The graduate program integrates an array of academic and clinical experiences to prepare students for a variety of careers in speech-language pathology. The program offers a master of science degree program in communications sciences and disorders. Students can elect to self-design their program, choosing from an array of required and elective courses that best suite their career objectives. This is referred to the "no option" concentration. Two additional options, language/literacy disabilities and early childhood are available to students seeking particular expertise in one of these areas. Irrespective of which of the three options students select, the program of study will prepare them to treat the full range of communication disabilities across the life span. 

Graduates work in a range of settings across the U.S. Students learn about the science and art of communication, its processes, and disorders. Faculty and students are actively engaged in research activities. Their projects include examinations of the efficacy of language intervention for adults with aphasia, assessment of central auditory processing, management of dysphagia, functional outcomes of augmentative and alternative communication, role of communication in fostering inclusive education, relationships between oral language and literacy, and ways of enhancing the process of clinical supervision. A special aspect of the program is its clinical supervisors’ active engagement in applied research.

For more information about the Department Mission & Goals, see the CSD Strategic Plan.