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Twin Cities Campus
Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences Ph.D.Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
College of Liberal Arts
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, 115 Shevlin Hall, 164 Pillsbury Dr SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-624-3322; fax: 612-624-7586)
Email:
slhsgrad@umn.edu
Website: http://www.slhs.umn.edu
Along with the program-specific requirements listed below, please read the
General Information section of
this
website for requirements that apply to all major fields.
Emphases in the PhD program are speech-language pathology, audiology, speech science, language science, or hearing science. The program prepares students for careers in research, teaching, and advanced clinical applications. Most students entering the program have a master's degree in speech-language pathology, audiology, or a related area. The PhD degree usually requires three or more years of work beyond the master's degree. In general, a student's program is designed by the student in consultation with the advisor to satisfy the particular objectives of the student and program requirements.
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
The preferred undergraduate GPA for admittance to the program
is 3.00.
International applicants must submit score(s) from one of the following tests:
Key to test
abbreviations
(TOEFL, IELTS, MELAB).
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
29
credits are required in the major.
12 credits are required outside the major. 24 thesis credits are required.
This program may be completed with a minor.
Use of 4xxx courses toward program requirements is permitted under certain conditions with adviser approval.
A minimum GPA of 2.80
is required for students to remain in good standing.
At least 1 semesters must be completed
before filing a Degree Program Form.
The PhD degree usually requires three years of work beyond the master's degree. In general, a student's program is designed by the student in consultation with the advisor to satisfy the particular objectives of the student, but there are also some department and University requirements that must be satisfied. These include coursework, research activities, teaching experience, and preliminary and final exams.
A minimum of 12 course credits in a minor or supporting program and registration for 24 thesis credits are required. Also required is a statistics sequence, for which students typically register during their first two years. The written and oral preliminary exams are taken at the end of the second year.
Each student completes a seminar (SLHS 8430) and a minimum of 4 credits of teaching experience that provide an opportunity for the student to develop and teach sections of department courses. Students also complete a seminar (SLHS 8410) and a minimum of 4 credits of research under the direction of one or more faculty members in the department other than the advisor.
Required Courses
Seminar Requirements
SLHS 8410 - Seminar: Research
(3.0 cr)
Take 6 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
SLHS 8430 - Proseminar in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
(1.0-6.0 cr)
Directed Research Requirement
Take 4 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
SLHS 8994 - Directed Research
(1.0-12.0 cr)
Directed Teaching Requirement
Take 4 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
SLHS 5993 - Directed Study
(1.0-12.0 cr)
Statistics
EPSY 5261 - Introductory Statistical Methods
(3.0 cr)
or
EPSY 8251 - Statistical Methods in Education I
(3.0 cr)
or
EPSY 8261 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 5262 - Intermediate Statistical Methods
(3.0 cr)
or
EPSY 8262 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
EPSY 8252 - Statistical Methods in Education II
(3.0 cr)
Statistics Electives
Take 3 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
EPSY 8269 {Inactive}
(2.0 cr)
·
EPSY 8281 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
EPSY 8220 - Special Topics: Seminar in Quantitative Methods
(1.0-6.0 cr)
·
EPSY 8264 - Advanced Multiple Regression Analysis
(3.0 cr)
·
EPSY 8265 - Factor Analysis
(3.0 cr)
·
EPSY 8267 - Applied Multivariate Analysis
(3.0 cr)
·
EPSY 8268 - Hierarchical Linear Modeling in Educational Research
(3.0 cr)
·
EPSY 8272 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
EPSY 8282 - Statistical Analysis of Longitudinal Data
(3.0 cr)
·
EPSY 8266 - Statistical Analysis Using Structural Equation Methods
(3.0 cr)
·
EPSY 8221 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
EPSY 8222 - Advanced Measurement: Theory and Application
(3.0 cr)
·
EPSY 8224 - Performance Assessment Design and Analysis
(3.0 cr)
·
EPSY 8225 - Operational Measurement: Test Score Quality Assurance, Standard Setting, and Equating
(3.0 cr)
·
EPSY 8226 - Applications of Item Response Theory Models
(3.0 cr)
·
STAT 4101 - Theory of Statistics I
(4.0 cr)
·
STAT 4102 - Theory of Statistics II
(4.0 cr)
·
STAT 5021 - Statistical Analysis
(4.0 cr)
·
STAT 5031 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
·
STAT 5101 - Theory of Statistics I
(4.0 cr)
·
STAT 5102 - Theory of Statistics II
(4.0 cr)
·
STAT 5201 - Sampling Methodology in Finite Populations
(3.0 cr)
·
STAT 5302 - Applied Regression Analysis
(4.0 cr)
·
STAT 5303 - Designing Experiments
(4.0 cr)
·
STAT 5401 - Applied Multivariate Methods
(3.0 cr)
·
STAT 5421 - Analysis of Categorical Data
(3.0 cr)
·
STAT 5601 - Nonparametric Methods
(3.0 cr)
·
STAT 5701 - Statistical Computing
(3.0 cr)
·
STAT 5931 - Topics in Statistics
(3.0 cr)
·
STAT 5993 - Tutorial
(1.0-6.0 cr)
·
STAT 8051 - Advanced Regression Techniques: linear, nonlinear and nonparametric methods
(3.0 cr)
·
STAT 8052 - Applied Statistical Methods 2: Design of Experiments and Mixed -Effects Modeling
(3.0 cr)
·
STAT 8053 - Applied Statistical Methods 3: Multivariate Analysis and Advanced Regression
(3.0 cr)
·
STAT 8054 - Statistical Methods 4: Advanced Statistical Computing
(3.0 cr)
·
STAT 8102 - Theory of Statistics 2
(3.0 cr)
·
STAT 8111 - Mathematical Statistics I
(3.0 cr)
·
STAT 8112 - Mathematical Statistics II
(3.0 cr)
·
STAT 8311 - Linear Models
(3.0 cr)
·
STAT 8801 - Statistical Consulting
(3.0 cr)
·
STAT 8913 - Literature Seminar
(1.0 cr)
·
STAT 8931 - Advanced Topics in Statistics
(3.0 cr)
·
STAT 8932 - Advanced Topics in Statistics
(3.0 cr)
·
STAT 4893W - Consultation and Communication for Statisticians
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
Thesis Credits
Take at least 24 doctoral thesis credits.
SLHS 8888 - Thesis Credit: Doctoral
(1.0-24.0 cr)
Electives in Related Fields
Electives in Related Fields
Take 12 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
ADDS 5021 - Introduction to Evidence Based Practices and the Helping Relationship
(3.0 cr)
·
CI 5451 - Teaching Reading in Middle and Secondary Grades
(3.0 cr)
·
CPSY 4302 - Infant Development
(3.0 cr)
·
CPSY 4329 - Biological Foundations of Development
(3.0 cr)
·
CPSY 4341 - Perceptual Development
(3.0 cr)
·
CPSY 4343 - Cognitive Development
(3.0 cr)
·
CSPH 5806 - Wellbeing and Resiliency for Health Professionals
(1.0 cr)
·
CSPH 5101 - Introduction to Integrative Healing Practices
(3.0 cr)
·
CSPH 5111 - Ways of Thinking about Health
(2.0 cr)
·
EPSY 5101 - Intelligence and Creativity
(3.0 cr)
·
EPSY 5112 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
·
EPSY 5135 - Human Relations Workshop
(4.0 cr)
·
EPSY 5400 - Special Topics in Counseling Psychology
(1.0-4.0 cr)
·
EPSY 5415 - Counseling Children and Adolescents
(3.0 cr)
·
EPSY 5451 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
EPSY 5461 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
EPSY 5609 - Infants and Toddlers with Delays/Disabilities: Family-Centered Approaches to Early Intervention
(3.0 cr)
·
EPSY 5616W - Classroom Management and Behavior Analytic Problem Solving
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
EPSY 5625 - Education of Infants, Toddlers, and Preschool Children with Disabilities: Introduction
(2.0 cr)
·
EPSY 5641 - Foundations of Deaf Education
(3.0 cr)
·
EPSY 5642 - Early Intervention for Infants, Toddlers and Families: Deaf and Hard of Hearing
(3.0 cr)
·
EPSY 5644 - Early Childhood Language and Literacy Development and Best Practices: Deaf and Hard of Hearing
(3.0 cr)
·
EPSY 5661 - Introduction to Autism Spectrum Disorder
(3.0 cr)
·
EPSY 5663 - Assessment and Intervention for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder
(3.0 cr)
·
EPSY 5681 - Educating Preschoolers with Disabilities: Specialized Approaches and Interventions
(3.0 cr)
·
GERO 5105 - Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Aging
(2.0 cr)
·
GERO 5110 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
GERO 5115 {Inactive}
(1.0 cr)
·
GERO 5125 - Gerontology Service Learning
(1.0-3.0 cr)
·
HINF 5501 - US Health Care System: Information Challenges in Clinical Care
(1.0 cr)
·
KIN 8211 - Seminar: Perception and Action
(3.0 cr)
·
LING 8921 - Seminar in Language and Cognition
(3.0 cr)
·
NSCI 5101 - Neurobiology I: Molecules, Cells, and Systems
(3.0 cr)
·
NSCI 5111 - Medical Neuroscience for Graduate Students
(5.0 cr)
·
OTOL 8234 - Anatomy of the Head and Neck and Temporal Bone Dissection
(2.0 cr)
·
OTOL 8247 - Anatomy and Physiology of Hearing and Balance
(3.0 cr)
·
PHAR 5201 - Applied Medical Terminology
(2.0 cr)
·
PHAR 5207 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
PSY 4036 - Perceptual Issues in Visual Impairment
(3.0 cr)
·
PSY 4960 - Seminar in Psychology
(1.0-4.0 cr)
·
PSY 5014 - Psychology of Human Learning and Memory
(3.0 cr)
·
PSY 5037 - Psychology of Hearing
(3.0 cr)
·
PSY 5054 - Psychology of Language
(3.0 cr)
·
PSY 5137 - Introduction to Behavioral Genetics
(3.0 cr)
·
PSY 5205 - Applied Social Psychology
(3.0 cr)
·
PSY 5960 - Topics in Psychology
(1.0-4.0 cr)
·
PSY 8037 - Psychophysics and Audition
(3.0 cr)
·
PUBH 6370 - Social Epidemiology
(2.0 cr)
·
PUBH 6904 - Nutrition and Aging
(2.0 cr)
·
PUBH 8805 - Sociological Theory in Health Services Research
(3.0 cr)
·
SPAN 5985 - Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Spanish in the United States
(3.0 cr)
·
SLHS 5900 - Topics in SLHS
(2.0 cr)
·
SLHS 8530 - Seminar: Speech
(3.0 cr)
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Course Equivalencies: | EPsy 3264/5231/5261/5263 |
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Course Equivalencies: | EPsy 8251/EPsy 8261 |
Prerequisites: | [EPSY 5261 or equiv] or undergrad statistics course |
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Course Equivalencies: | EPsy 8252/EPsy 8262 |
Prerequisites: | [8251, 8261 or equiv] |
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Typically offered: | Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer |
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Prerequisites: | [8252 or equiv or #] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
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Prerequisites: | 8265, [8252 or equiv] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EPsy 8222/Psy 5865 |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Spring Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
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Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
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Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Prerequisites: | (Stat 5102 or Stat 8102) and (Stat 5302 or STAT 8051) or consent |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 1.0 -6.0 [max 12.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
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Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Prerequisites: | PhD student in stat or DGS permission and 8052 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Prerequisites: | STAT 8053 or # |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
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Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Prerequisites: | STAT 8051 and STAT Grad Student or Instructor Consent |
Grading Basis: | S-N or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 1.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | S-N only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 12.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 12.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 1.0 -24.0 [max 100.0] |
Grading Basis: | No Grade |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AddS 5002/AddS 5021 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 1.0 [max 1.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Grading Basis: | S-N or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EPsy 3101/EPsy 5101 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Summer |
Credits: | 1.0 -4.0 [max 12.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EPsy 4609/EPsy 5609 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EPsy 3616W/ EPsy 5616W |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EPsy 3625/EPsy 5625 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EPsy 4681/EPsy 5681 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 1.0 -3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 1.0 [max 1.0] |
Grading Basis: | S-N or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 6.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 5.0 [max 5.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Nsc 8247/Otol 8247 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Phar 1002/Phar 5201 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 1.0 -4.0 [max 16.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | NSc 5037/Psy 5037 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 1.0 -4.0 [max 8.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Typically offered: | Spring Even Year |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 4.0] |
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Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |