家庭研究和公共服务学院提供传播学和疾病专业的家庭研究和公共服务理学硕士学位。传播科学与障碍是一个专业领域，其发展是出于对语言，语言和听力障碍人士的关注。传播科学与疾病（CSD）计划已在堪萨斯州立大学成立超过45年。CSD计划的目标是教育有能力在口头和书面沟通或吞咽方面有困难的儿童和成人提供帮助的临床医生。它是家庭研究与公共服务学院的一部分，该学院是一个多学科部门，社会学家和心理学家，语言病理学家和听力学家，经济学家，老年学家，社会工作者以及婚姻和家庭治疗师着手解决影响社会发展的广泛社会问题。个人和家庭。堪
The department of Applied Human Sciences offers a Master of Science degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders. The goal of the CSD program is to educate clinicians who are competent to help children and adults with difficulties in any aspect of oral and written communication or swallowing (i.e., speech-language pathology). The master's degree program is a full-time, two-year program, starting either in the summer/fall or spring semesters. The objectives of this professional education program are to-<br><br>1. Prepare speech-language pathologists to fill diverse roles in the broad area of speech-language pathology and in a variety of professional environments consistent with evidence-based practice,<br><br>2. Provide the student with knowledge about the changing role of the speech-language pathologist within our society and with opportunities to learn how research informs that change,<br><br>3. Facilitate an interdisciplinary view of disorders of human communication,<br><br>4. Provide speech-language pathologists with the coursework and practicum experiences needed to meet national standards for clinical knowledge and skills and to earn the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) awarded by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.