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The graduate program in Communication Disorders is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation of the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA).
The Doctor of Philosophy is awarded to students in recognition of both the mastery, at an advanced level, of a body of knowledge that encompasses the disciplines of communication sciences and speech-language pathology, and the demonstration of the ability to perform independent research and communicate the results of that research. With the major advisor, the student designs an individual plan of study based on his/her previous experience and professional goals.
Doctoral students develop expertise in a content area that is the primary focus of their course of study (e.g., communication and aging, medically based speech disorders, child language development and disorders). Each student is encouraged to enhance his or her scholarly preparation by completing coursework outside of the primary content area that. In addition to coursework within the Department, doctoral students may choose coursework from graduate programs in other departments of the College of Arts and Sciences, as well as from several professional schools at CWRU, including the School of Medicine (e.g., neuroscience, genetics), the Case School of Engineering (e.g., biomedical engineering), the School of Dentistry, the Weatherhead School of Management, and the Mandel School of Applied Sciences.
Requirements for doctoral study include coursework, research rotations, a supervised classroom teaching experience, written and oral comprehensive examinations, and a dissertation.
- A minimum of 36 hours of coursework is required. Twelve credit hours in the area of research are required (nine credit hours of statistics and research design; three credit hours of directed study and research). Twenty-four credit hours in the major content area are required.
- Two research rotations are required. One rotation is completed in the primary content area with the major advisor. The second rotation is completed with a faculty member other than the major advisor. The dissertation research is not included in either of the two research rotations.
- A supervised classroom teaching experience (COSI 690) is completed under the guidance of a faculty member in the Department.
- Wrtten and oral examinations are undertaken after all coursework and research rotations are completed.
- A dissertation prospectus is prepared under the guidance of a committee consisting of the dissertation advisor and 2 additional faculty members. A defense of the dissertation prospectus is required prior to commencing the dissertation study.
- An oral defense of the dissertation takes place at the end of the doctoral program.
For additional information about the Ph.D. program please contact the Department Assistant at (216) 368-2470 or cosigrad@case.edu.
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