The Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences offers students a pre-professional major that focuses on the development and breakdown of speech, language and hearing processes. Courses cover the nature and causes of communicative disorders, the techniques used to assess and diagnose speech, language and hearing disorders and the current methods used to remedy these problems.
Our department’s experiential learning programs provide students with the opportunity to deepen their understanding of the world outside the typical university setting.
The need for well-trained speech language pathology and audiology practitioners shows no sign of diminishing within New York state or nationwide. The majority of our graduates work in hospitals, community clinics and school systems. In addition, many professionals seek and find employment in institutions for the deaf and hearing impaired or for the mentally and developmentally disabled.