Doctor of Audiology Program
Satisfactory Progress

The three primary criteria for maintaining satisfactory progress while enrolled in the Doctor of Audiology degree program are summarized below. Students are reviewed quarterly by the audiology faculty, and any student not maintaining satisfactory progress will be contacted by the Department’s Graduate Program Coordinator (GPC) and representatives of the audiology faculty.

Students are required to review and understand the department’s “Graduate Student Guide”, section VI, entitled “Scholarship: Review of Student Progress” which comprehensively outlines the satisfactory performance requirements for this program. In addition, students are required to review and understand the Graduate School’s Memo #16 entitled “Unsatisfactory Performance and Progress”.

1. Students must maintain satisfactory scholarship
    
   • a cumulative AND quarterly GPA of 3.0 or greater
      
   • Any student falling below a GPA of 3.0 will be identified by the Graduate School as a student with “low scholarship” which could result in a change in status action by the Graduate School.
      
2. Students must maintain satisfactory progress toward degree completion
    
   1. In required didactic courses students must earn a grade of at least 2.7.
       
   2. In required clinical practicum courses students must earn a grade of “credit”.
       
   3. In required research courses students must earn a grade of “pass” or “4.0”
       
   4. In required comprehensive exams student must earn a grade of “pass”
       
   5. In addition:
       
      • Any student who earns a non-passing grade will be placed on probation by the Graduate School. Students must retake any courses, didactic or clinical, in which a non-passing grade is earned. Students will have only one opportunity to retake a course to earn a passing grade and failure to pass on the retake could result in dismissal.
         
      • Students who receive a non-passing grade in more than two courses will be automatically dismissed from the program. Thus, on the occasion in which a third non-passing grade of any type is received—didactic, clinical or a combination— the student can be dismissed from the program.
         
      • The only exception to this policy is related to SPHSC 570 Assessment of Auditory Function I. This course also serves as the Year One Clinical Comprehensive exam and students are unable to retake this course if a non-passing grade is earned. Within the course, students can retake the required lab practical exams if non-passing grades are earned. However, any student who fails to earn a passing grade on a second retake of an exam or earns a non-passing grade in the course can be dismissed from the program.
         
      • Students earning a non-passing grade on either the Year Two Clinical or Year Three Written Comprehensive Exam are allowed to retake the exam one time. If a passing grade on the exam is not earned the second time, the student can be dismissed from the program.
         
3. Students must satisfactorily demonstrate the essential behaviors required for a speech and hearing science education
    
   • Students are required to abide by the Speech and Hearing Sciences specifications for essential behaviors and abilities outlined in the “Essential Requirements of Speech and Hearing Science Education” signed by each student upon entry into the program. Thus, students must demonstrate behaviors and abilities across the following areas:
      
     • Communication Skills
        
     • Motor Skills
        
     • Intellectual / Cognitive Skills
        
     • Sensory / Observational Skills
        
     • Behavioral / Social Skills

All students are required to familiarize themselves with the “Au.D. Master’s Guide to Graduation” which outlines all student requirements and procedures. In general, students must successfully complete the following in order to be eligible for graduation:

• All undergraduate coursework requirements as outlined by ASHA
   
  
• All ASHA Knowledge and Skills Acquisition (KASA) requirements
   
  
  • required and elective graduate didactic coursework
     
    
  • required and elective graduate clinical coursework, including a minimum of 1,820 hours of supervised clinical experience in the practice of audiology. Students must have documentation for all clinical hours.
     
    
• Three comprehensive exams: Year One Clinical Comprehensive Exam (SPHSC 570), Year Two Clinical Comprehensive Exam, and Year Three Written Comprehensive Exam.
   
  
• Au.D. Capstone Research Project, including the written document and oral presentation.