Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology course guide
A course-by-course map of GCU's Spring 2026 catalog grid, with every nonzero registration linked to its writing and tutoring guide and every zero-credit component kept visible without pretending it is an ordinary course.
14 of 14 nonzero catalog registrations link to a canonical course guide. Topic manuals remain held because a public program grid cannot verify one section's assignment identities, order, or dates.
Program shape and catalog boundary
The catalog prints 60 total credits for the program. The visible grid below sums to 60 credits; totals can also include general education, electives, transfer assumptions, prerequisites, or catalog-specific rules. The published total is preserved rather than silently recalculated.
This is a catalog map, not an individualized degree audit. Modality, start date, track, state approval, transfer work, clinical eligibility, prerequisite completion, and advisor-approved substitutions can change a student's actual sequence. Match this page against the current degree audit before making registration decisions.
The classes, one by one
| Course | Catalog title | Credits | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLP 500 | Clinical and Research Methods | 4 | Course guide linked |
| SLP 510 | Articulation and Phonology | 4 | Course guide linked |
| SLP 520 | Dysphagia Across the Life Span | 4 | Course guide linked |
| SLP 530 | Developmental Language Disorders: School Age | 4 | Course guide linked |
| SLP 530CE | On-Campus Experience I | 0 | Zero-credit component; no standalone course page |
| SLP 540 | Cognitive-Communication Disorders | 4 | Course guide linked |
| SLP 550 | Aphasia and Adult Neurogenic Disorders | 4 | Course guide linked |
| SLP 560 | Motor Speech Disorders | 4 | Course guide linked |
| SLP 570 | Developmental Language Disorders: Birth-5 Years | 4 | Course guide linked |
| SLP 570CE | On-Campus Experience II | 0 | Zero-credit component; no standalone course page |
| SLP 600 | Autism and Neurodiversity | 3 | Course guide linked |
| SLP 610 | Special Populations in Speech- Language Pathology and Clinical Practicum I | 5 | Course guide linked |
| SLP 610CE | On-Campus Experience III | 0 | Zero-credit component; no standalone course page |
| SLP 620 | Augmentative and Alternative Communication | 3 | Course guide linked |
| SLP 630 | Professional Issues, Cultural Considerations, and Ethics | 3 | Course guide linked |
| SLP 650 | Clinical Practicum II | 7 | Course guide linked |
| SLP 660 | Clinical Practicum III | 7 | Course guide linked |
How to use the grid without inventing a calendar
Open the course guide that matches the code in Halo, then replace its planning labels with the registered rubric language. Work from the real Topic folder and due date. A program's advertised duration or a course's credit value cannot safely reveal paper lengths, weekly assignment names, point values, or the order used by every section.
For staged work, keep one claims and decisions ledger across submissions. Record the approved problem, audience or population, definitions, data choices, feedback, and unresolved questions. That prevents a capstone, practicum paper, strategy project, or dissertation sequence from changing its premise every time a new rubric arrives.
Applied and professional responsibility
This program includes at least one title associated with clinical, practicum, fieldwork, residency, on-campus, project, or dissertation work. The student performs the real experience and remains responsible for approvals, hours, data, patient or client interaction, site communication, logs, signatures, presentation, and verification.
Any case or workplace material must be de-identified before sharing. A tutor can help make reasoning visible, check whether evidence fits the claim, reconcile calculations and tables, and revise organization or APA presentation. The student's registered instructions and institutional policies control.
Why Topic manuals remain held
GCU's public catalog verifies this program and its courses, but it does not expose a stable set of assignment instructions for every term, modality, instructor, and code variant. Publishing a generic sequence would create phantom assignments. Course help is therefore live at every linked nonzero code while the public manual layer stays deliberately held.