Master of Science Speech and Hearing Sciences
Curriculum
Students are provided a list of courses in which they must enroll for their first semester. They meet individually and as a group with the Department’s Director of Graduate Studies to discuss their entire two-year program. Full-time students typically complete the program in approximately two years (including one summer), carrying on average 16 credit hours per semester. On- and off-campus clinical practicum and internships are available during summer session, as are selected required classes.
Course Requirements*
- SHS 501: Research Methods
- SHS 540: Special Topics in Pediatric Motor Speech Disorders
- SHS 540: Special Topics in Cleft Palate
- SHS 542: Early Language Development
- SHS 543: School-Age and Adolescent Language
- SHS 545: Autism Spectrum Disorder
- SHS 550 Clinical Preparation
- SHS 552: Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology in the Schools (*Required for State of Washington ESA)
- SHS 556: Problems in Stuttering
- SHS 560: Contemporary Topics: Counseling
- SHS 562: Motor Speech Disorders
- SHS 563: Dysphagia
- SHS 565: Augmentative Communication
- SHS 566: Off-Campus Practicum Public Schools
- SHS 568: Off-Campus Practicum Clinical Setting
- SHS 570: Advanced Internship
- SHS 574: Neurogenic Disorders of Language and Cognition I
- SHS 575: Advanced Clinical Practice
- SHS 576: Voice and Resonance Disorders
- SHS 577: Neurogenic Disorders of Language and Cognition II
- SHS 580: Advanced Diagnostics
- SHS 588: Advanced Speech Disorders
- SHS 700/702: Master’s Research, Thesis and/or Examination or Master’s Special Problems, Directed Study and/or Examination
* Subject to change. Refer to the Graduate Curriculum Planning Guide for updates
Elective Courses
- SHS 590: Special Topics in Pediatric Dysphagia and Feeding
- SHS 590: Special Topics in Advanced Adult Dysphagia
Learning outcomes
See below to review student achievement data for the 3 most recently completed academic years for the master’s program in speech-language pathology: on-time program completion rates; Praxis examination pass rates of test-takers; and employment rates of graduates.
Resources
CONTACT US
Kelsey Meyer
Academic Coordinator/Advisor
509-358-7709
speechhearing@wsu.edu