拥有传播障碍专业的文学硕士学位（MA）是面向临床的，旨在为临床医生做好在医院，诊所，私人诊所和公立学校就职的准备。该计划满足由美国语言病理学家获得国家许可的最低教育和临床要求，并符合美国语言听力协会（ASHA）颁发的语言病理学临床能力证书。该学术课程已获得ASHA听力学和语言语言病理学（CAA）学术认证委员会的认可。
The Master of Arts (M.A.) degree with a major in Communication Disorders is clinically oriented and is designed to prepare clinicians for employment in hospitals, clinics, private practice, and public schools. The program meets the minimum education and clinical requirements for state licensure as a speech-language pathologist and for the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology awarded by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). The academic program is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA) of ASHA.<br>Candidates for the communication disorders master's degree are encouraged to earn a passing score on the Praxis Examination in Speech-Language Pathology before graduation and substitute a passing score for the required departmental graduate comprehensive examination.<br>The nationally accredited program provides students opportunities to work closely with faculty members who are distinguished scholars, mentors and master clinicians in various aspects of the field of communication disorders. Faculty-student ratios provide individualized attention, effective clinical mentoring and academic excellence. Graduates are highly competitive nationally in today's workforce.