2005 DOCTORAL PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT

[Beverly B. Wulfeck]

                          DOCTORAL PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT
        SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
        JOINT DOCTORAL PROGRAM (JDP) LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATIVE DISORDERS
            Beverly Wulfeck (SDSU) and Jeff Elman & David Swinney (UCSD)
                                Program Directors

              APPLICATION DEADLINE for FALL, 2005:  JANUARY 20, 2005
To obtain admission information and to download our application for Fall
2005 visit our website at:
                     http://chhs.sdsu.edu/SLHS/phdmain.php

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:

The JDP in Language and Communicative Disorders is designed to educate a new
generation of scientists who are interested in applying research skills to
the disorders.  This interdisciplinary program provides training in normal
(spoken and signed) and abnormal language, and in the neural bases of
language learning, use and loss.

Although this is a research Ph.D. program, doctoral students wishing to
obtain academic preparation for the Certificate of Clinical Competence in
Speech-Language Pathology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association may do so concurrently with their doctoral studies.  We also
have a means for students wishing to complete their CFY while enrolled in
our program.

GOALS:

To provide doctoral training in the study of language and communicative
behavior with an interdisciplinary focus that integrates state-of-the-art
knowledge from the fields of communicative disorders, cognitive sciences,
neurosciences, psychology and linguistics represented by the expertise of
core faculty from SDSU and UCSD.

To prepare professionals, educated in the interface between behavioral and
cognitive neuroscience methodologies, who will provide critical leadership
in research and health services.

To prepare Ph.D. level scientists in the field of language and communicative
disorders to serve as faculty in university programs and scientists in a
variety of settings to carry out much-needed research on the processes of
language development, disorders, assessment and intervention.

To prepare researchers to carry out much-needed research in communicative
behavior and disorders in bilingualism and multiculturalism.

Doctoral faculty will be attending ASHA in Philadelphia in November.
Interested students planning on attending these meetings are invited to
contact us to arrange to meet us.

For questions please call, email or write to:
SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Language and Communicative Disorders
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, California 92182-1518
Telephone: (619) 594-6775
phdlancd at mail.sdsu.edu