Communication Sciences and Disorders - Speech-Language Pathology, MS

This graduate program is administered by the area of Communication Sciences and Disorders .
 

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE DISCLOSURE (NC-SARA)

The United States Department of Education requires institutions that provide distance education to disclose information for programs leading to professional certification or licensure about whether each program meets state educational requirements for initial licensure or certification. Following is this disclosure information for this program:

This program meets the certification/licensure requirements in the following states/territories:

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming;

This program does not meet the certification/licensure requirements in the following states/territories or the following states/territories do not license or regulate speech and language pathology practice:

 American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands, Republic of Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands;

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the M.S. degree in Speech-Language Pathology, you will: 

1. Pass the comprehensive exam. 
2. Complete a minimum of 400 supervised clinical practice hours. 
3. Demonstrate professional practice competencies in the areas of ethical conduct and self-evaluation of effectiveness of practice. 

In speech-language pathology, you must take a comprehensive examination the semester before you begin a 15-credit clinical semester. In the clinical semester, you are assigned full time for one academic term to a hospital, clinic, school, etc. to gain professional experience in the type of setting that most interests you. You may complete a thesis in lieu of taking comprehensive examinations as a culminating experience. The thesis must be completed prior to graduation.

In audiology you will culminate your graduate program with a capstone project during the third year and a full-time, clinical externship during the entire fourth year.