Department of Communication Disorders Mission Statement:

 

The mission of the Department of Communication Disorders is to prepare graduates for professional careers in speech-language pathology. The Department is dedicated to excellence in academic and clinical education and is committed to an outcome-based education that facilitates students’ professional growth. The Department emphasizes the importance of a diverse student body and recognizes its obligation to promote communicative health through professional service to individuals, families, communities and populations representative of our urban setting and a multicultural society.

 

The Department prepares the graduate learner for professional competence, life-long inquiry, leadership and adaptation to change through exposure to state-of-the-art instructional techniques including case-based teaching and integration of current technology, supported clinical practice and opportunities for original research. Detailed understanding of normal as well as disordered communication provides a base on which clinical skills, problem solving abilities, and professionalism may be developed.

 

As an academic environment, the Department is committed to supporting faculty and professional staff in teaching, research, clinical service and creative activities in a continuing quest for innovative instructional techniques, scholarship, and the production of knowledge in our discipline. The Department supports interdisciplinary professional development and encourages faculty and staff to be both receivers and disseminators of current information in our field and in related  fields.