SLHS offers a joint degree in speech, language, and hearing sciences and neuroscience. The Ph.D. in SLHS/Neuroscience is an听inter-departmental program听that has a speech, language, and hearing sciences track. Students must be admitted to SLHS in order to participate in the dual degree.听All students in Neuroscience are required to complete a set of common core courses, with the remaining courses being specific to each track. The details of the course requirements as well as the nature of the Comprehensive Examination and Thesis can be found by going to the Graduate Education in Neuroscience page.
Faculty members in SLHS who can serve as an advisor for students in the dual degree are:
Pui Fong Kan:听Bilingual language development, word learning, language disorders in children, assessment and intervention of language disorders in diverse populations.
Aun Sharma:听Effects of auditory deprivation on cortical development, reorganization, and cross-model plasticity in children with hearing impairment and cochlear implants.