"The Department"
The Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders is housed in the School of Science along with programs in biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, marine and environmental science, physical therapy, and physics. The department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders and Physical Therapy are a part of the Division of Health Sciences in the School of Science. The graduate program falls under the auspices of the Graduate College.
With small class sizes and dedicated faculty, the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders is committed to educating the traditional and non traditional student at both the graduate and undergraduate levels for the practice of speech-language pathology. The undergraduate program is a pre-professional program that prepares students for graduate study.
The objectives of the curricula are:
- To disseminate existing knowledge of speech, language, swallowing and hearing disorders using a multi-disciplinary approach.
- To provide clinical experience in the appropriate procedures for prevention, recognition, assessment/diagnosis and treatment of organic and nonorganic speech, language, swallowing and hearing disorders.
- To prepare students to meet the minimum requirements for subsequent professional certification by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.