Course variations

Course summary

The communication sciences and disorders track in the Education PhD program is designed specifically for those who wish to pursue careers as scholars, teachers and leaders in the area of school speech-language pathology with a content focus on language disorders and literacy. The program prepares doctoral-level professionals to serve as university professors in academic or clinical course work and supervisors or directors of school programs at district, state or national levels. The emphasis is on developing expertise in conducting research to promote evidence-based practice and in collaborating with professionals from a variety of related disciplines.

Program modules

The modules include IDS 7501 Issues and Research in Education (3 credit hours); IDS 7500 Seminar in Educational Research (variable credit and repeatable, 6 credit hours); EDF 7475 Qualitative Research in Education (3 credit hours); EDF 7403 Quantitative Foundations of Educational Research (3 credit hours); EDF 7463 Analysis of Survey, Record and Other Qualitative Data (3 credit hours); IDS 7502 Case Studies in Research Design (3 credit hours); IDS 7938 Research Cluster Seminar (3 credit hours) or SPA 7492 Evidenced-Based Practice in Speech Language Pathology (3 credit hours); SPA 6843 Severe Language-Based Reading and Writing Disabilities (3 credit hours); SPA 7490 Advanced Studies in Language Disorders (3 credit hours); SPA 7493 Advanced Studies in School Speech-Language Pathology (3 credit hours); SPA 7494 Doctoral Seminar I: Spoken and Written Language Disorders (3 credit hours); SPA 7495 Doctoral Seminar II: Spoken and Written Language Disorders (3 credit hours); IDS 7657 Professional Collaboration Around Language Issues (3 credit hours); Advanced course work in Reading (3 credit hours); Advanced course work in Exceptional Education (3 credit hours); Additional course work in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (3 credit hours); XXX Dissertation Research (24 credit hours minimum); University teaching (2 credit hours); Clinical supervision (2 credit hours); Professional development (2 credit hours).

Entry requirement for international students

Students should have a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or its equivalent from a foreign institution and a GPA of 3.0 or more (on a 4.0 maximum) in all work attempted while registered as an undergraduate student or while registered as an upper-division undergraduate student (normally based on the last sixty attempted semester hours); or, a graduate degree or professional degree or equivalent from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or its equivalent from a foreign institution in a field related to the discipline of the program to which the student is applying. International students must demonstrate their proficiency in the English language. International students, except those who are from countries where English is the only official language, those who have earned a degree from a regionally accredited U.S. college or university, or those who have earned a degree from a country where English is the only official language or from a university at which English is the only official language of instruction, should demonstrate a score on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or IELTS. They should have obtained a TOEFL score of 220 (computer-based) or 80 (internet-based) (or equivalent score on the paper-based test); or an IELTS score of 6.5.

Qualification

Doctoral

Awarding body

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA

Department name

College of Health and Public Affairs, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders