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Select your Plan of Study based on your Graduation Date.
If you have questions or would like to confirm your Graduation Date, please contact the S@E Student Success team.
Based on review of your previous academic records, you may be required to complete the following courses in order to fulfill foundational requirements. Per academic policies, all assigned foundational courses must be completed prior to matriculation into the Applied Graduate courses. For this reason, foundational courses are offered in 7-week mini terms. Each 15-week semester has two mini terms, offering the foundational courses, with an additional week at the end of the semester.
You should refer to your Intent to Enroll letter to confirm your individually assigned foundational requirements. When registering for Foundational Courses, please note that each course is held during only the first half or the second half of a semester. You may choose to take the courses over two semesters (Option A) or one semester (Option B), which are listed below for your reference.
If you are petitioning any Foundational Courses, please refer to this page.
With their knowledge of academic foundations and rigors, Student Success Advisors will strategically recommend a foundational plan of study based on your individually required courses.
Speech@Emerson offers two plan of study options for the Applied Graduate coursework, a 5-term track and a 9-term track. Both plan of studies are fixed tracks. Per the program’s academic policy, once a student has passed the add/drop period of their first semester of applied coursework in either plan of study, students are unable to alter their plan of study and must graduate on their chosen track.
You should consult with your Student Success Advisor to carefully and thoughtfully determine their Applied Graduate plan of study. SSAs will partner with students to ensure they are able to make the most informed decision by considering academic, personal, and other factors.
Due to the demands of the online program, you are not able to work full time if enrolled in the 5-term track. You may be able to work part time if enrolled in the 9-term track; however, it must be a flexible position in order to adhere to the rigorous academic and clinical requirements. For either track, it is not possible to work while completing clinical placements since field experience requires a commitment of three to five days per week.
This Planning Your Studies resource represents a typical breakdown of how you can expect to dedicate your time to Speech@Emerson each semester. The time spent in each semester indicates weekly time commitments. Coursework sections are estimates and may vary from student to student.
Keep in mind that the 5-term track is "consistently" intense from one term to the next with roughly the same amount of classes and a practicum each term. The 9-term track is "variably" intense with some semesters being denser than others. Different students will benefit in different ways from each of these two tracks- neither is better or worse than the other. This is a great launching point for conversation when discussing the benefits of each track with your Student Success Advisor.
Regardless of whether you choose the 9-term or 5-term track for your applied graduate coursework, you can anticipate the workload will increase. Now that you have finished foundational courses, you are applying knowledge to practice and employing more cumulative and critical thinking skills. Though applied graduate courses are 15 weeks and foundational courses are a condensed 7 weeks, you can still expect an increase in time, effort, and rigor when you transition to applied grad. More than two times the content of foundational courses is covered in the time frame of an applied grad course. Additionally, you can plan on the applied grad coursework requiring more analysis and critical thinking both during class and in assignments and homework, as these are inherent to the content that is covered.
We recommend that in the weeks prior to your first semester in applied graduate courses, you review the materials available under Student Resources to ensure you have a good grasp on techniques which will help you "step up" from foundational to applied graduate coursework expectations.
DegreeWorks is an excellent resource for monitoring your academic progress, providing insights into your GPA, class standing, and the courses you've completed or need to complete.
You may access DegreeWorks here by utilizing your Emerson College login credentials.
This page will assist you with navigating DegreeWorks.