该专业的学生有机会学习基础科学（例如生物学），基本的交流过程，包括语音和听力的解剖学和生理学，声学，语言学，儿童语言发展以及人类交流的某些障碍。荣誉学生有机会准备入读言语语言病理学的研究生课程，但是研究生院的入学仅是竞争性课程。在加拿大和美国修读语言病理学的最低资格是硕士学位。
Speech Language & Hearing Sciences: Learn about basic science and communication processes, including the anatomy and physiology of speech and hearing, acoustics, linguistics, child language development and selected disorders of human communication. Concentrate in Hearing Sciences and learn about sound, hearing, and hearing disorders, and prepare for admission to graduate audiology programs. Concentrate in Speech Language Sciences and learn about speech, language, and speech and language disorders, and prepare for admission to speech-language pathology graduate programs.