Wichita State University
College of Health Professions
Dept of Comm Disorders & Science
1845 N Fairmount
Wichita, KS 67260-0075
Phone: (316)978-3240
Fax: (316)978-3291
E-mail Address: csd@wichita.edu
http://www.wichita.edu/csd/
CAA Accreditation Information
Accredited
Master’s Degree in Speech Language Pathology
CAA Accredited (MA) (2009 - 2017)
Next Accreditation Review: August 2016
Accredited
Clinical Entry-Level Doctoral Degree Audiology
CAA Accredited (clinical entry level AuD) (2009 - 2017)
Next Accreditation Review: August 2016
Programs
General
- Administrative Location:
- College of Health Professions
- Combined Degree Programs Offered:
- No
- Distance Education Availability:
- Degree program does not offer a distance education option.
- Part-time Enrollment:
- Yes
- Multicultural/Bilingual Emphasis:
- The program does not offer a multicultural or bilingual emphasis.
- Study Abroad Opportunities:
- Data not available.
- Areas of Research:
- Audiologic (re)habilitation
- Auditory processing (Audiology)
- Electrophysiology (otoacoustic emissions, auditory, electrocochleography, intraoperative monitoring)
- Hearing conservation
- Fluency
- Swallowing
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (academic and clinical)
- Autism
- Institution Grants and Contract(s)
- Federally funded research grant(s) : 0
- Total dollar amount: $0
- Federally funded personnel preparation grant(s) : 0
- Total dollar amount: $0
-
- State funded research grant(s) : 0
- Total dollar amount: $0
- State funded personnel preparation grant(s) : 0
- Total dollar amount: $0
- Postdoctoral Opportunities:
- No postdoctoral opportunities
- Specialty Tracks / Unique Features:
- Departmental Honors Track; Concentration in Deafness and Hard of Hearing.
- Minority Serving Institution:
- Data not available.
- NSSLHA Chapter:
- Yes
Admissions
- Application Process:
- University online application
- University hard copy application
- Other: Department Application
Enrollment
- Total Undergraduate Enrollment:
- 132
Graduation
- Total Number of Degrees Granted:
- Full time: 36
- Part time: 0
- Total: 36
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General
- Administrative Location:
- College of Health Professions
- Combined Degree Programs Offered:
- Masters/research doctoral (e.g., MA/PhD)
- Distance Education Availability:
- Some courses are offered online
- Part-time Enrollment:
- Yes
- Multicultural/Bilingual Emphasis:
- The program does not offer a multicultural or bilingual emphasis.
- Study Abroad Opportunities:
- Data not available.
- Areas of Research:
- Audiologic (re)habilitation
- Auditory processing (Audiology)
- Electrophysiology (otoacoustic emissions, auditory, electrocochleography, intraoperative monitoring)
- Hearing conservation
- Fluency
- Swallowing
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (academic and clinical)
- Autism
- Institution Grants and Contract(s)
- Federally funded research grant(s) : 0
- Total dollar amount: $0
- Federally funded personnel preparation grant(s) : 0
- Total dollar amount: $0
-
- State funded research grant(s) : 0
- Total dollar amount: $0
- State funded personnel preparation grant(s) : 0
- Total dollar amount: $0
- Postdoctoral Opportunities:
- No postdoctoral opportunities
- Specialty Tracks / Unique Features:
- International collaborations possible; multidisciplinary coursework and clinical experiences emphasized; licensed preschool including early intervention for language and literacy; emphasis on ASD education, clinical experiences, research; audiology clinic and assistive tech center; four separate audio suites for teaching and research; emphasis on interdisciplinary research; research labs in infant vocalization, motor speech, swallowing, conversation; cutting-edge research lab instrumentation for motor speech
- Minority Serving Institution:
- Data not available.
- NSSLHA Chapter:
- Yes
Admissions
- Admission Contact:
- Name: Julie Scherz
- E-Mail Address: julie.scherz@wichita.edu
- Clinic Director:
- TBD
- Application Deadline(s):
- Application deadline for Fall admission: February 01
- Application Process:
- CSD Central Application Service (CSDCAS)
- University online application
- University hard copy application
- Application Requirements:
- Undergraduate degree in CSD
- Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score
- Letters of recommendation: 3
- Writing sample/essay: 1
- Other: If UG degree is other than CSD, some leveling courses are required.
- Average GRE:
- Verbal Reasoning: 140-163
- Quantitative Reasoning: 135-156
- Analytical Writing: 3.00-4.50
- Average GPA:
- 3.77
- Number of Applications Received:
- Full-time Students: 102
- Part-time Students: 0
- Total: 102
- Number of Admission Offers:
- Full time: 50
- Part time: 0
- Total: 50
- Number of Admission Offers with Funding:
- Number of students offered admission with funding: 0
Enrollment
- Target Class Size:
- 25
- Newly Enrolled:
- Full-time students: 23
- Part-time students: 0
- Total: 23
- Total Graduate Enrollment:
- Full-time students: 48
- Part-time students: 7
- Total: 55
Graduation
- Credit Hour Requirement:
- Total semester credit hours: 68
- Additional Requirements:
- Capstone project
- Comprehensive exam
- Thesis
- Other: Praxis; Academic and clinical requirements to meet ASHA standards
- Time to Degree (CED):
- Total semesters: 6
- Total Number of Degrees Granted:
- Full time: 22
- Part time: 0
- Total: 22
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General
- Administrative Location:
- College of Health Professions
- Combined Degree Programs Offered:
- Clinical doctoral/research doctoral (e.g., AuD/PhD)
- Distance Education Availability:
- Degree program does not offer a distance education option.
- Part-time Enrollment:
- The degree program does not accept part-time students.
- Multicultural/Bilingual Emphasis:
- The program does not offer a multicultural or bilingual emphasis.
- Study Abroad Opportunities:
- Data not available.
- Areas of Research:
- Audiologic (re)habilitation
- Auditory processing (Audiology)
- Electrophysiology (otoacoustic emissions, auditory, electrocochleography, intraoperative monitoring)
- Hearing conservation
- Fluency
- Swallowing
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (academic and clinical)
- Autism
- Institution Grants and Contract(s)
- Federally funded research grant(s) : 0
- Total dollar amount: $0
- Federally funded personnel preparation grant(s) : 0
- Total dollar amount: $0
-
- State funded research grant(s) : 0
- Total dollar amount: $0
- State funded personnel preparation grant(s) : 0
- Total dollar amount: $0
- Postdoctoral Opportunities:
- No postdoctoral opportunities
- Specialty Tracks / Unique Features:
- International collaborations possible; multidisciplinary coursework and clinical experiences emphasized; licensed preschool including early intervention for language and literacy; emphasis on ASD education, clinical experiences, research; audiology clinic and assistive tech center; four separate audio suites for teaching and research; emphasis on interdisciplinary research; research labs in infant vocalization, motor speech, swallowing, conversation; cutting-edge research lab instrumentation for motor speech
- Minority Serving Institution:
- Data not available.
- NSSLHA Chapter:
- Yes
Admissions
- Admission Contact:
- Name: Raymond Hull
- E-Mail Address: ray.hull@wichita.edu
- Clinic Director:
- TBD
- Application Deadline(s):
- Application deadline for Fall admission: February 01
- Application Process:
- CSD Central Application Service (CSDCAS)
- University online application
- University hard copy application
- Application Requirements:
- Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score
- Letters of recommendation: 3
- Writing sample/essay: 1
- Other: Undergraduate degree
- Average GRE:
- Verbal Reasoning: 137-158
- Quantitative Reasoning: 143-152
- Analytical Writing: 3.00-4.00
- Average GPA:
- 3.68
- Number of Applications Received:
- Full-time Students: 30
- Part-time Students: 0
- Total: 30
- Number of Admission Offers:
- Full time: 16
- Part time: 0
- Total: 16
- Number of Admission Offers with Funding:
- Number of students offered admission with funding: 0
Enrollment
- Target Class Size:
- 8
- Newly Enrolled:
- Full-time students: 4
- Part-time students: 0
- Total: 4
- Total Graduate Enrollment:
- Full-time students: 27
- Part-time students: 0
- Total: 27
Graduation
- Credit Hour Requirement:
- Total semester credit hours: 106
- Additional Requirements:
- Capstone project
- Comprehensive exam
- Other: Praxis; Academic and clinical requirements to meet ASHA standards
- Time to Degree (CED):
- Total semesters: 11
- Total Number of Degrees Granted:
- Full time: 8
- Part time: 0
- Total: 8
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General
- Administrative Location:
- College of Health Professions
- Combined Degree Programs Offered:
- Clinical doctoral/research doctoral (e.g., AuD/PhD)
- Distance Education Availability:
- Degree program does not offer a distance education option.
- Part-time Enrollment:
- The degree program does not accept part-time students.
- Study Abroad Opportunities:
- Data not available.
- Areas of Research:
- Audiologic (re)habilitation
- Auditory processing (Audiology)
- Electrophysiology (otoacoustic emissions, auditory, electrocochleography, intraoperative monitoring)
- Hearing conservation
- Fluency
- Swallowing
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (academic and clinical)
- Autism
- Institution Grants and Contract(s)
- Federally funded research grant(s) : 0
- Total dollar amount: $0
- Federally funded personnel preparation grant(s) : 0
- Total dollar amount: $0
-
- State funded research grant(s) : 0
- Total dollar amount: $0
- State funded personnel preparation grant(s) : 0
- Total dollar amount: $0
- Postdoctoral Opportunities:
- No postdoctoral opportunities
- Specialty Tracks / Unique Features:
- Data not available.
- Minority Serving Institution:
- Data not available.
- NSSLHA Chapter:
- Yes
Admissions
- Admission Contact:
- Name: Raymond Hull
- E-Mail Address: ray.hull@wichita.edu
- Application Deadline(s):
- Application deadline for Fall admission: February 01
- Application Process:
- CSD Central Application Service (CSDCAS)
- University online application
- University hard copy application
- Application Requirements:
- Graduate degree in CSD (for post entry-level degree programs)
- Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score
- Letters of recommendation: 3
- Writing sample/essay: 1
- Number of Applications Received:
- Full-time Students: 0
- Part-time Students: 0
- Total: 0
- Number of Admission Offers:
- Full time: 0
- Part time: 0
- Total: 0
- Number of Admission Offers with Funding:
- Number of students offered admission with funding: 0
Enrollment
- Target Class Size:
- 0
- Newly Enrolled:
- Full-time students: 0
- Part-time students: 0
- Total: 0
- Total Graduate Enrollment:
- Full-time students: 0
- Part-time students: 0
- Total: 0
Graduation
- Credit Hour Requirement:
- Total semester credit hours: 106
- Additional Requirements:
- Capstone project
- Comprehensive exam
- Other: Praxis; Academic and clinical requirements to meet ASHA standards
- Time to Degree (CED):
- Total semesters: 11
- Total Number of Degrees Granted:
- Full time: 0
- Part time: 0
- Total: 0
Return to Top
General
- Administrative Location:
- College of Health Professions
- Combined Degree Programs Offered:
- Clinical doctoral/research doctoral (e.g., AuD/PhD)
- Distance Education Availability:
- Degree program does not offer a distance education option.
- Part-time Enrollment:
- Yes
- Study Abroad Opportunities:
- Data not available.
- Areas of Research:
- Audiologic (re)habilitation
- Auditory processing (Audiology)
- Electrophysiology (otoacoustic emissions, auditory, electrocochleography, intraoperative monitoring)
- Hearing conservation
- Fluency
- Swallowing
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (academic and clinical)
- Autism
- Institution Grants and Contract(s)
- Federally funded research grant(s) : 0
- Total dollar amount: $0
- Federally funded personnel preparation grant(s) : 0
- Total dollar amount: $0
-
- State funded research grant(s) : 0
- Total dollar amount: $0
- State funded personnel preparation grant(s) : 0
- Total dollar amount: $0
- Postdoctoral Opportunities:
- No postdoctoral opportunities
- Specialty Tracks / Unique Features:
- International collaborations possible; multidisciplinary coursework and clinical experiences emphasized; licensed preschool including early intervention for language and literacy; emphasis on ASD education, clinical experiences, research; audiology clinic and assistive tech center; four separate audio suites for teaching and research; emphasis on interdisciplinary research; research labs in infant vocalization, motor speech, swallowing, conversation; cutting-edge research lab instrumentation for motor speech
- Minority Serving Institution:
- Data not available.
- NSSLHA Chapter:
- Yes
Admissions
- Admission Contact:
- Name: Kathy Coufal
- E-Mail Address: kathy.coufal@wichita.edu
- Application Deadline(s):
- Rolling admissions
- Application Process:
- University online application
- University hard copy application
- Application Requirements:
- Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score
- Letters of recommendation: 3
- Personal interview
- Writing sample/essay: 1
- Other: Undergraduate or graduate degree.
- Number of Applications Received:
- Full-time Students: 0
- Part-time Students: 0
- Total: 0
- Number of Admission Offers:
- Full time: 0
- Part time: 0
- Total: 0
- Number of Admission Offers with Funding:
- Number of students offered admission with funding: 0
Enrollment
- Target Class Size:
- 1
- Newly Enrolled:
- Full-time students: 0
- Part-time students: 0
- Total: 0
- Total Graduate Enrollment:
- Full-time students: 0
- Part-time students: 1
- Total: 1
Graduation
- Credit Hour Requirement:
- Total semester credit hours: 65
- Additional Requirements:
- Comprehensive exam
- Dissertation
- Research doctoral degrees granted:
- 0
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General
- Administrative Location:
- College of Health Professions
- Combined Degree Programs Offered:
- Masters/research doctoral (e.g., MA/PhD)
- Distance Education Availability:
- Degree program does not offer a distance education option.
- Part-time Enrollment:
- Yes
- Study Abroad Opportunities:
- Data not available.
- Areas of Research:
- Audiologic (re)habilitation
- Auditory processing (Audiology)
- Electrophysiology (otoacoustic emissions, auditory, electrocochleography, intraoperative monitoring)
- Hearing conservation
- Fluency
- Swallowing
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (academic and clinical)
- Autism
- Institution Grants and Contract(s)
- Federally funded research grant(s) : 0
- Total dollar amount: $0
- Federally funded personnel preparation grant(s) : 0
- Total dollar amount: $0
-
- State funded research grant(s) : 0
- Total dollar amount: $0
- State funded personnel preparation grant(s) : 0
- Total dollar amount: $0
- Postdoctoral Opportunities:
- No postdoctoral opportunities
- Specialty Tracks / Unique Features:
- International collaborations possible; multidisciplinary coursework and clinical experiences emphasized; licensed preschool including early intervention for language and literacy; emphasis on ASD education, clinical experiences, research; audiology clinic and assistive tech center; four separate audio suites for teaching and research; emphasis on interdisciplinary research; research labs in infant vocalization, motor speech, swallowing, conversation; cutting-edge research lab instrumentation for motor speech
- Minority Serving Institution:
- Data not available.
- NSSLHA Chapter:
- Yes
Admissions
- Admission Contact:
- Name: Kathy Coufal
- E-Mail Address: kathy.coufal@wichita.edu
- Application Deadline(s):
- Rolling admissions
- Application Process:
- University online application
- University hard copy application
- Application Requirements:
- Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score
- Letters of recommendation: 3
- Personal interview
- Writing sample/essay: 1
- Other: Undergraduate or graduate degree.
- Number of Applications Received:
- Full-time Students: 2
- Part-time Students: 0
- Total: 2
- Number of Admission Offers:
- Full time: 1
- Part time: 0
- Total: 1
- Number of Admission Offers with Funding:
- Number of students offered admission with funding: 1
Enrollment
- Target Class Size:
- 3
- Newly Enrolled:
- Full-time students: 1
- Part-time students: 0
- Total: 1
- Total Graduate Enrollment:
- Full-time students: 1
- Part-time students: 3
- Total: 4
Graduation
- Credit Hour Requirement:
- Total semester credit hours: 65
- Additional Requirements:
- Comprehensive exam
- Dissertation
- Research doctoral degrees granted:
- 1
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General
- Administrative Location:
- College of Health Professions
- Combined Degree Programs Offered:
- Masters/research doctoral (e.g., MA/PhD)
- Distance Education Availability:
- Degree program does not offer a distance education option.
- Part-time Enrollment:
- Yes
- Study Abroad Opportunities:
- Data not available.
- Areas of Research:
- Audiologic (re)habilitation
- Auditory processing (Audiology)
- Electrophysiology (otoacoustic emissions, auditory, electrocochleography, intraoperative monitoring)
- Hearing conservation
- Fluency
- Swallowing
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (academic and clinical)
- Autism
- Institution Grants and Contract(s)
- Federally funded research grant(s) : 0
- Total dollar amount: $0
- Federally funded personnel preparation grant(s) : 0
- Total dollar amount: $0
-
- State funded research grant(s) : 0
- Total dollar amount: $0
- State funded personnel preparation grant(s) : 0
- Total dollar amount: $0
- Postdoctoral Opportunities:
- No postdoctoral opportunities
- Specialty Tracks / Unique Features:
- International collaborations possible; multidisciplinary coursework and clinical experiences emphasized; licensed preschool including early intervention for language and literacy; emphasis on ASD education, clinical experiences, research; audiology clinic and assistive tech center; four separate audio suites for teaching and research; emphasis on interdisciplinary research; research labs in infant vocalization, motor speech, swallowing, conversation; cutting-edge research lab instrumentation for motor speech
- Minority Serving Institution:
- Data not available.
- NSSLHA Chapter:
- Yes
Admissions
- Admission Contact:
- Name: Kathy Coufal
- E-Mail Address: kathy.coufal@wichita.edu
- Application Deadline(s):
- Rolling admissions
- Application Process:
- University online application
- University hard copy application
- Application Requirements:
- Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score
- Letters of recommendation: 3
- Personal interview
- Writing sample/essay: 1
- Other: Undergraduate or graduate degree.
- Number of Applications Received:
- Full-time Students: 4
- Part-time Students: 0
- Total: 4
- Number of Admission Offers:
- Full time: 1
- Part time: 0
- Total: 1
- Number of Admission Offers with Funding:
- Number of students offered admission with funding: 0
Enrollment
- Target Class Size:
- 3
- Newly Enrolled:
- Full-time students: 1
- Part-time students: 0
- Total: 1
- Total Graduate Enrollment:
- Full-time students: 4
- Part-time students: 2
- Total: 6
Graduation
- Credit Hour Requirement:
- Total semester credit hours: 65
- Additional Requirements:
- Comprehensive exam
- Dissertation
- Research doctoral degrees granted:
- 1
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