Speech-Language Pathology - Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus

Speech-Language Pathology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus is a Campus Master Communication Disorders degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. Ours is a clinically-oriented Master of Science degree program, providing basic training for all practice settings. As we are accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, our graduates meet the academic and practicum requirements for the Certificate of Clinical Competence awarded by that association. They also meet licensure requirements in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as well as other states. Most of our graduates also choose to meet the requirements of the Pennsylvania Department of Education for certification to provide speech-language pathology services in the schools. At the graduate level. we admit a cohort of full time students each Fall semester. While you may submit an application at any time, it is best to be certain that we have received all of your application materials by the beginning of March. That is when our Admissions Committee starts to make decisions for the following Fall. Our master's curriculum is composed of 48-51 credits. Our students spend their first full year (Fall through Summer) taking classes and beginning their clinical experiences in the on campus Speech and Hearing Clinic. The second year (Fall and Spring semesters) is spent mostly at off-campus practicum sites, returning to campus once per week to complete one class (such as a seminar). A master's thesis is optional, depending on your career goals. We have a large network of school, hospital, rehabilitation, and community agency placements, allowing our students to tailor their clinical experiences to their anticipated career path, to an extent. This network spreads from Pittsburgh to Dubois to Altoona, Pennsylvania. Over the past fifteen years, the employment rate for our master's graduates has been 100 percent. Over the past three academic years, our program completion rate has been 100 percent. Also for the past three years, an average of 93 percent of our students pass the national examination in Speech-Language Pathology on the first attempt, and all have passed on their second attempt. View more details on Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Communication Disorders courses.