Medical Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Certificate

This certificate program has been temporarily suspended effective Summer 2016.
The UCF School of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) Graduate Certificate in Medical Speech-Language
Pathology is designed to prepare speech language pathologists and students currently enrolled in the CSD program with the
knowledge and skills necessary to evaluate and treat individuals with medically-related communication disorders.
Curriculum
Current UCF CSD graduate students: 12 credit hours total (3 courses selected from the list below). Students currently enrolled
in the UCF Communication Sciences and Disorders MA program are required to take 9 credit hours in addition to SPA
6565 - Feeding and Swallowing Disorders, which is required to fulfill the regular degree requirements.
Certificate only, for speech language pathologists (professionals): 12 credit hours (4 courses to be selected from the list below). SPA 6565 - Feeding and Swallowing Disorders is a required course toward this certificate if the student has not previously taken a course in Feeding and Swallowing Disorders at the graduate level. All courses toward the Medical Speech-Language Pathology Certificate program should be selected in consultation with the Master's Program Coordinator and medical certificate faculty adviser, Dr. Bari Ruddy.
Total Credit Hours Required: 12 Credit Hours Minimum beyond the Master's Degree

Program Prerequisites

This certificate program has been temporarily suspended effective Summer 2016.

Courses from a previous graduate degree program or certificate program cannot be applied toward the completion of the Certificate in Medical Speech-Language Pathology.

Current students in UCF's Communication Sciences and Disorders MA program may only apply SPA 6565 - Feeding and Swallowing Disorders, toward both the Medical Speech-Language Pathology Certificate and the master's degree in communication sciences and disorders. Nine credit hours will need to be taken in addition to the regular master's program course requirements.

Degree Requirements

Required Courses: 12 Credit Hours

• Complete at least 4 of the following:
  • SPA6245 - Communication Disorders in Cleft Palate-Velopharyngeal Dysfunction (3)
  • SPA6417 - Management of Acquired Cognitive/Communication Disorders Across the Lifespan (3)
  • SPA6565 - Feeding and Swallowing Disorders (3)
  • SPA6453 - Management of Cognitive-Communication Disorders in Traumatic Brain Injury (3)
  • SPA6432 - Issues in Autism (3)
  • SPA6569 - Management of Upper Airway and Aerodigestive Disorders (3)

Grand Total Credits: 12

• Courses from a previous graduate degree program or certificate program cannot be applied toward the completion of
  the Certificate in Medical Speech-Language Pathology.
• Current students in UCF's Communication Sciences and Disorders MA program may only apply SPA 6565 - Feeding and
  Swallowing Disorders toward both the Medical Speech-Language Pathology Certificate and the master's degree in
  communication sciences and disorders. Nine credit hours will need to be taken in addition to the regular master's program
  course requirements.