Communicative Sciences and Disorders

Master's Program

Future Students

Want to find out more about our MS program?

Join us for one of these events!

  1. On-campus information sessions: Wed, July 20, 2011 at 6pm and Thurs Nov 3, 2011. Click here to register.

  2. Informal afternoon tours (Fridays from 12:00-1:00):
    3. September 16, 2011
    October 28, 2011
    November 11, 2011
    December 9, 2011

  3. Web chat with the MS Advisor:
    4. Date: Tuesday, December 6th at 5pm. (To log in, click the link to the right in the "online chat" info box)

Application information

Applications must be submitted through the Office of Graduate Admissions. Detailed information about application dates, required materials, and procedures for submission can be found here.

Please check out the Steinhardt Financial Aid page for information about some of the scholarships available through NYU Steinhardt.

About our MS degree in CSD

The Master of Science program in Communicative Sciences and Disorders at NYU is a full-time day-time program. Full-time status is defined as a minimum of 12 units of required course work per semester at NYU. Most students opt to take more than 12 units during their first two semesters so that their later semesters will be lighter when they are doing practicum.

Special Opportunities in Communicative Sciences and Disorders at NYU

Courses

Interesting elective courses

  • Baby Trachs
  • Craniofacial Anomalies 
  • Counseling skills for CSD
  • Hearing Loss Rehabilitation (focusing on cochlear implants)
  • Interdisciplinary Case-Based Management of Dysphagia
  • Dysphagia in infants and toddlers
  • Augmentative Communication
  • SALT (Computerized Analysis of Language Transcripts)
  • Variety of Summer and Intersession courses

Lab sections accompany several courses

  • Anatomy and Physiology: includes a cadaver lab at the NYU Medical Center to ensure that students receive hands-on experience with anatomical structures
  • Language Disorders in Children: combines lectures and clinical observation
  • Speech Science: Instrumentation: allows students to use kinematic and ultrasound equipment, the newest methods for measuring speech articulation

Study Abroad

Each summer we direct a 6 week study abroad program in the Department of Logopedics and Phoniatrics at Lund University in Lund, Sweden. The program uses the expertise of Lund University neurologists, otolaryngologists, radiologists, and speech-language pathologists to create a setting in which course content, diagnostics, and remediation procedures are tightly integrated. Students are also exposed to current research projects at Lund University in an international environment that supports both basic and applied research.

Practica

On-campus practica: (See Clinical Practica Tab)

  • Three-semesters of on-campus initiation into clinic
  • Fully functional in-house clinic with a wide variety of clients including:
    • Voice
    • Fluency
    • Children with speech and language disorders
    • Multicultural and multilingual populations
    • Aphasia group and individual therapy
  • Opportunity to be placed at Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center which specializes in individuals with Huntington’s disease.

Off-campus practica:(See Clinical Practica Tab)

  • Two semesters of off-campus experience
  • Over 100 off-campus sites in the tri-state area

Job Opportunities

We are pleased to report that we have 100% job placement for our graduates. Our department was one of the first to offer advanced degrees in speech-language pathology and audiology in the New York area and we are proud to have been continuously accredited by ASHA for over 30 years.

Research Opportunities

Each faculty member has an active research agenda with opportunities for students to work in a research lab on a variety of projects. Students interested in research are encouraged to work with faculty mentors and many work on their own research projects. Our program offers students an option to complete a Master’s thesis and graduate with honors.