Standard Track
The Baylor University online speech-language pathology graduate program is for students who earned (or are in the process of earning) a bachelor’s degree (BA or BS) in Communication Sciences and Disorders or students who have successfully completed their leveling program.
Students must complete 45 trimester hours, pass the required comprehensive examination for the degree of Master of Science (MS), complete 400 clinical hours (this includes the 25 observation hours), and take the National Praxis examination at the end of the program.
This program takes 5 trimesters (approximately 20 months) for full-time students to complete and 7 trimesters (approximately 28 months) for part time students to complete. Both full time and part time students will complete their practicum and internship in their final 4 trimesters.
Plan of Study for Online CSD Graduate Students
TERM 1
| Full-Time Plan | Part-Time Plan |
|---|---|
| CSD 5319 EBP Evaluations and Interprofessional Practice | CSD 5319 EBP Evaluations and Interprofessional Practice |
| CSD 5325 Speech Sound Disorders | CSD 5325 Speech Sound Disorders |
| CSD 5341 Pediatric Language 1 | |
| CSD 5150 Introduction to Clinical Practice |
TERM 2
| Full-Time Plan | Part-Time Plan |
|---|---|
| CSD 5312 Fluency and Fluency Disorders | CSD 5318 Research Methods in Graduate Study in CSD |
| CSD 5313 Augmentative and Alternative Communication | CSD 5341 Pediatric Language 1 |
| CSD 5318 Research Methods in Graduate Study in CSD | |
| CSD 5151 Clinical Practicum 1 |
TERM 3
| Full-Time Plan | Part-Time Plan |
|---|---|
| CSD 5311 Aphasiology | CSD 5312 Fluency and Fluency Disorders |
| CSD 5316 Motor Speech Disorders | CSD 5313 Augmentative and Alternative Communication |
| Elective* | CSD 5150 Introduction to Clinical Practice |
| CSD 5152 Clinical Practicum 2 |
TERM 4
| Full-Time Plan | Part-Time Plan |
|---|---|
| CSD 5314 Voice and Resonance | CSD 5311 Aphasiology |
| CSD 5328 Diagnosis and Treatment of Dysphagia | Elective* |
| CSD 5330 Cognitive Linguistic Communication Disorders | CSD 5151 Clinical Practicum 1 |
| CSD 5153 Clinical Practicum 3 |
TERM 5
| Full-Time Plan | Part-Time Plan |
|---|---|
| CSD 5549 Clinical Internship | CSD 5316 Motor Speech Disorders |
| CSD 5328 Diagnosis and Treatment of Dysphagia | |
| CSD 5152 Clinical Practicum 2 |
TERM 6
| Full-Time Plan | Part-Time Plan |
|---|---|
| CSD 5314 Voice and Resonance | |
| CSD 5330 Cognitive Linguistic Communication Disorders | |
| CSD 5153 Clinical Practicum 3 |
TERM 7
| Full-Time Plan | Part-Time Plan |
|---|---|
| CSD 5549 Clinical Internship |
Current Electives:
*CSD 4368 Aural Rehab (must be taken as the elective if not completed at another university)
CSD 5334 Multicultural Issues in Speech-Language Pathology
CSD 5337 Pediatric Language 2
CSD 5354 Mentored Research Experience (must have faculty approval)