Communication Sciences and Disorders - Speech-Language Sciences and Disorders Concentration, (PhD)

University of Memphis

More information regarding application components can be found at . Core Requirements are designed to ensure that all PhD students will acquire knowledge of the acoustic phonetic structure of speech signals speech acoustics professional issues and the neuroanatomy neurophysiology related to communication sciences and disorders All PhD students are required to complete the following The planning committee’s charge is to evaluate the student’s academic needs and assist in the planning of the student’s academic program. Students who have completed a master’s or AuD degree will be assessed for currency of knowledge in their concentration to assist in the planning of their academic program. This requirement will not apply to those students who have completed a master’s or AuD degree within the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders. The academic program will be tailored to accommodate the individual student’s academic interests background and professional goals. Within the concentration area each student will identify an area of special focus. The committee will recommend to the Graduate School those courses if any to be transferred toward the PhD provided that the credit meets general university requirements. The committee all of whom must be members of the graduate faculty shall number no less than three at least two of whom shall be from the student’s area of concentration. The student in conjunction with the committee will develop a final academic plan to be in written form and filed in the dean’s office. This plan is to be signed by each member of the committee and the PhD student. The plan must be filed no later than the middle of the second semester. The student or a planning committee member may propose changes after the plan has been filed. However any resulting change in the student’s plan will require written approval of the committee and the PhD student.