Doctor of Audiology
About the Degree
Utah State University’s Cinical Doctorate of Audiology (AuD) program is a four-year, 90 semester credit hour post-baccalaureate degree, and is part of the Western Regional Graduate Exchange program (WRGP). The AuD has a required preliminary exam, comprehensive exam, and clinical research project.
Students pursuing a doctoral degree in audiology can have a wide variety of backgrounds including but not limited to bachelor’s degrees in
- Communicative Disorders
- Psychology
- Biology
- Neuroscience
- Allied Health
- Business
Students have varied clinical practicum experiences, beginning the first semester, including:
- diagnostic assessment
- hearing aids
- assistive listening devices
- cochlear implants
- balance
- tinnitus
- auditory processing disorders
- newborn hearing screening
- educational audiology
- Interdisciplinary pediatric services
The department audiology services (Hearing and Balance, Pediatric Audiology, Cochlear Implants) are part of the Sorenson Legacy Foundation Center for Clinical Excellence, a state of the art interprofessional center providing comprehensive clinical services across the lifespan.
Contact the Graduate Program Coordinator
Mason Hayes
Graduate Program Coordinator / Graduate and Deaf Education Academic Advisor
Roadmap for AuD Program
Year One
(fall - spring)
- Register for and complete your required classroom courses.
- Register for and complete COMD 7200: Introduction to Clinical Practice (i.e. your hands-on clinical learning experience).
- You will be assigned a Clinical Research Project (CRP) faculty mentor. You will then meet with your faculty mentor to create a Clinical Research Project Plan.
- You will begin executing your CRP during the spring semester.
Year Two
(summer - spring)
- Register for and complete your required classroom courses.
- Register for and complete COMD 7300: Intermediate Clinical Practicum (i.e. your hands-on, supervised, clinical learning experience).
- Register for, complete, and pass your AuD preliminary exam (COMD 7920) during the spring semester.
- Active work on CRP (i.e., data collection, literature search, analysis) is completed by the conclusion of the Y2 Fall Semester, and defend your CRP; you will also register for COMD 7870 in the spring.
- Present the findings from your CRP at a the USU Student Research Symposium (http://srs.usu.edu/) and the Regional Audiology Student Symposium (held each spring at USU, U of U, or ISU). Students are also encouraged to also present at national or regional conferences; however, this is optional.
Year Three
(summer - spring)
- Register for and complete your required classroom courses.
- Register for and complete COMD 7400: Advanced Clinical Practicum (i.e., your hands-on, supervised, clinical learning experience in audiology clinics in northern Utah).
- Complete and pass your AuD comprehensive exam (COMD 7930).
- Register for, complete, and pass the Praxis Audiology (5345) exam. Submit you results directly to ASHA from ETS and report them to the COMDDE Graduate Program Coordinator.
Year Four: Externship
(summer - spring)
- Register for and complete COMD 7800 in all 3 semesters.
- Complete your full-time supervised clinical practicum under an ASHA-certified audiologist.
- Submit your Graduate Application.
- Apply and interview for jobs in hearing and/or balance healthcare. Begin to investigate requirements for your targeted job’s state licensure.
- Graduate!
- If you’re interested, apply for your CCC-A through ASHA.
The doctoral (AuD) education program in audiology {residential} at Utah State University is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2200 Research Boulevard, #310, Rockville, MD 20850, 800-498-2071 or 301-296-5700.
Students who have a complaint about compliance with accreditation standards may contact the Council on Academic Accreditation at https://caa.asha.org/, 1-800-498-2071, 1-301-296-5700, or caareports@asha.org.