Audiology - AuD

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Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services

Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education

The Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education at Utah State University offers a clinical Doctorate of Audiology (AuD). The program provides students with a broad, yet in-depth, academic, and practicum-based curriculum to prepare them to become certified audiologists in a variety of settings. Graduates have the skills to function at a high level of expertise in such environments as hearing and balance clinics, hospitals, private practice, research laboratories, hearing conservation programs, elementary schools, the military,and so on.

The program is a four-year post-baccalaureate residency program, with a long history, as it was the first of its kind in the Intermountain and Pacific West states. In addition, USU is in the forefront of research in counseling, hearing aids, speech perception, hidden hearing loss, person-centered care, and telehealth applications in audiology. The AuD enables graduates to enter the field at a professional level and begin a rewarding career in hearing healthcare.

Graduate School Requirements

Degree Verification
A bachelor’s degree from an accredited U. S. college or university or a similarly recognized international university is required for admission to and completion of a graduate program.

Overall Graduate GPA at least 3.0 and no grades of C- or lower;
Graduate students are required to maintain at least a 3.0 GPA for degree-program courses. Grades of C- or lower will not be accepted for a graduate degree.

Course Number Acceptability
The Program of Study for a master’s degree or a doctoral degree, if the student has a master’s degree, must include at least 15 semester credits at the level of 6000 or above.

Credits in the following areas are not acceptable in a degree program: foreign languages (unless included in an approved Program of Study), continuing graduate advisement, individual home study, military science, and courses numbered below 3000.

Matriculation Start Semester
A doctoral degree must be completed within eight years of entering the degree program. Additional time may be requested by the student’s committee and submitted to the Vice Provost of Graduate Studies for review.

Course Requirements

A. Required Courses

All students admitted to the AuD program must complete the following courses prior to beginning their first semester in the graduate program: hearing science and basic audiology. For those with undergraduate degrees other than communicative disorders, foundational coursework in neural bases of communication, normal speech and language development, and statistics is required. All foundational courses can be completed online in the summer prior to admission or prior to the first year of the AuD program. See COMDDE Website for additional information regarding foundational courses.

Additionally, the following graduate courses must be completed:

COMD 7000 - Implementation Science Seminar 1 credit(s) ¹ (6 credits required)
COMD 7050 - Introduction to the Field of Audiology 1 credit(s)
COMD 7200 - Introduction to Clinical Practice 1-4 credit(s) ¹ (2 credits required)
COMD 7300 - Intermediate Clinical Practicum 1-4 credit(s) ¹ (4 credits required)
COMD 7310 - Psychoacoustics and Instrumentation 3 credit(s)
COMD 7320 - Amplification I 3 credit(s)
COMD 7340 - Pediatric Audiology 2-3 credit(s) (3 credits required)
COMD 7380 - Advanced Audiology 3 credit(s)
COMD 7400 - Advanced Clinical Practicum 1-4 credit(s) ¹ (11 credits required)
COMD 7420 - Amplification II 3 credit(s)
COMD 7430 - Electrophysiology 3 credit(s)
COMD 7433 - Electrophysiology Lab 1 credit(s)
COMD 7450 - Counseling for Audiological Care 3 credit(s)
COMD 7460 - Aural Rehabilitation Across the Lifespan 3 credit(s)
COMD 7480 - Clinical Training and Supervision Strategies in Audiology 1 credit(s)
COMD 7490 - Medical Aspects of Audiology 3 credit(s)
COMD 7520 - Introduction to Cochlear Implants 2-3 credit(s) (3 credits required)
COMD 7530 - Balance Evaluation and Management 3 credit(s)
COMD 7800 - Clinical Externship in Audiology 1-9 credit(s) ¹ (13 credits required)
COMD 7860 - Practice Management in Audiology 3 credit(s)
COMD 7870 - Clinical Research Project 1-6 credit(s) ¹ (4 credits required)
COMD 7920 - Preliminary Exam 1 credit(s)
COMD 7930 - Comprehensive Exam 1 credit(s)
EDUC 6040 - Applied Research Methods 3 credit(s)
EDUC 6050 - Applied Statistical Analysis 3 credit(s)

B. Elective Courses (one approved elective course required)

Possible electives include:

BUSN 2320 - Small Business Management - CTE (HR) 3 credit(s)
COMD 3010 - American Sign Language I (CI) 4 credit(s)
COMD 6230 - Introduction to Research in Communicative Disorders 3 credit(s)
COMD 6340 - Foundations of Listening and Spoken Language 3 credit(s)
COMD 6730 - Multiple Disabilities and Differentiated Instruction 2 credit(s)
COMD 6780 - Deaf Culture 3 credit(s)
PSY 3450 - Sensation and Perception 3 credit(s)
PSY 3700 - Mental Health Advocacy and Awareness 3 credit(s)
PSY 6470 - Health Psychology 3 credit(s)
PSY 7110 - Cognitive Neuroscience 3 credit(s)
REH 6120 - Psychosocial Aspects of Disability 3 credit(s)
REH 7730 - Disability Law and Policy 3 credit(s)
REH 7740 - Sociopolitical Construction of Disability 3 credit(s)
REH 7750 - Social and Legal Context of Disability 3 credit(s)
REH 7780 - Bioethics, Ethics and Disability 3 credit(s)
SPED 5070 - Policies, Procedures, and Collaboration in Special Education 3 credit(s)
SPED 6060 - Legal Issues in Special Education 3 credit(s)
SPED 6106 - Introduction to Deaf-blindness 3-5 credit(s)

Note:

¹In order to earn the required number of credits, students must take this course, which is repeatable for credit, during more than one semester.