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Welcome to the Department of
Communicative Sciences and Disorders

Welcome to the website of the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders.  We were the first degree-granting program in speech-language pathology at an historically black university in the United States.  Undergraduate study prepares students for graduate study in the fields of speech-language pathology and audiology and results in the B.A. degree in communicative sciences and disorders. Graduate training in the specialization of speech-language pathology is offered and leads to a M.A. degree. In addition, an online graduate training program in speech-language pathology is offered through a consortium of accredited programs in the state of Virginia (DLVE-SLP)..  The program is fully accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

The mission of the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders is to prepare undergraduate and graduate students to meet the needs of children and adults with communication impairments in a changing multicultural society.  In so doing, the academic programs are designed to disseminate existing knowledge of speech, language swallowing and hearing disorders, and to provide clinical experiences in the prevention, assessment/diagnosis and treatment of speech, language and hearing disorders.

CSAD Highlights

• First degree-granting program at an historically black university
• One of 5 accredited Master’s degree program in the state of Virginia
• Our chairman, Robert M. Screen has received ‘Honors of the Association” from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
• Our program has received the “Diversity Incentive Award” from the Council on Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders
• We operate a full time on-campus Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic located on the second floor of the Science and Technology Building (link to Clinical and Community Services)
• We provide additional outreach clinical services to over 20 public and private schools in Hampton Roads, Virginia
• We have agreements with 50 clinical agencies for extern clinical practicum
• We support a viable campus chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) (www.asha.org/students)
• We offer a distance learning option (www.dlve-slp.org)