This program is designed to prepare professional speech-language pathologists to meet the needs of the communicatively handicapped in hospitals, clinics, nursing facilities, and schools. It is also designed to meet the academic and clinical requirements of the American Speech Language and Hearing Association, leading to national certification and state licensure. The Speech-Language Pathology program is accredited by the Council of Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech Language Pathology. We are pleased to be able to offer this program in two different formats: residential (on-campus), distance learning - worldwide. The information contained within this page is the same for all formats. The requirements are the same for all formats. The distance learning format offers all academic content online with the clinical portions requiring presence on-site. Our Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) program provides broad-based instruction to prepare students to diagnose and treat a variety of hearing and speech disorders in children, the elderly, or patients who have suffered speech or hearing trauma. Our graduate degree program prepares students for the clinical practice of speech-language pathology, working with both children and adults to evaluate and diagnose disorders associated with speech, language, cognition, communication, and swallowing.