The undergraduate major in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences is a pre-professional health care degree that prepares students to enter graduate programs in the communication disorders of either speech-language pathology or audiology. To become nationally certified speech-language pathologists or audiologists, students must earn a graduate degree. The Bachelor of Science undergraduate degree also can be used for employment as a speech-language pathology aide in the public schools of some but not all states. The BS degree, however, is intended for students who are capable of and committed to enrollment in an accredited graduate program in the field.