Clinical Audiology, Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.)
The Au.D. curriculum meets requirements specified in the Standards for the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, as well as those required for Board Certification in Audiology from the American Board of Audiology.Doctoral students are required to complete 93 credits including 61 credits of coursework and 32 credits of Clinical Registration requirements.
Clinical registration requirements include 14 credit hours of clinical practicum registration, and 18 credit hours of full-time clinical internship registration. Full-time students are expected to complete the program in four years.
Advance to Candidacy: In addition to completing the coursework requirements, students must successfully pass comprehensive exams administered during the first three years of the program, as well as complete a four-credit doctoral capstone research project in order to advance to candidacy by the end of their third year in the program.
Post-Candidacy: Students complete 18 credits in a clinical internship residency.
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Core Requirements | ||
| HESP600 | Instrumentation in Hearing and Speech Sciences | 3 |
| HESP634 | Anatomy and Physiology of the Auditory and Vestibular Systems | 3 |
| HESP722 | Psychoacoustics | 3 |
| HESP724 | Research Design | 3 |
| HESP606 | Basic Hearing Measurements | 3 |
| HESP630 | Electrophysiological Measurements | 3 |
| HESP632 | Medical Audiology | 3 |
| HESP635 | Aural Rehabilitation/Habilitation | 3 |
| HESP636 | Geriatric Audiology | 3 |
| HESP645 | Pediatric Audiology | 3 |
| HESP704 | Audiology Practice Management (Audiology Practice Management) | 3 |
| HESP700 | Hearing Aids | 3 |
| HESP701 | Hearing Aids II | 3 |
| HESP706 | Advanced Clinical Audiology | 3 |
| HESP710 | Industrial and Environmental Noise Problems | 3 |
| HESP730 | Vestibular-ocular Assessment and Management (Electrophysiologic Measures II) | 3 |
| HESP712 | Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Technologies | 3 |
| HESP615 | Counseling in Communicative Disorders | 3 |
| EDMS645 | Quantitative Research Methods I | 3 |
| or PSYC601 | Quantitative Methods I | |
| HESP849 | Capstone Research Project I | 2 |
| HESP859 | Capstone Research Project II | 2 |
| Clinical Registration Requirements: | ||
| HESP649 | Clinical Practice in Audiology (HESP649A - Diagnostic Procedures) | 8 |
| HESP649 | Clinical Practice in Audiology (HESP649B - Aural Rehabilitation) | 1 |
| HESP729 | Advanced Clinical Practice in Audiology | 4 |
| HESP731 | Seminar in Clinical Supervision (Seminar in Clinical Supervision) | 1 |
| HESP829 | Clinical Internship Residency | 18 |
| Total Credits | 93 | |