Revised Summer 2025
This handbook, in conjunction with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Graduate Catalog, serves as a guide for students and faculty designing and implementing Ph.D. programs of study within the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders (SECD).
The Department offers the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree through two unified programs of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Graduate College: (a) Educational Studies and (b) Human Sciences. The Department's Ph.D. program in Educational Studies focuses on Special Education; and the Ph.D. program in Human Sciences focuses on Communication Disorders in either Audiology or Speech-Language Pathology.
Nothing in this handbook is intended to supplant information contained in the UNL Graduate Catalog. Each student is responsible for being familiar with the information presented in the Graduate Catalog, and for knowing and observing all regulations and procedures relating to the program they are pursuing. In no case will the Graduate College waive regulations or grant exceptions because a student pleads ignorance or contends that they were not informed of the regulations or procedures of the UNL Graduate College.
The University of Nebraska does not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and/or political affiliation in its programs, activities, or employment.