Formative Assessment

Each semester students are charged with applying course content to cases representing related information with the goal of linking academic knowledge to clinical knowledge and skills. As students progress through the master’s program curriculum they are regularly assigned case-based activities. Formative assessment is achieved by building upon prior knowledge and skills using activities where students repeatedly apply course content to clinical cases.

Summative Assessment

In their last semester, all students who do not complete a master’s thesis must take a comprehensive exam, which serves as a summative assessment. The exam consists of multiple-choice questions regarding a series of complex clinical scenarios. In addition to research and ethical issues, questions probe etiology, characteristics, assessment and treatment of a variety of communication disorders.