The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Communication Sciences and Disorders offered by the School of Communication Sciences & Disorders in the Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences is a research-intensive program that provides advanced training for creative research and scientific problem-solving in human communication sciences (speech, language, hearing, voice, swallowing) in typical and atypical populations.
Students in the Ph.D. program pursue research to understand the basic nature of human communication processes and to better serve diverse clinical populations. Students customize their program through the selection of coursework, seminars, and research experiences to become experts in their chosen subfield, and may consider applying for the Language Acquisition option as part of their program.
The Ph.D. program equips students with advanced skills in literature review, research design, experimental methods and scientific communication to pursue opportunities in academia, industry, or as clinician scientists in the field.
Keywords: speech, language, hearing, voice, disorder, SLP, development, psycholinguistic, perception, production, rehab, neuroscience, bilingual, DLD, autism, social communication, neurodegenerative, motor speech, ALS, second language learning, brain, cognitive science, literacy, pragmatic
Each program has specific admission requirements including required application documents.