMD 7783 Dysphagia . Students must also complete six credit hours of clinical practice. Thesis students include six hours of COMD 8000 Thesis Research . Non-thesis students include a 7000-level seminar and a 7000-level elective approved by the department.

Thesis students defend their theses orally to their thesis committee members. Non-thesis students write a comprehensive examination that is evaluated by a departmental committee.