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Hearing and Speech Sciences

AuD Curriculum

The candidate for the Au.D. degree will spend eleven (11) semesters registered at Vanderbilt and is expected to be in enrolled in the School of Medicine during each fall, spring, and summer semester until completion of the degree.

AuD Sample Curriculum

Year 1 (FALL) – 13/16 credit hours

  • Acoustics, Calibration & Instrumentation
  • Measurement of Hearing
  • Research in Communication Sciences & Disorders
  • Child Language Acquisition (if not taken as undergrad)
  • Introduction to Clinical Case Conference
  • Practicum & Clinical Case Conference

Year 1 (SPRING) – 15 credit hours

  • Anatomy & Physiology of Hearing Mechanisms
  • Prof. Issue, Ethics, and Spec. Topics in Audiology I
  • Amplification I & lab
  • Psychoacoustics
  • Practicum & Clinical Case Conference

Year 1 (SUMMER) – 9 credit hours 

  • Auditory Clinical Electrophysiology
  • Introduction to Neuroscience
  • Practicum & Clinical Case Conference

Year 2 (FALL) -12 credit hours

  • Pediatric Audiology
  • Vestibular Sciences I
  • Amplification II
  • Practicum & Clinical Case Conference

Year 2 (SPRING) – 14 credit hours

  • Aural Rehabilitation for Children
  • Pathology of the Auditory System
  • Prof. Issues, Ethics, and Spec. Topics in Audiology II
  • Capstone I
  • Practicum & Clinical Case Conference

Year 2 (MAYMESTER) – 1 credit hour

  • Optional/Elective Specialty Track Externship – (required for specialty track)

Year 2 (SUMMER) – 8 credit hours

  • Vestibular Sciences II
  • Family-Centered Counseling & Interviewing
  • Practicum & Clinical Case Conference

Year 3 (FALL) – 10/12 credit hours

  • Cochlear Implants
  • Capstone II
  • Vestibular Sciences III – Optional/Elective
  • Practicum & Clinical Case Conference

Year 3 (SPRING) – 9/15 credit hours

  • Hearing Loss & Speech Understanding – Optional/Elective
  • Prof. Issues, Ethics, and Spec. Topics in Audiology III
  • Amplification III
  • Seminar in Auditory and Vestibular Science Seminar – Optional/Elective
  • Practicum & Clinical Case Conference

Year 3 (SUMMER) – 3 credit hours

  • Externship

Year 4 (FALL) – 3 credit hours

  • Externship

Year 4 (SPRING) – 3 credit hours

  • Externship

Curriculum subject to change. The number of credit hours depends on your electives and specialty track.