Communication Sciences and Disorders - Emerson College

Communication Sciences and Disorders from Emerson College is a Campus Master Communication Disorders degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. The Communication Sciences and Disorders master's degree program is grounded in the premise that human communication and its disorders involve complex interactions of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors. The program emphasizes the scientific method in scholarship and clinical application. Diverse curricular, research, and applied opportunities assure that our graduates have the knowledge and skills to engage competently and ethically in the professional workplace. Course work explores speech, language, and hearing impairments resulting from developmental delays, the aging process, neuropathology, vocal pathology, learning disabilities, craniofacial anomalies, hearing loss, and trauma. The master's degree program in Communication Sciences and Disorders is fully accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation of the American Speech- Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Each student's academic and clinical program is planned in accordance with the degree requirements of Emerson College and the academic and clinical requirements for the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology of ASHA. The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders is located in a state-of-the-art academic and clinical facility on Tremont Street. Emerson's location in Boston provides students with access to practica in a wide variety of clinical settings, and with the opportunity to work with children and adults with a range of communication disorders . Internal clinical experiences take place in the Robbins Speech, Language, and Hearing Center and its specialty and affiliated programs including: the Thayer Lindsley Family- Centered Program for hearing-impaired children; the Program for Acquired Communication Disorders; the Program for Developmental Communication Disorders; the Program for Speech Improvement; the Children's Hospital Group Language Therapy Program; the Oral Sensory Motor Group for children with feeding and swallowing difficulties ; and the New England Fluency Program. All are located in the department building. Throughout their graduate program, students work closely with the clinical faculty in performing diagnostic evaluations and in designing, implementing, and evaluating intervention programs. View more details on Emerson College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Communication Disorders courses.