PhD in Communication Disorders Sciences and Services

This research doctorate focuses on discovering new knowledge about how communication disorders arise and how treatments can be improved. Graduates may continue as clinicians or take faculty positions at colleges and universities. The part-time format lets students keep working while they gain extra experience guiding clinical work or lecturing to undergraduates and master's students. Resources include the university's campus clinic and newly renovated laboratories in the department's research center, and faculty are scholar-clinicians with wide expertise in speech and hearing fields. Applicants should hold a related master's degree and submit an online application with a fee, several recommendation letters and further materials. The application deadline falls in mid-January each year.