The mission of the Ph.D. program is to provide a strong foundation for creative research and scientific problem-solving in communication sciences (speech, language, hearing, voice, swallowing) in typical and atypical populations.
SCSD strives to provide the highest quality of education for students to develop research skills and scholarship that can be applied to the academic or professional setting of their choosing. We accomplish this mission by fostering a rich context of research excellence and innovation within our faculty and student body.
SCSD faculty and students are actively pursuing research to understand the basic nature of communication processes and to better serve diverse clinical populations. SCSD offers a flexible doctoral program to support students who seek to become experts in their chosen subfield. We encourage students to customize their program through the selection of coursework, seminars, comprehensive topics, research experiences, and thesis topics.
Every student has the opportunity to chart a unique path through our program and develop their own research and scholarly expertise to follow diverse career paths in academic and nonacademic contexts.
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ENTRY STREAMS
Students entering the doctoral program will have completed a Master麓s degree including a thesis. Exceptions are made only in extraordinary circumstances and need to be agreed upon between the supervisor and the supervisee.
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Regular Program
Students who have completed a Master鈥檚 degree with a Master鈥檚 thesis in Communication Sciences & Disorders or a related area (e.g., linguistics, psychology, cognitive sciences) at an approved institution are admitted, on the recommendation of the department, to the Ph.D. program at the level of PhD-2.
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Direct Entry ("Qualifying Year") Program
Students whose application files do not meet the Regular Program requirement may be considered for admission to the Qualifying Year Option. This option is very selective and is evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Upon departmental recommendation, students will be admitted to the Ph.D. program at the level of PhD-1. Eligible applications include those who:
1. completed a Master鈥檚 degree without a Master鈥檚 thesis in Communication Sciences & Disorders or a related area (e.g., linguistics, psychology, cognitive sciences) at an approved institution.
2. enrolled in the SCSD Applied Master鈥檚 program. Students can apply for the Ph.D. program in their second year of the MSc (A) program.
3. completed a Bachelor鈥檚 degree and demonstrated strong evidence for outstanding research ability, e,g, participation in research, research publications etc. All students admitted at the PhD-1 level undertake a qualifying year of study comprised of coursework and a research project.
Students who successfully complete all requirements of the Qualifying Year are permitted to continue as PhD-2 in the doctoral program.
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