Master of Science Degree
The master of science degree program integrates an array of academic and clinical experiences to prepare students for a variety of careers in speech-language pathology. Effective September 2004, the program will offer a revised curriculum for a master of science degree program in communications sciences and disorders as well as two options (language and literacy disabilities and early childhood intervention).
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.