UT Dallas 2024 Graduate Catalog

School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Certificate Programs

Graduate Certificate in Pediatric Auditory Technology and Habilitation (PATH)

15 semester credit hours

The Graduate Certificate in Pediatric Auditory Technology and Habilitation (PATH) will present speech-language pathology and audiology students with the knowledge and skills necessary to maximize auditory communication for children and families, birth to 21 years, who have communication challenges secondary to hearing loss.

Admission Requirements

The certificate program is intended for current degree-seeking students in the Doctor of Audiology or Speech-language Pathology Master's programs at UT Dallas who have:

  • Enrolled for 12 or more academic credit hours
  • Earned a grade point average of 3.0 or higher
  • Demonstrated satisfactory clinical performance
  • Completed a minimum of 9 undergraduate hours of courses in communication disorders.

Coursework

Required for both AuD and SLP students: (12 semester credit hours)

COMD 7323 Auditory-Verbal Methods

AUD 7324 Seminar in Cochlear Implants and Technology for Persons Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

AUD 6122 Laboratory Procedures in Audiology and Hearing Science

AUD 7326 Aural Habilitation of Children with Hearing Impairments

AUD 7V98 Directed Study in Audiology and Hearing Science (2 semester credit hours)

Required for AuD students: (3 semester credit hours)

AUD 8V80 Individual Research in Audiology

Required for SLP students: (3 semester credit hours)

COMD 7325 Hearing and Deafness

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