2019-2020: SLP MS - Literacy Concentration Curriculum Plan

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
- or	0
CD-760W 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-722 Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology of Communication and Swallowing	3
CD-760S Seminar for Spoken Language Disorders Practicum	0
- or	0
CD-760W Seminar for Spoken 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

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
- Electives - As approved by academic advisor	0

Year 2 - Fall Term

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-870 Year 2 Clinical Outplacement Seminar	0
CD-871 Clinical Practicum III	3
CH-835 Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)	2

Year 2 - Spring Term

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-870 Year 2 Clinical Outplacement Seminar	0
CD-872 Clinical Practicum IV	3
HP-821 IMPACT 3: Interprofessional Ethics	1
HP-999 Interprof Sem - 2nd Year Spr	0
- Electives - As approved by academic advisor	0

Year 2 - Summer Term

CD-855 Acquired Reading and Writing Disorders	2
- Electives - As approved by academic advisor	0

A total of 15 credits of Clinical Practicum must be completed from the following courses:

CD-761 SLLC Clinical Practicum I	3
CD-762 SLLC Clinical Practicum II	3
CD-871 Clinical Practicum III	3
CD-872 Clinical Practicum IV	3
CD-873 Clinical Practicum V	3

Other electives must be completed from the following courses:

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

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

HP- Interprofessional Courses	0
NH- Nursing Multidisciplinary Courses	0
NH- Nursing Multidisciplinary Courses	0
PH- Physical Therapy Multidisciplinary Courses	0