Curriculum Plan - SLP MS - Literacy Concentration

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Current Curriculum Plan - with Concentration in Literacy

Total Core Required Credits: 65

(Core courses must be taken for letter grade.)

Total Elective Credits required: 7

Minimum credits required for graduation: 72

If students have already completed an undergraduate course in Aural Rehabilitation they must take 2 more credits of electives (9 instead of 7) to reach the total of 7 because they do not take CD 751 (Aural Rehabilitation).

Note: this concentration does not meet MA DESE requirements for licensure as a Reading Specialist.

Year 1 - Fall Term

CD-732	Speech Sound Disorders in Children	3
CD-743	Spoken and Written Language Development and Disorders-Part A: Foundational Concepts and Assessment	2
CD-744	Spoken and Written Language Development and Disorders-Part B: Language and Literacy Disorders in Early School Age	2
CD-745	Spoken and Written Language Development and Disorders-Part C: Intervention for Language for Learning and Advanced Language	2
CD-760S	Seminar for Spoken Language Disorders Practicum	0
CD-761	SLLC Clinical Practicum I	3
HP-818	IMPACT 1: Interprofessional Practice	1

Year 1 - Spring Term

CD 858-02 Speech-Language Pathology in the Schools is required. See other electives below.

CD-722	Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology of Communication and Swallowing	3
CD-760W	Seminar for Written Language Disorders Practicum	0
CD-762	SLLC Clinical Practicum II	3
CD-839	Aphasia in Adults: Assessment and Intervention	3
CD-858	Special Topics	1-3
CH-721	Foundations of Cognition	2
HP-819	IMPACT 2: Interprofessional Project	1

Students planning on completing a thesis take CD-724 section 02 in their Spring semester of Year 1.

Year 1 - Summer Term

CD-721	Physiology, Acoustics, and Perception of Speech	3
CD-770	Year 1 Clinical Outplacement Seminar	0
CD-828	Teaching Language and Literacy to English Language Learners	2
CD-833	Neuromotor Speech Disorders	2
CD-840	Dysphagia in Adults & Children	3
CD-870	Clinical Seminar I	0
CD-871	Clinical Practicum III	3
-	Electives - As approved by academic advisor

Year 2 - Fall Term

CD 827 Teaching Narrative & Expository Literature in Year 2 Fall or CD 855 Acquired Reading & Writing Disorders in Year 2 Summer is required.

CD-827	Teaching Narrative and Expository Literacy	2
CD-832	Voice Disorders	3
CD-841	Fluency Disorders (Stuttering)	2
CD-843	Acquired Cognitively Based Communication Disorders (Traumatic Brain Injury)	2
CD-870B	Clinical Seminar II	0
CD-872	Clinical Practicum IV	3
CH-835	Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)	2

See Electives below.

Year 2 - Spring Term

CD 824B Diagnostic Methods of Reading & Writing is required, and can be taken in Year 1 Spring. See other electives below.

CD-724	Evidenced-Based Practice and Research Methods for Speech Language Pathologists	3
CD-751	Aural Rehabilitation: Treatment of Hearing Disorders	3
CD-824B	Diagnostic Methods and Clinical Processes in Reading and Writing Disorders II	2
CD-870C	Clinical Seminar III	0
CD-873	Clinical Practicum V	3
HP-821	IMPACT 3: Interprofessional Ethics	1
HP-999	Interprof Sem - 2nd Year Spr	0
-	Electives - As approved by academic advisor

Students take CD751 only if they have NOT taken an Aural Rehab course prior to matriculation. Students take CD752, Hearing Skills Seminar in the Fall semester, if they have already taken Aural Rehabilitation prior to matriculation.

Students may take HP821 in either spring or summer semester, year two.

See Electives below

Year 2 - Summer Term

CD 855 Acquired Reading & Writing Disorders in Year 2 Summer or CD 827 Teaching Narrative & Expository Literature in Year 2 Fall is required.

CD-855	Acquired Reading and Writing Disorders	2
-	Electives - As approved by academic advisor

See Electives below.

Other electives must be completed from the following courses:

Note - these are samples of elective course listings. Not all are offered each year.

CD-735	Foundations of Medical Speech Pathology	1
CD-824B	Diagnostic Methods and Clinical Processes in Reading and Writing Disorders II	2
CD-825	Reading and Writing in the Schools	2
CD-826	Leading Literacy Change	1
CD-827	Teaching Narrative and Expository Literacy	2
CD-834	Alaryngeal Speech (Post-Laryngectomy) Seminar	1
CD-836	Genetics in Communication Disorders	1-2
CD-855	Acquired Reading and Writing Disorders	2
CD-856	Med SLP II: Clinical Decision Making	2
CD-857	Adult Neurodegenerative Syndromes Affecting Language and Cognition	2
CD-858	Special Topics	1-3
CD-859	Advanced Autism Seminar II	2
CD-861	Advanced Seminar in Voice Disorders	2
CD-895	Research Proposal in CSD	1
CD-896	Thesis Research I	1
CD-897	Thesis Research II	2
CD-899	Independent Study	1-6
CH-740	Early Intervention: Birth to Age 3	2
CH-800	Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Disorders	1
CH-836	Theoretical and Practical Approaches to Counseling	2
CH-837	Tracheotomy and Ventilation Issues in a Medical Setting	1

CD 858: Special Topics Electives include:

Autism Seminar

Speech-Language Pathology in the Schools

Courses with the following prefixes can also be used towards elective requirements with advisor permissions:

HP-	Interprofessional Courses
NH-	Nursing Multidisciplinary Courses
NH-	Nursing Multidisciplinary Courses
PH-	Physical Therapy Multidisciplinary Courses

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