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THE GRADUATE PROGRAM

Our department offers the Master of Science Degree in Speech - Language Pathology through the School of Health and Human Services. Matriculated students come from a variety of undergraduate degree programs. Their differing preparations provide a welcome diversity which enriches the program’s educational offerings. The degree programs are designed to prepare students to practice as skilled speech-language pathologists or audiologists in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, clinics, public and private schools and in private practice. The educational program includes instruction in a broad array of diagnostic and treatment paradigms as well as supervised hands-on experience in the department’s Center for Communication Disorders and at selected off-campus sites.

The master’s degree curriculum prepares students to serve as effective professionals in speech-language pathology. All graduates, possess a core of knowledge in linguistics, psycholinguistics, and normal developmental processes, as well as in the development of oral communication, speech and hearing science, auditory processes and developmental psychology.

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