Audiology is more than a profession—it’s a calling.
Samford University is no longer accepting students for the Doctor of Audiology program.
A graduate degree in audiology will prepare you to help prevent, identify, diagnose and treat individuals with hearing loss and balance issues. Whether you are called to work with children, the geriatric population or any specialty in between, our program will equip you with the skills to provide the best care possible.
We do this with a faith-based academic coursework and clinical placements designed to help you reach your career goals, while emphasizing life-long learning, and high moral and ethical competencies. We place a strong emphasis on service. Included within the traditional workload, the program includes service-based learning opportunities that will provide you the chance to work with populations that one may not typically see in a clinical setting.
Our state-of-the-art facilities contribute to our mission of pursuing excellence in our academic programs and students’ learning outcomes. The audiology program within the communication sciences and disorders department has just now added state of the art equipment that will allow students “hands on” opportunities prior to their clinical placements outside the walls of Samford University.
More and more, health care is delivered by teams of professionals from the various specialties. We’ve structured our program around this type of inter-disciplinary collaboration so that your experience is broadened to include other professionals that you may work with during your career.
Student Outcome Data
As students graduate from our program, outcome data will be published regarding:
- Graduation/Completion Rate
- PRAXIS Examination Results
- Employment Rate
Clinical Practicum Experiences
Students participate in a variety of experiences that help prepare them for careers in audiology. The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders maintains relationships with numerous clinical agencies in the Birmingham area as well as within the southeastern portion of the United States.
Plan of Study
Mission, Goals & Objectives
The mission of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Samford University is to prepare highly qualified speech-language pathologists and audiologists through faith-based academic coursework and clinical placements designed to foster lifelong learning, attainment of personal career goals and high moral and ethical competency so that these practitioners will be of service to others in their community and throughout the world.
Goal I: Student Recruitment
The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.) program will recruit students who excel in academics, have a service oriented global perspective, and have potential for leadership within their community.
Objectives to support student recruitment
- Objective 1.1: Create marketing/recruiting material/website that is attractive and technologically savvy for students
- Objective 1.2: Recruit students from all undergraduate programs across the state, region, and nation
- Objective 1.3: Admit students with varying degrees of diversity to support the University/Department mission
- Objective 1.4: Identify university funding sources for scholarships and establish departmental funding sources
School of Health Professions Mapping
Student Recruitment and Retention
- Enrolls highly qualified students
- Retains students who enroll in graduate programs
- Offers scholarships to an appropriate number of undergraduate and graduate students
Goal II: Faculty/Staff Recruitment
The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders Au.D. program will recruit faculty and staff who exhibit combined excellence in teaching, student recruitment, and demonstrable scholarship and service to the department, university, and community at large.
Objectives to support faculty/staff recruitment
- Objective 2.1: Create advertisements/web-based information for recruitment that are attractive to faculty who exhibit strong teaching abilities as well as a commitment to scholarship and service
- Objective 2.2: Recruit doctoral level faculty at the state and national level
- Objective 2.3: Recruit professional clinical staff at the state and national level
- Objective 2.4: Provide financial support for faculty/staff travel in order to maintain currency in specialty areas of interest
School of Health Professions Mapping
Faculty/Staff Satisfaction
- Faculty are satisfied with their work environment
- Staff are satisfied with their work environment
*The doctoral (Au.D.) program in audiology at Samford University is a Candidate for Accreditation by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. This is a “pre-accreditation” status with the CAA, awarded to developing or emerging programs for a maximum period of five years.
For detailed information about the CAA Candidacy Program please visit the CAA web pages or contact: Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language-Pathology; American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2200 Research Boulevard, #310, Rockville, MD 20850, 800-498-2071 or 301-296-5700.
Complaints against graduate programs accredited by The Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association can be made by following the procedures and guidelines described in the Accreditation Handbook.
Complaints should be submitted to the following address:
Chair, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
2200 Research Boulevard, #310 Rockville, MD 20850
