UVM的“传播科学与疾病”计划向学生介绍语言的形式和结构-语言的学习，产生，感知和理解方式-包括语言，听力和语言使用的物理，神经生理，认知和语言基础，发展儿童语言，声音和语音的声学特性。通过国际知名教师教授的专业课程，结合语音语言病理学和听力学观察的指导以及参与教师研究的机会，学生可以为该领域的循证实践做好准备。
UVM's Communication Sciences and Disorders program introduces students to the form and structure of language - how language is learned, produced, perceived, and understood - including the physical, neurophysiological, cognitive, and linguistic bases of speaking, hearing, and language use, the development of language in children, and the acoustics of sound and speech. Students are prepared for evidence-based practice in the field through specialty courses taught by internationally-known faculty, the incorporation of guided speech-language pathology and audiology observations, and opportunities for involvement in faculty research.