Based on review of your previous academic records, you may be required to complete foundational courses in order to fulfill Emerson's requirements. Per academic policies, all assigned foundational courses must be completed prior to beginning Applied Graduate courses. 

So that you can move through this coursework efficiently, foundational courses are offered in 7-week mini terms. Each 15-week semester has two mini terms, Mini term A and Mini term B.  When registering for a single semester, you should register for courses you want to take both in Mini term A and in Mini Term B.  

These courses are offered in Mini Term A (the first half of the term) each semester: 

• CD625 - Structures & Functions for Speech, Hearing, and Swallowing

• CD626 - Language Development

• CD627 - Survey of Communication Disorders Across the Lifespan

These courses are offered in Mini Term B (the second half of the term) each semester:

• CD628 - Clinical Observations and Foundations

• CD629 - Speech Sounds: Phonetics and Acoustics 

• CD630 - Foundations of Audiology

You should refer to your Intent to Enroll letter to confirm your individually assigned foundational requirements. Most students choose to take the courses over two semesters (Option A) or one semester (Option B):

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 an 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 in comparison to the foundational coursework. 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.