The Doctor of Audiology (AuD) program is designed to prepare students to meet the academic and clinical requirements for California state licensure in Audiology as well as for the ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology. The program is a candidate for accreditation by the Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association as well as by the Accreditation Commission for Audiology Education (ACAE) of the American Academy of Audiology. The degree is designed to be completed in four years (including summers and with a common entry point in the fall semester). A minimum of 111 units is required for the AuD degree.

Admission Requirements and Academic Prerequisites

A baccalaureate degree is a prerequisite to enter the AuD program. It is expected that students will have obtained a broad general education to serve as a background prior to their graduate study. Undergraduate coursework in mathematics and in basic and applied sciences is strongly encouraged. If the baccalaureate degree is not in the area of communication sciences and disorders, courses in the following content areas, or their equivalents as determined by the AuD Program Director, are required for admission to the graduate program:

- COMD 4000  (Hearing Science) or equivalent

- COMD 4020  (Audiology and Audiometry) or equivalent

- COMD 4200  (Rehabilitative Audiology) or equivalent

- COMD 4630  (Neuroscience of Communication) or equivalent
AND

- a course in Statistics

And at least one course from among the following:

- COMD 4220  (Advanced Audiology) or equivalent

- COMD 4560  (Language Development) or equivalent

- COMD 4610  (Descriptive Phonetics) or equivalent

- COMD 4620  (Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism) or equivalent.

NOTE: Prerequisite coursework must have been completed within the past 10 years.