Department of Communicative Disorders
College of Public Health and Health Professions
On-Campus Doctor of Audiology Program - Overview
The University of Florida Post-Bachelor's Doctor of Audiology degree program is a campus-based program that:
Prepares students for a professional career in audiology
Provides a wide array of experiences in the practice of diagnostic and rehabilitative
audiology
Provides students with complex and diverse skills necessary to meet the
challenges of the rapidly changing hearing health care field.
The Post-Bachelor's Au.D. program is a four-year graduate degree. The clinical and academic curriculum includes course work in the basic sciences, applied audiology, clinical research, statistics, audiologic rehabilitation, medical neuroscience, neuro-otology, cochlear implants, health care administration, programmable hearing aids, counseling, and aging. Graduates of this program are eligible for the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology (CCC-A) administered by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Board Certification in Audiology administered by the American Academy of Audiology, and for state licensure in audiology.
The University of Florida Doctor of Audiology Program is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Public comment can be addressed to the CAA by mail to ASHA at 2200 Research Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20850-3289, or online at www.asha.org/about/credentialing/accreditation (select the link "Call for Public Comment Graduate Education Programs").
The on-campus program for bachelors-level applicants is a four-year graduate degree totaling 125 semester hours. The curriculum includes 78 hours of course work in basic sciences, applied audiology, clinical research, statistics, audiologic rehabilitation, medical neuroscience, neuro-otology, cochlear implants, pharmacology, health care administration, programmable and digital hearing aids, counseling, communication and aging, and speech-language pathology.
During the remaining 47 hours of the program, students will receive clinical experience at the campus clinic. These practicum experiences utilize various resources at the University of Florida Health Science Center and affiliated hospitals in the North Florida area as well as the Veterans Administration Medical Center. The final clinical training hours will occur during the fourth year as part of an audiology externship placement.
