Projected SLP Course Sequence for Students Seeking Multicultural Certificate

First Summer Semester – 9 Credit Hours of Coursework

• ETR 521 - Educational Statistics
• SLP 601 - Principles of Assessment in Communicative Disorders
• SLP 605 - AAC
• SLP 773 - Advanced Professional Issues (1)
• LTIC 547 - Assessment of Language Minority Students if not second summer (additional certificate course)

First Fall Semester – 12 Credit Hours of Coursework Plus 2 Hours of Clinic

• SLP 603 - Communication Disorders in Early Childhood
• SLP 671 - Speech Sound Disorders
• SLP 684 - Swallowing Disorders
• SLP 610 - Multicultural aspects of speech-language pathology
• SLP 687 - Speech-Language Practicum: Speech and Hearing Clinic (2 hours)

Pass the ISBE proficiency test for the language they want to work in if also seeking PEL bilingual endorsement (optional).

First Spring Semester – 12 Credit Hours of Coursework Plus 2 Hours of Clinic

• SLP 421 - Aural Rehabilitation (if not taken earlier)
• SLP 607 - Language Disorders in School-age Populations
• SLP 674 - Cognitive-Linguistic Disorders of Neurologically Impaired Adults
• SLP 618 - Autism and Social Communication Disorders
• SLP 687 - Speech-Language Practicum: Speech and Hearing Clinic (2 hours)
• SLP 611 - Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Intervention in Speech-Language Pathology (additional certificate course)

Second Summer – 6 Credit Hours of Coursework Plus 2 Hours of Clinic

• SLP 644 - Stuttering (1 hour)
• SLP 670 - Voice Disorders: Research and Therapy (2 hours)
• SLP 687 - Speech-Language Practicum: Speech and Hearing Clinic (2 hours)
• LTIC 547 - Assessment of Language Minority Students if not first summer (additional certificate course)
• HDFS 588 - Working with Ethnically Diverse Children and Families in the U.S. (additional certificate course)

Second Fall Semester – 12 Credit Hours of Coursework Plus 2-3 Hours of Clinic

• SLP 676 - Organization and Planning of Speech, Language, and Hearing Services
• SLP 680 - Medical Aspects in Speech-Language Pathology
• SLP 602 - Motor Speech Disorders: Assessment and Treatment or SLP 784 - Pediatric Swallowing Disorders
• SLP 687 - Speech-Language Practicum: Speech and Hearing Clinic (2 hours)
• SLP 690 - Part-time external placement (1 hour if requested and approved)

Second Spring Semester – 11 Credit Hours of Full Time External Placements

• SLP 691 - Advanced Practicum: Educational Speech-Language Pathology (required for PEL)
• SLP 692 - Advanced Practicum: Clinical Speech-Language Pathology
• SLP 6 95 - Comprehensive Examination in Speech-Language Pathology
• SLP 700 - Portfolio for Multicultural Certificate in Speech-Language Pathology (additional certificate course)

Complete the Praxis II exam for ASHA CCC. Pass the Comprehensive Examinations.