Students are required to complete 102 credit hours. The curriculum covers 6 major areas: core courses (13 credit hours), research courses (5 credit hours), child/adolescent courses (19 credit hours), adult courses (16 credit hours), other disorder courses (13 credit hours) and clinical education (36 credit hours). The program is designed to be completed in seven quarters.
Clinical Curriculum: Students will complete at least 400 hours of supervised clinical experience. Students will engage in 4 quarters of clinical practica at the DePaul University Clinic on the Lincoln Park Campus and two quarters of externship placements. The DePaul Speech and Language Clinic is a donation based clinic and accepts clients from the community ranging in age from young children through adults with a variety of communication and swallowing disorders to provide our SLP students with a breath of clinical experiences.
Degree Requirements
Core Courses
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
SLP 400 | INTERPROFESIONAL EDUCATION | 2 |
SLP 401 | NEUROGENIC BASIS OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS | 4 |
SLP 402 | CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY IN SPEECH AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT AND DISORDERS | 4 |
SLP 403 | PROFESSIONAL ISSUES AND ETHICS IN SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY | 2 |
Research Courses
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
SLP 410 | RESEARCH METHODS | 3 |
SLP 411 | TOPICS IN RESEARCH FOR SLPS: EBP | 2 |
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
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SLP 420 | SPEECH SOUND DISORDERS | 4 |
SLP 421 | LANGUAGE DISORDERS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD | 4 |
SLP 422 | LANGUAGE DISORDERS IN SCHOOL-AGE POPULATIONS | 4 |
SLP 423 | AUTISM & OTHER DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS | 3 |
SLP 424 | LANGUAGE, LITERACY & LEARNING | 4 |
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SLP 430 | APHASIA | 4 |
SLP 431 | DYSPHAGIA | 4 |
SLP 432 | ACQUIRED NEUROLINGUISTIC AND NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS | 4 |
SLP 433 | MOTOR SPEECH DISORDER | 4 |
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SLP 440 | VOICE AND RESONANCE DISORDERS | 4 |
SLP 441 | FLUENCY DISORDERS | 3 |
SLP 442 | AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION ACROSS THE LIFESPAN | 3 |
SLP 450 | SPECIAL TOPICS | 3 |
Clinical Education
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
SLP 480 | CLINICAL METHODS IN SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY | 4 |
SLP 481 | CLINICAL PRACTICUM I | 4 |
SLP 482 | CLINICAL PRACTICUM II | 4 |
SLP 483 | CLINICAL PRACTICUM III | 4 |
SLP 484 | CLINICAL PRACTICUM IV | 4 |
SLP 485 | EXTERNSHIP: SCHOOL PRACTICUM | 8 |
SLP 486 | EXTERNSHIP: MEDICAL PRACTICUM | 8 |
SLP 487 | FOUNDATIONS IN CLINICAL PRACTICE LAB | 1 |
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