艺术硕士课程旨在为学生提供语言病理学的入门级专业实践的准备。该计划为学生提供了全面的学习体验-结合了基于课堂的主动学习和在佛罗里达大学校园内或附近的许多临床场所的“动手学习”机会。该计划的毕业生可以期望发展在各种临床环境中向广泛人群提供基于证据的临床服务所需的知识和技能。硕士课程的主要目的是培养学生的临床能力，但是，学生还可以获得一系列发展基础和应用研究技能的机会。选择进入该计划的“论文路径”的学生在教师的指导下，在实验室和现实环境中进行原始研究，这些研究因其研究贡献而受到广泛认可。
The mission of the M.A. education program in Communication Sciences and Disorders is to prepare students to become speech-language pathologists who work to preserve, promote, and improve the functioning and general well-being of individuals who wish to improve functioning in the areas of communication and swallowing. <br>The goal of our program is to prepare professionals who are well qualified for employment in a range of education- and health-related settings and who, once employed, are recognized for their competence, leadership, ethics, and commitment to service and life-long learning. Our program strives to attain this goal by developing students who can independently design and deliver effective, culturally sensitive, and evidenced-based clinical services to individuals with differences or disorders in communication and swallowing. Toward this end, our program strives to provide students with a high-quality academic and clinical experience that is directed by an internationally recognized faculty and based upon cutting-edge research, active learning, expert mentoring, and spirited engagement in service activities.<br>Our program primarily is oriented toward developing students clinical competence, however, our students also have access to a range of opportunities for developing skills in basic and applied research. Students who elect to enter the thesis track of the program conduct original research in laboratory and real-world settings under the mentorship of faculty who are widely recognized for their research accomplishments.<br><br>The M.A. program is designed to be a full-time program that spans 5 semesters.