Undergraduate Program Objectives
The Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology is committed to the preparation of students interested in graduate study and eventual careers in speech-language pathology or audiology. The pre-professional undergraduate program emphasizes education in the liberal studies; basic speech and hearing sciences; anatomy and physiology of the speech and hearing system; normal development and behavior in speech, hearing, and language; awareness of cultural diversity and its relationship to communication; and an introduction to communicative disorders.