Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
Whether you're looking for a career in an educational, clinical, or medical setting, our comprehensive audiology and speech-language pathology undergraduate program will prepare you for various options in this diverse, rewarding, and growing field. Our program attracts students from all over the world.
- Degrees & Offerings
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- B.S.
- Location
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- Bloomsburg
- Lock Haven
- Mansfield
- Department
- Program Contact
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Professor of Audiology, Coordinator for the AuD Program
Program Details
- Program History: Since the 1960s, our Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders has offered high quality programs at the undergraduate, graduate and doctorate level, preparing graduates for successful careers in allied health, public schools, private practice, and other work settings — to include some of the most sought-after careers in a growing competitive global job market.
- Powerful Combinations: This pre-professional curriculum provides the student with a broad general education background with courses that introduce undergraduate students to speech-language pathology and audiology professions. Students can also explore related fields such as English as a second language, psychology, special education, education of the deaf and hearing impaired, gerontology, and linguistics through those departments and their established minor programs.
- Accreditation: The required undergraduate courses are prerequisites for graduate school admission. These courses are based on the Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) accreditation and certification requirements.
- Graduate School: Upon successfully completing our undergraduate curriculum, many of our students are accepted into nationally recognized graduate programs, including CU-Bloomsburg's own CAA-accredited master's program in speech-language pathology and doctoral program in audiology.
Courses and Curriculum
Unique Program Features
Strong Curriculum
The program prepares students for graduate education in either audiology or speech-language pathology through a comprehensive academic program. CU-Bloomsburg offers a CAA-accredited M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology and a Doctorate of Audiology (Au.D.).
Facilities
An on-campus Speech, Language, and Hearing Clinic with state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic equipment.
Careers
According to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), job growth is projected due to the expanding population in older age groups prone to medical conditions resulting in speech, language, swallowing, hearing, and balance problems. Employment in educational services will increase as the need for speech-language pathology and audiology services increases. Federal law guarantees special education and related services to all eligible children with disabilities, including speech-language pathology and audiology services. There is a growing need for high-quality, certified, and licensed professionals.
- According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of speech-language pathologists is projected to grow 19 percent from 2022 to 2032, much faster than the average for all occupations.
- Employment of audiologists is projected to grow 11 percent from 2022 to 2032, much faster than the average for all occupations.
ONWARD and UPWARD
Audiology in the News
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Connect with Faculty
Patricia Lawton
- Assistant Professor of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
- Bloomsburg
Shelley Scarpino
- Director of Clinical Education, Coordinator for the MS SLP Program, Associate Professor of Speech-Language Pathology
- Bloomsburg
Mohsin A. Shaikh
- Associate Professor, Program Director
- Bloomsburg
Cara Tolan
- Assistant Professor of Audiology
- Bloomsburg
Qing Yue
- Professor of Audiology, program coordinator, IONM
- Bloomsburg
Thomas Zalewski
- Professor of Audiology, Coordinator for the AuD Program
- Bloomsburg
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