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Doctoral Programs| D.A. in Communication Disorders | Back to Introduction

Plan of Study
The D.A. in communication disorders requires a minimum of 60 postmaster's credits, up to 12 of which may be transferred from other educational institutions with the approval of the doctoral faculty.
Required Courses
Course# Course Title
SPH 710 Advanced Anatomy, Physiology, and Theories: The Auditory Mechanism

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SPH 711 Advanced Anatomy, Physiology, and Theories: The Speech Mechanism
SPH 720 Experimental Phonetics
SPH 721 Instrumentation
SPH 740 Seminar in Current Issues and Research Trends in Speech Pathology and Audiology*

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SPH 741 Seminar in Current Issues and Research Trends in Speech Pathology and Audiology

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SPH 800 Advanced Seminar in Differential Diagnosis of Communication Disorders
SPH 801 Theoretical Foundations of the Remediation of Language Disorders in Children and Adults
SPH 805 Proseminar in Audiology
SPH 860 Clinical Practice in Hospitals and Rehabilitation Centers (2 credits)*
SPH 861 Clinical Practice in Educational Settings (2 credits)*
SPH 862 Clinical Practice in Community Service Centers (2 credits)*
SPH 863 Clinical Practice in Supervision Administration (2 credits)*
SPH 864 Practicum in College Teaching
SPH 895 Doctoral Thesis Seminar
PSI 644 Advanced Psychological Statistics
* A minimum of 6 credits in three different areas is required.

Elective Courses
Course# Course Title
SPH 700 Language and Thought
SPH 712 Neurological Bases of Speech
SPH 713 Otolaryngological Aspects of Speech Pathology and Audiology
SPH 831 Seminar in Prosthetic Amplification
Note: Doctoral students may, with the approval of the program coordinator, take master's level courses as electives.
SPH 672 Communications Systems for Individuals with Severe Disability
ELY 602 The Reading-Writing Connection
EBE 600 Foundations of Bilingual and Multicultural Education: Theory and Practice
EEC 630 Human Development, Cognition, and Teaching
EDU 721 Theories of Second Language Acquisition
SPH 832 Management of the Acoustically Handicapped
BIO 630, 631 Selected Topics in Biology
PSI 610 Freud and Psychoanalysis
PSY 645 Design and Analysis of Experiments
LIN 601 Structural Linguistics


Total Credits: 60


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Research and Writing Requirements
A doctoral dissertation is required and must be based on substantive research on a topic related to clinical problems, symptom analysis of communication impairments, or remediation of communication disorders. An oral defense of the doctoral dissertation is required.

In addition, an advanced composition course on scientific writing is required. The particular course will be selected according to the student's needs.

If doctoral students receive a grade of C+ or lower in a course, they may no longer continue in the program.
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Contact
For additional information, please contact:

Lawrence Raphael, Ph.D.
Program Director
 Adelphi University
401 Franklin Avenue, Room 2448
Garden City, NY 11530

p - 516.877.4784
e - raphael@adelphi.edu

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