Speech-Language Pathology
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Program TypeMaster's
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SchoolSaint Gianna School of Health Sciences
Make a difference in a much-needed area of health care. Use your expertise to expand access to a fundamental human need — our ability to communicate.
What You’ll Learn
You’ll build skills in evaluating, diagnosing, and treating different levels of speech, language, and swallowing difficulties. You’ll learn how to provide evidence-based treatment for individuals with communication disorders across the lifespan and develop professional oral and written communication skills.
Application to the Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology program is through the .
- Gain Professional Experience as You Provide Service to the Community
You will complete clinical rotations in a variety of settings, such as on-campus clinics, private practice, public schools, skilled nursing facilities, hospitals, and rehabilitation centers. Students provide services under faculty supervision in our on-campus pro bono clinic.
- Publish and Present Scholarly Work
You’ll conduct meaningful and relevant research and communicate it professionally — work that will prepare you to develop new insights and make a meaningful impact in the field.
- Position Yourself for Professional Advancement
You’ll gain credentials to become a licensed and certified speech-language pathologist who is prepared for meaningful work in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical settings.
- Secure Your Spot Early
Incoming freshmen who have displayed superior academic performance in high school and have been officially admitted to the ÄÐÈ˲ؾ«¸ó can apply for Early Assurance into our speech-language pathology program.
- No Bachelor’s in CSD? No Problem.
For students with a bachelor’s degree in a major other than communication sciences and disorders, we offer a Communication Sciences and Disorders Certificate. This five-course program is made up of the pre-requisite courses needed for graduate study in speech-language pathology.
Program Information
Please visit our catalog for admission requirements and a full list of our courses.
Accreditations
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Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA)
The Master of Science (M.S.) education program in speech-language pathology (residential) at the ÄÐÈ˲ؾ«¸ó is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2200 Research Boulevard, #310, Rockville, MD 20850, 800-498-2071 or 301-296-5700.
