Graduate Bulletin
College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Mary Beth Armstrong, Dean
Hill House, Extension 6508
e-mail: armstrom@montevallo.edu
The College of Arts and Sciences offers the M.A. degree in English and the M.S. degree in Speech Language Pathology. The M.S. degree in Speech-Language Pathology has been approved for Alabama Class A certification under special circumstances. Refer to the Communication Science and Disorders section of this Bulletin for more information. The College also offers various teaching-field courses in support of the M.Ed. in Secondary and P–12 Education.
Admission requirements
In addition to the general requirements for admission to the UM graduate program, students may be required to meet specific requirements which will be listed under the appropriate department.
Biology, Chemistry, and Mathematics
Dr. Scott Peterson, Department Chair
Harman Hall, Extension 6480
e-mail: petersons@montevallo.edu
There is no graduate major in biology, chemistry, mathematics, or general science; however, students pursuing the M.Ed. in Secondary Education with biology, general science, chemistry, or mathematics as the area of concentration may take the courses below to fulfill the teaching field requirements.
The University of Montevallo is a member of the Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium (MESC), a public, non-profit corporation dedicated to providing marine education, research and service to the state of Alabama. These courses are offered during the summer at the Dauphin Island Sea Laboratory, Dauphin Island, Alabama. Students must register and pay tuition for these courses at the University of Montevallo. For more information concerning these courses, see the UM liaison, Dr. Jill Wicknick, Harman Hall, Extension 6458.
Departmental Courses
Biology (BIO)
500 Basic Principles of Genetics 3 credit hours 510 Histology 4 credit hours 520 Parasitology 4 credit hours 530 Genetics 4 credit hours 535 Developmental Biology 4 credit hours 540 Evolution 3 credit hours 545 Laboratory Instruction in Biology 1–6 credit hours 550 Current Topics in Biology 3 credit hours 551 Current Topics in Cell Biology 3 credit hours 552 Introductory Biology Instrumentation 1–3 credit hours 554 Advanced Biology Instrumentation 1–3 credit hours 555 Histological Techniques 4 credit hours 560 Field Botany 4 credit hours 570 Vertebrate Field Zoology 4 credit hours 571 Plant Physiology 4 credit hours 572 Animal Physiology 4 credit hours 580 Special Problems in Biology 1-4 credit hours
Chemistry (CHEM)
510 Physical Chemistry 3 credit hours 515 Organic Chemistry 3 credit hours 520 Inorganic Chemistry 3 credit hours 525 Analytical Chemistry 3 credit hours 530 Physical Biochemistry 3 credit hours 535 Instrumental Methods of Analysis 4 credit hours 540 Laboratory Instruction in Chemistry 3 credit hours 550 Introductory Chemistry Instrumentation 3 credit hours 552 Advanced Chemistry Instrumentation 3 credit hours 561 History of Chemistry 3 credit hours 565 Chemical Calculations 3 credit hours 580 Special Problems in Chemistry 1–6 credit hours 581 Chemistry in the Community 3 credit hours
Marine Science (MSC)
500 Marine Vertebrate Zoology 4 credit hours 501 Marine Biology 4 credit hours 510 Marine Invertebrate Zoology 4 credit hours 520 Coastal Ornithology 4 credit hours 530 Marine Botany 4 credit hours 551 Coastal Climatology 2 credit hours 568 Marine Behavioral Ecology 4 credit hours 570 Marine Ecology 4 credit hours 575 Marsh Ecology 4 credit hours 577 Marine Protozoology 2 credit hours 585 Research on Special Topics 2–6 credit hours
Mathematics (MATH)
501 Mathematics for Teachers 3 credit hours 502 Linear Algebra for Teachers 3 credit hours 505 The History and Philosophy of Mathematics 3 credit hours 510 Elementary Function Theory for Teachers 3 credit hours 521 Complex Analysis for Teachers 3 credit hours 525 Differential Geometry for Teachers 3 credit hours 535 Sequences and Series 3 credit hours 540 Abstract Algebra 3 credit hours 570 Real Analysis 3 credit hours 580 Topology 3 credit hours 590 Individual Study 3 credit hours 595 Special Topics 3 credit hours
Physics (PHYS)
Behavioral and Social Sciences
540 Laboratory Instruction in Physics 1–6 credit hours 550 Introductory Physics Instrumentation 3 credit hours 552 Advanced Physics Instrumentation 3 credit hours
Dr. James S. Day, Department Chair
Jeter Hall, Extension 6180
e-mail: DayJS@montevallo.edu
There is no graduate major in social science or history; however, students pursuing the M.Ed. in secondary education with a social science or history concentration may take the following courses to fulfill teaching field requirements.
Departmental Courses
Geography (GEOG)
505 Urban Geography 3 credit hours 511 Selected Topics in Geography 3 credit hours 566 Political Geography 3 credit hours
History (HIST)
511 Selected Topics in History 3 credit hours 521 Seminar in Medieval European History 3 credit hours 522 Seminar in Early Modern European History 3 credit hours 523 Civil Rights Movement 3 credit hours 533 Seminar in Nineteenth-Century European History 3 credit hours 534 Seminar in Twentieth-Century European History 3 credit hours 535 History of Modern Japan 3 credit hours 536 Seminar in American History 3 credit hours 541 History of England I 3 credit hours 542 History of England Since 1688 3 credit hours 543 Middle East 3 credit hours 547 Medieval European History, 476–1400 3 credit hours 548 Renaissance and Reformation, 1300–1653 3 credit hours 555 The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Era, 1789–1815 3 credit hours 558 History of Germany, 1871–1945 3 credit hours 560 History of the South 3 credit hours 565 History of France Since 1815 3 credit hours 566 Political Geography 3 credit hours 570 Colonial America 3 credit hours 571 Revolutionary America 3 credit hours 572 History of Alabama 3 credit hours 573 African American History 3 credit hours 574 Jeffersonian-Jacksonian America 3 credit hours 575 Constitutional Law 3 credit hours 576 Civil War and Reconstruction 3 credit hours 577 The Gilded Age 3 credit hours 579 History of Alabama’s Constitutions 3 credit hours 580 Diplomatic History of the United States 3 credit hours 581 The United States, 1900–1945 3 credit hours 582 The United States Since 1945 3 credit hours 583 History of Africa 3 credit hours 584 U.S. Wars—Korea and Vietnam 3 credit hours 590 Directed Reading 3 credit hours 595 Internship in History up to 6 credit hours
Political Science (POS)
511 Selected Topics in Political Science 3 credit hours 522 American Political Thought 3 credit hours 523 Civil Rights Movement 3 credit hours 543 Middle East 3 credit hours 544 Public Policy 3 credit hours 550 Global Policy Studies 3 credit hours 555 International Relations 3 credit hours 575 Constitutional Law 3 credit hours 579 History of Alabama’s Constitutions 3 credit hours 584 U.S. Wars—Korea and Vietnam 3 credit hours 590 Directed Readings 3 credit hours 595 Government Internship 3–6 credit hours
Sociology (SOC)
Communication Science and Disorders
501 Social Gerontology 3 credit hours 502 Sociology of Education 3 credit hours 505 Urban Geography 3 credit hours 511 Selected Topics in Sociology 3 credit hours 545 Sex Roles, Gender, and Culture 3 credit hours 580 Development of Sociological Theory 3 credit hours 590 Independent Study in Sociology 3 credit hours
Dr. Sarah Smith, Interim Department Chair
George C. Wallace Speech and Hearing Center, Extension 6720
e-mail: smiths@montevallo.edu
The Department of Communication Science and Disorders (CSD) offers the Master of Science Degree in Speech-Language Pathology (SLP). The graduate program is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).
There are two options available for graduate students in the Master of Science program:
Option A: Thesis. Students selecting this option will take 3 to 6 credit hours of CSD 500 in addition to the regular coursework in Speech-Language Pathology. Students selecting and completing this option can opt out of the comprehensive examination.
Option B: Non-thesis. Students selecting this option will take the regular curriculum in Speech-Language Pathology, and thus take the comprehensive examination.
The CSD graduate program provides all academic and practicum requirements leading to the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from ASHA and state licensure by the Alabama Board of Examiners in Speech Pathology and Audiology (ABESPA). Graduates who have an undergraduate degree in speech-language pathology and who have taken an undergraduate or graduate course in introduction to special education and a course in computer technology may obtain the Class A teaching certificate in special education with endorsement in speech-language pathology from the Alabama State Department of Education. At UM the special education course at the undergraduate level is ED 407 and at the graduate level is ED 507. Without these courses, a UM M.S. graduate does not meet the state-approved program and cannot receive a teaching certificate from UM. If employed by a school system, the system would need to apply for a temporary or emergency certificate for the student. Upon receiving the CCC and licensure the individual should obtain a certificate. Graduates with an undergraduate major in speech-language pathology or speech and hearing science, but who do not have an undergraduate or graduate course in introduction to special education and educational technology are not eligible for certification through the University. Students who are not eligible for Class A certification through the University of Montevallo would seek certification through the public school system. For information regarding this certification route, contact individual school systems.
Admission requirements
The CSD Department accepts primarily applicants with an undergraduate degree in SLP, Speech and Hearing Science, or a related field. However, a maximum of 3 non-background (non-SLP) undergraduate applicants may be accepted. These applicants must apply and meet the same requirements as the SLP-background students. If a non-background student is accepted and enrolls, the student will be a graduate student and thus subject to all rules and regulations of the graduate school while taking the non-background track of undergraduate courses. The non-background track is a 3-year program.
Applicants for admission to the CSD graduate program in SLP must meet all admission requirements described in the Admissions Policies and Procedures section of this Bulletin for general unconditional admission to graduate school. The admission test required by the CSD Department is either the Graduate Records Examination (GRE) or the Miller Analogies Test (MAT). The CSD graduate program does not offer conditional admission to students. The CSD Department admits new full-time graduate students only in the Fall semester and limits enrollment to up to 20 new students each Fall. Applicants are reviewed according to several parameters that include GPA and GRE/MAT score.
All application information, including two copies of transcripts for all undergraduate work attempted, should be sent to the Office of Graduate Studies, where it is processed and then forwarded to the CSD Department. Completed applications should be received in the Graduate Office by March 1 (or the following Monday by 5 p.m. if the first day of March falls on a weekend) to meet the deadline for Fall-term admission consideration. Review of applicants will begin March 1 and will continue until the cohort is filled. Initial acceptance letters will be mailed by early April. Students who are approved will have two weeks in which to notify the Department by letter of their acceptance of a position in the graduate program. If students fail to accept, those open positions will be offered to other applicants, moving down the ranking of admission scores.
CSD Department Policies and Procedures
1. All academic and practicum requirements of graduate students meet CAA program accreditation standards. The SLP graduate program involves five semesters of full-time work, including a summer term that includes courses in both Summer I and Summer II. The typical graduation date would be May of the second year.
2. Graduate SLP students will complete a minimum of 400 clock hours of clinical practicum (375 in direct clinical contact; 25 in observation), of which a minimum of 325 clock hours will be at the graduate level. Students may bring clinical practicum hours from their undergraduate program if they were properly supervised and meet all other ASHA accreditation standards. Clock hours will be divided into specified amounts of evaluation and treatment with children and adults. Students transferring more than 75 graduate clock hours from another CAA-accredited institution must complete at least 325 graduate clock hours at Montevallo.
3. The CSD Department has arrangements with a number of off-campus clinical facilities (e.g., hospitals, rehabilitation centers, nursing homes, public schools, etc.) where students may obtain properly supervised clinical practicum hours. During the first Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters, SLP graduate students obtain practicum experience primarily within the Speech and Hearing Center. During the fall term of the second year, graduate students are assigned part-time to approved off-campus sites. During the Spring term of the second year, graduate students are assigned to approved full-time off-campus externships. Students typically work in both public schools and medical settings for their externships. Because there are no academic courses during the externship, students may arrange an externship outside the local area with approval of the externship coordinator. If going outside the local area to supervisors with no previous contracts with the University, the signed contracts must be returned to the department by Oct. 1 prior to the spring externship.
4. Each graduate student is assigned to a faculty academic adviser who will guide the student through his/her entire academic and clinical program. However, fulfillment of all requirements for the graduate degree, the ASHA CCC, the state license, and teacher certification is the responsibility of the student.
Degree Requirements for Graduate SLP students
- The Master of Science degree in SLP requires that the student satisfactorily complete an integrated program with a minimum of 75 semester hours (including combined undergraduate and graduate courses). The Master of Science (non-thesis) program includes 42 graduate hours of required coursework plus clinical practicum. (Specific coursework and practicum categories follow.) The Master of Science thesis program includes 42 graduate hours of required coursework, and up to six thesis hours and a clinical practicum.
- Following is a listing of academic coursework and clinical practicum requirements:
Academic Coursework: 75 semester credit hours (SCH)
- Basic Science Coursework/Basic Sciences
Transcript credit for each of the following areas: biological sciences, physical sciences, social/behavioral sciences, and mathematics - Basic Human Communication Processes
Must have knowledge of basic human communication and swallowing processes, including their biological, neurological, acoustic, psychological, developmental, and linguistic and cultural bases. - Professional Coursework
Must demonstrate knowledge of the nature of speech, language, hearing, and communication disorders and differences and swallowing disorders, including the etiologies, characteristics, anatomical/physiological, acoustic, psychological, developmental, and linguistic and cultural correlates. Specific knowledge must be demonstrated in the following areas:
• articulation
• fluency
• voice and resonance
• receptive and expressive language in speaking, listening, reading, writing, and manual modalities
• hearing
• swallowing
• cognitive aspects of communication
• social aspects of communication
• communication modalities
- Basic Science Coursework/Basic Sciences
Supervised Clinical Observation and Practicum: 400 clock hours (CH)
- Clinical Observation (25 CH)
- Clinical Practicum (400 total CH)
- 325 CH at graduate level in SLP
- Graduate SLP students must pass the departmental comprehensive examination for graduation with the M.S. degree. Students take this examination during the Fall semester of their second year of the program, and a passing score will allow them to meet their expected May graduation date. Students in the thesis program submit a thesis in lieu of taking a comprehensive exam.
Graduate Curriculum—Speech-Language Pathology
The curriculum for the Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology is designed as a five-semester (including one summer session with two terms; Summer I and Summer II) course of study for full-time students. The course sequence was approved by the CSD graduate faculty and is monitored for the student by the graduate adviser. Students typically have a clinic practice assignment each term. The Spring semester of the second year is a full-time off-campus clinical externship.
Curriculum Outline (42–48 credit hours required)
CSD 500 Thesis
CSD 501 Neurological Bases of Communication
CSD 502 Research in Speech-Language Pathology
CSD 507 Speech Science and Instrumentation
CSD 511 Language Development and Disorders:
Birth to Five
CSD 512 School Age Language and Literacy
CSD 514 Professional Issues
CSD 530 Introduction to Dysphagia
CSD 534 Motor Speech Disorders
CSD 539 Augmentative and Alternative
Communication
CSD 540 Seminar in Acquired Brain Injury
CSD 542 Seminar in Cleft Palate and Syndromes
CSD 543 Seminar in Stuttering
CSD 545 Seminar in Voice Disorders
CSD 546 Seminar in Aphasia and Related
Neurogenic Disorders
CSD 547 Seminar in Articulation and Phonology
CSD 549 Assessment of Culturally and Linguistically
Diverse Populations
ED 579 Advanced Clinical Practice in Speech-Language
Pathology (15 hours, including 9-hour externship)
Departmental Courses
Communication Science and Disorders (CSD)
English
500 Thesis 1–2 credit hours 501 Neurological Bases of Communication 3 credit hours 502 Research in Speech-Language Pathology 3 credit hours 507 Speech Science and Instrumentation 2 credit hours 511 Language Development and Disorders: Birth to Five 3 credit hours 512 School Age Language and Literacy 3 credit hours 514 Professional Issues 2 credit hours 530 Introduction to Dysphagia 3 credit hours 531 Directed Independent Study 1–3 credit hours 534 Motor Speech Disorders 3 credit hours 539 Augmentative and Alternative Communication 3 credit hours 540 Seminar in Acquired Brain Injury 2 credit hours 542 Seminar in Cleft Palate and Syndromes 2 credit hours 543 Seminar in Stuttering 2 credit hours 545 Seminar in Voice Disorders 3 credit hours 546 Seminar in Aphasia and Related Neurogenic Disorders 3 credit hours 547 Seminar in Articulation and Phonology 3 credit hours 548 Seminar in Communication Disorders 1–2 credit hours 549 Assessment of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations 2 credit hours ED 579 Advanced Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology 1–9 credit hours
Dr. James L. Murphy, Department Chair
Comer Hall, Extension 6420
e-mail: murphyj@montevallo.edu
The English Department offers the Master of Arts degree, as well as courses for the language-arts concentration in the M.Ed. in secondary education. In reviewing applicants, the Department’s Graduate Committee seeks to identify students who will be fully engaged in the program and who will contribute actively to the scholarly and creative efforts of the Department and the discipline. In addition to meeting the University’s minimum standards for enrollment in the graduate program (GPA and GRE or MAT scores), the top applicants will hold a B.A. in English (or equivalent credit hours) and will submit three satisfactory letters of reference from current or past professors (or others familiar with the applicant’s scholarly potential) and a thoughtful cover letter (addressed to the Chair of the Department) outlining their reasons for pursuing the M.A. in English. Applicants are welcome to submit a writing sample. The Graduate Committee will carefully consider all information when making its decision.
For the Master of Arts in English, a student will select, in consultation with the Chair of the English Department, a total of 30 semester hours of graduate courses. Twenty-four hours must be in English, and it is recommended that 12 of these hours should be seminar courses. Normally, that will mean that the student will enroll in a seminar each term. Any exception must be approved by the Chair of the English Department. The remaining 6 hours may be taken in English, or, with the approval of the Chair of the English Department, in related graduate areas. Six hours may be earned by a thesis.
Departmental Courses
English (ENG)
500 Thesis 1–6 credit hours 504 Literature for Adolescents 3 credit hours 505 Studies in One or Two Authors 3 credit hours 508 Practicum in Writing Center Tutoring 1–3 credit hours 511 Studies in Drama 3 credit hours 512 Studies in Poetry 3 credit hours 513 Studies in the Novel 3 credit hours 514 Studies in Short Fiction 3 credit hours 515 Studies in Non-Fiction 3 credit hours 519 Special Topics in Genre 3 credit hours 523 Medieval Literature 3 credit hours 524 Early Modern Literature 3 credit hours 525 Restoration and 18th-Century Literature 3 credit hours 526 The Romantic Period 3 credit hours 527 The Victorian Period 3 credit hours 528 Modern Literature 3 credit hours 531 American Literature to 1865 3 credit hours 532 American Literature After 1865 3 credit hours 539 Special Topics in Literature 3 credit hours 552 Studies in Critical Theory 3 credit hours 554 Studies in Composition and Rhetoric 3 credit hours 555 Advanced English Grammar 3 credit hours 561 Advanced Creative Writing 3 credit hours 571 African American Literature 3 credit hours 572 Literature of Plural America 3 credit hours 573 Post-Colonial Literature 3 credit hours 574 Anglophone Literature 3 credit hours 575 Literature by Women 3 credit hours 589 Selected Topics in Literature and Language 1–6 credit hours 590 Graduate Seminar 3 credit hours 699 Independent Study 3–6 credit hours
Departmental Courses
Philosophy (PHIL)
565 Special Topics in Aesthetics 3 credit hours