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Course Overview

Academic preparation emphasizes basic and advanced study in the communicative sciences, interdisciplinary study, and extensive research preparation. The program of study is tailored to meet individual interest areas. The overall aim of the doctoral major is to produce graduates who excel in meeting the rigorous demands of an academic/research career.

Major Research Areas:

  • Speech-Language Sciences:  Speech perception and production processes, speech perception by normal-hearing listeners and listeners with hearing loss, non-native speech, language development in at-risk populations, linguistic and discourse correlates for reading, writing, and spelling, second language learning and literacy learning, and language variation and multiculturalism; 
  • Hearing Sciences and Audiology: Aural rehabilitation, psychoacoustics, aging, temporal processing, speech perception by impaired listeners, auditory evoked potentials, and otoacoustic emissions;
  • Neurocommunicative Sciences: Aphasia, cognitive/linguistic processing in normal aging and adults with neurological disorders, cognitive neuroscience.

Entry Requirement 

Admission Requirements:

Must meet University Admission and English Proficiency requirements as well as requirements for admission to the major, listed below.

  • Three letters of recommendation

  • A letter of intent

  • 3.50 GPA undergraduate or graduate

  • Students with a non-CSD background may be required to take pre-requisite coursework in the basic speech, language, and hearing sciences depending on career plans and desired area of focus.

  • GRE with preferred scores at the 33rd percentile for Verbal and, Quantitative subtests, and a 3.50 or better on the Writing subtest, taken within 5 years preceding the application.  Students with lower scores may be offered admission on a conditional basis if the letter of intent and letters of recommendation are particularly strong.  Note: GRE may be waived.  Applicants are encouraged to contact the department for waiver eligibility.

Fees

Total Cost :

Florida Resident: $23446

Out-of-State Resident: $34360


This information was accurate on : 15/12/2020
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