After admission to the Ed.S. program, the student and his/her advisor should develop a Program of Study and submit it to the Graduate School during the second semester of residence or during the first 15 semester hours of study. The Program of Study will usually include 6 units of CMSD 7650, Applied Project in CMSD: 3 units in the student’s penultimate semester, for development of the project, writing the proposal, and securing appropriate Human Subjects Committee or other permissions, and 3 units in the student’s final semester, for completion of the project. Students who do not complete the project in the intended semester may be assigned a grade of “Incomplete” or may register for an additional 3 units of CMSD 7650 in the following semester, at the instructor’s discretion.
Six semester hours of coursework completed at other colleges or universities may be transferred to the Ed.S. program, but only for coursework completed during the time that the student is a fully accepted Ed.S. students at UGA. All transfer credit must be approved as representing a logical part of the student’s educational program by the student’s advisor and by the Graduate School, using the appropriate Graduate School forms for transfer of credit. Coursework taken at certain pre-approved sites, such as the University System Center in Gwinnett County, will be considered on-campus coursework for the purposes of the 6-hour limit on external coursework. The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders does not accept in-service credit or other credits from non-accredited sources as part of the program of study for the Ed.S. degree. No coursework completed prior to full Ed.S. admission is applicable toward the Ed.S. degree. Thus, no courses taken in non-degree status may apply toward the Ed.S. degree. Similarly, no coursework taken during an Ed.S. program may be applied toward the doctorate.