• Offers a Master of Arts degree in Communication Sciences and

Disorders
• Is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology
and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA) of the American Speech,
Language, Hearing Association (ASHA)
• Over the past 3 years 99% of the graduates from our program pass
the national examination on their first attempt
• This past year, 97% of those seeking employment are employed
within 6 months of graduation
 Biological Science
(e.g., biology, zoology)

And

Physical Science
(must be chemistry or physics) Statistics

Social Science
(e.g., psychology, sociology,
anthropology)
1. Online application system (CollegeNet)
http://www.uh.edu/graduate-school/

2. Transcripts* (each college)

3. Letters of recommendation (3)
4. Official GRE (up to 5 years old)
5. Your résumé
6. Personal statement of interest (2 page max)
* http://www.uh.edu/graduate-school/admissions/how-to-apply/fall-2015/uploading-transcripts.pdf
Deadline is January 15th

Decision letters go out mid March

We need your decision by April 15th

What is Reviewed 2019 Admitted Students
• Major GPA • Major GPA
• Overall GPA- Last 60 hours – 3.9
• GRE • Overall GPA
– Analytical writing – 3.8
– Verbal • GRE
– Quantitative – Analytical Writing- 4.0
• Personal Statement – Verbal- 152
– Quantitative-150
• Letters of Recommendation
• Résumé
Our Faculty
Our Grads
Courses cover etiology, characteristics, diagnosis, and treatment of
communication and swallowing disorders across the lifespan
– Including speech, language, cognition, hearing, and swallowing
– Faculty with expertise in each area to teach for each course

Students must complete 49 academic credits for the master’s degree

– 31 credits in required content coursework, 3 credits of elective coursework, 15
credits in clinic assignments
• Students who have been accepted into the graduate program may opt
into the part-time program
• In the part-time program, course-work and clinic experiences are spread
over 7-8 terms (semesters)
• Students graduate at the end of their 3rd spring semester

*Part-time students must be available to be on-campus for clinic

assignments and courses*
A minimum of five semesters of clinical practica are required

These are completed both:

– At the University of Houston Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic: A
United Way Facility or one of the community outreach centers
– And at a wide variety of clinics, schools, and hospitals in the Houston
area
 Race

Disorders Ethnicity

Clinic
Diversity

Gender/
Transgender
Age
Students in the graduate program have the option to complete a
Specialty Concentration

– Conducted like an independent study

• One on one with faculty member
– Students chose a faculty mentor
• Mentor and student determine project
– 3 hours of elective must go towards the project
• One three hour course
• Three one hour special topics
Students in the graduate program have the option to complete a
Master’s Thesis

– Work with a faculty member, who is the thesis chair

• Student and chair design the project
– Student takes 3 hours of Thesis in Summer (COMD 7399)
• Instead of the elective
– Student takes 3 hours of Thesis in Spring 2
• No comprehensive exam, no evidence-based practice report 2
 In the second (FT) or third (PT) year, students have 2
externship placements.

• Full-time clinical practicum (30-36 hrs/wk)

• Externship contracts all around the Houston metro area
• Acute, rehabilitative, educational, and developmental
experiences
– With adults and children
• Variety of merit scholarships awarded upon admission
– Don’t have to apply for these
• Several scholarships available once admitted
– Through organizations like HACD and TSHA
– And the department
• Assistantships available
The Graduate School Fund is
– TA, RA, and GA available for many in-state students.
– Up to 10 hours per week https://www.uh.edu/graduate-
school/graduate-funding/
– Apply once accepted
http://www.uh.edu/financial/graduate/tuition-fees/tuition/
We are CLASS- communications

http://www.uh.edu/financial/graduate/tuition-fees/
We are liberal arts and social sciences
Entrance to the clinic Student lounge

Renderings are conceptual and are subject to change.

Graduate School
http://www.uh.edu/graduate-school/

UH ComD
https://www.uh.edu/class/comd/

UH ComD Graduate Program

https://www.uh.edu/class/comd/programs/graduate/
Michelle L. Ivey, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Instructional Associate Professor
Graduate Program Director

mlivey@uh.edu