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PhD Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at University of Montana

University of Montana, United States

Programme overview

PhD Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences is a graduate programme at the University of Montana in Missoula, offered in School of Speech Language and Occupational Sciences, College of Health.

Faculty: College of Health  |  Department: School of Speech Language and Occupational Sciences  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Missoula, MT, United States

What you will study

Doctor of Philosophy - Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences The program is made up of a combination of 60 credits of coursework and professional products courses, the preliminary comprehensive competency exam, and a dissertation. Students must pass a preliminary comprehensive competency exam that includes disciplinary knowledge, a critique of a research manuscript, and design of an experimental research study. In addition, students complete professional products courses in areas critical for the success of faculty or professionals in the speech, language, and hearing sciences that include the following: research, conference presentation, writing for publication, systematic review of resear

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Application information

Entry requirements

Graduate School-level admission, applying to all graduate programmes: a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution; minimum cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0 for full admission (lower GPAs may be considered for provisional admission on programme recommendation); official transcripts; for master's and doctoral programmes, letters of recommendation and a resume/CV, letter of intent or equivalent. Individual programmes may require additional materials and set their own deadlines.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate applications are submitted online through ApplyWeb. The application fee is $70 for the first application and $25 for each additional application within 12 months. Materials and deadlines are program-specific.

Apply through the official page: https://www.umt.edu/grad/apply/default.php

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