Students admitted to the Part-Time Track take courses part-time their first two years and engage in full-time coursework the last three quarters of the third year. The professional master's part-time curriculum is composed of 26 required course credits (quarter hours) for the first academic year, 33 required course credits for the second academic year, and 47 required course credits for the third academic year for a total of 106 quarter credits. Clinical practica are scheduled in the third and fourth quarters during the second year, and first and second quarters of the third year of the curriculum. Advanced practica, or full-time placements in healthcare and educational settings, are secured for the last two quarters of the program.
In addition to the required curriculum, students may elect to complete a Capstone (Capstone courses I-III), Thesis (Thesis courses I-IV), or other elective or remedial coursework.* The Capstone Track requires four additional credits (110 total required credits) and the Thesis Track requires five additional credits (111 required credits).
*Dementia Care, Independent Study, and Thesis Continuation courses.
The Midwestern University College of Health Sciences Speech-Language Pathology Program reserves the right to alter its curriculum. This catalog does not establish a contractual relationship between Midwestern University and individual students.
The following curriculum applies to the incoming Class of 2028. Enrolled second-year SLP students should refer to the previous catalog.