Communication Sciences & Disorders (Speech Therapy)
Bachelor of Science
Understand how people speak and how to work with people with speech or language challenges.
Nazareth’s communication sciences and disorders program provides a strong foundation in communication processes and sciences and a grounding in the disorders that can disrupt speech, language, hearing, and communication. Nazareth's on-campus speech, language, and hearing clinics give you closely supervised, hands-on clinical experiences usually found only at the graduate level. Graduates of the undergraduate program have high acceptance rates into graduate programs in speech pathology or audiology, to become an in-demand professional.
Highlights
Start your major's coursework in your first semester.
Learn and gain clinical skills in our modern York Wellness and Rehabilitation Institute on campus.
Enjoy a welcoming, close-knit community.
Benefit from formal and informal interprofessional experiences on campus.
Career Paths
- Speech-language pathologist
- Audiologist
- University teaching, research, or clinical advisor
- Work in early intervention, K-12 schools
- Work in health care or private practice.
Get Your Master's
Three options
Nazareth offers three ways to get a master's degree in speech-language pathology:
- The traditional M.S. in speech-language pathology
- An extended M.S. in speech-language pathology for students without an undergraduate degree in communication sciences and disorders
- A direct-admit B.S./M.S. in speech-language pathology option for highly qualified undergraduate students. Apply during junior year of college and begin graduate courses in the last semester of senior year and continue that summer. This acceleration enables you to complete the master's degree eight months earlier.
Clinics
On-campus speech, language, and hearing clinics for closely supervised, hands-on clinical experiences
Minor
Add a pre-audiology minor if you want to pursue audiology at the graduate level.
$4,000
Our SPARK Grant provides up to $4,000 for you to pursue internships, research, and study abroad. SPARK details »
Speech Pathology at Nazareth
Become a changemaker
Work directly with clients in our on-campus clinics. Take advantage of opportunities for community involvement through our coursework and volunteer activities sponsored by our student club. For example, students in our Becoming an Engaged Professional seminar have helped run support groups for adults with acquired communication disorders, provided support in classes for individuals with developmental disabilities at local organizations, and created online programming for children in Honduras.
Internships & Field Experiences
- BOCES (preschool to adult)
- Rochester City School District
- Mary's Place Refugee Outreach Center
- Norman Howard School
- Hickok Center for Brain Injury
Program Director
Alumni Spotlight
Michelle Sticht '08, speech-language pathologist, VA Long Beach Healthcare System
"The pairing of the academic and practicum experiences I had were invaluable; they helped focus where I wanted to be professionally and provided a solid foundation for continued growth post-graduation. The small faculty-to-student ratio allowed strong relationship building with faculty members; as a result, the education I received in the department was truly an individualized experience."