2016-2017 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
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Communication Sciences and Disorders
Phone: (540) 568-6440
Website: http://www.csd.jmu.edu
Academic Unit Head
Dr. Cynthia R. O’Donoghue
Graduate Program Directors
Dr. Ayasakanta Rout
Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.), Dual Au.D./Ph.D.
Dr. Carol C. Dudding
Master of Science (M.S.) in Speech-Language Pathology (Clinical) Combined M.S./Ph.D.
Dr. Rory DePaolis
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Communication Sciences and Disorders, Post-Au.D. Ph.D.
Master of Science (M.S.) in Communication Sciences and Disorders (Research)
JMU Coordinator
Erin Clinard
M.S., CCC-SLP DLVE-SLP-Distance Learning in VA Educating Speech Language Pathologists
Professors
R. DePaolis, L. Gray, C. Ludlow, C. O’Donoghue, J. Spindel
Associate Professors
C. Clinard, C. Dudding, A. Rout
Assistant Professors
C. Jacobson, S. Pavelko
Clinical Instructors
S. Ingram, M. Powell
Admission Criteria
Specific admission requirements for individual programs are listed with each program description. Applications will be reviewed in accordance with slots that may be available. Using the submitted material, the department admissions committee will rank eligible candidates for a limited number of admissions. Students who have not met the undergraduate prerequisite course work for the clinical preparation programs in audiology and speech-language pathology may apply to the clinical graduate programs (Master of Sciences in Speech-Language Pathology or Doctor of Audiology) as a provisional student. Once the prerequisite course work has been completed at a satisfactory level, the student is shifted from provisional to either conditional or unconditional status.
Students applying for admission to either the M.S. program in Speech-Language Pathology or the Au.D. program should be aware that some of the clinical placement sites in which students are required to complete clinical practica in order to graduate will require the student to produce a current criminal records check. It is the student’s responsibility to arrange for the check, to keep it current in order to comply with the requirements of the various clinical sites, and to advise the university and department if the status of the student’s criminal record changes at any time during the student’s program.
Mission
The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders is committed to providing comprehensive, state-of-the-art undergraduate pre-professional education that includes discipline-specific course work and observation. In keeping with university requirements, this includes a broad-based General Education component.
The department also provides graduate-level course work and practicum experiences for those interested in entering professional practice in either speech-language pathology or audiology, university teaching and research positions, or management/administrative positions in service delivery settings. The department is committed to advancing the state of knowledge in both basic and applied aspects of communication sciences and disorders through its master’s and doctoral research degrees and the research activities of its faculty and students, and to providing service to the profession, university, and client communities at local, state, national, and international levels. Through its applied laboratory the department seeks to provide outreach services to the region as part of the clinical teaching component of its mission and to provide a clinical research resource for students and faculty.
The audiology and speech-language pathology clinical training graduate programs in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders are accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Speech-Language-Hearing Applied Laboratory
The JMU Applied Laboratory, operated by the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, provides evaluation and clinical intervention services for individuals with speech, language and hearing problems. The priority for services offered through this clinical teaching laboratory is determined by the needs of practicum students. Appointments for a consultation or evaluation may be made by any member of the general public or university community. Professional services are provided by expert certified speech-language pathologists and audiologists who supervise the practicum of students.
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