Program Overview

West Chester University is home to one of the first speech clinics in the country, founded in 1923, and is proud to have nearly a century of experience in offering courses in communication and speech-related disorders. The Bachelor of Arts in Communication Sciences and Disorders is a pre-professional program that prepares graduates for continued study in audiology, speech-language pathology, speech and hearing science, or related health science or communication fields. Our graduates are prepared to work with a wide variety of clients through foundational courses and hands on opportunities through our speech and hearing clinic as well as our other state-of-the-art labs. Get involved: National Student Speech Language Hearing Association Autism Speaks

 

Program Highlights

  • Accredited by Council on Academic Accreditation in Speech-Language Pathology (CAA)

  • State-of-the-art labs including:

    • Voice lab

    • Child research lab

    • Scholarship of teaching lab

    • Bilingual language lab

    • Speech and hearing clinic

  • Opportunities for collaborative faculty research

  • Study abroad options

  • Opportunities for conference attendance and presentation

  • Faculty experts who are also practitioners

 

What can I do with this degree?

The BA in Communication Sciences and Disorders is a pre-professional program that prepares students for advanced education in audiology, speech-language pathology, speech and hearing science, or related health science or communication fields. Our graduates have gone on to study at institutions like:

  • California University of Pennsylvania
  • La Salle University
  • Long Island University
  • Misericordia University
  • Montclair State University
  • New York University
  • Salus University
  • South Carolina
  • State University
  • Towson University
  • University of Central Missouri
  • West Chester University
  • Western Carolina University

Our graduates hold many different types of positions, including:

  • Associate professor
  • Bilingual speech language pathologist
  • Clinical trial specialist
  • Community Advocacy and national Service member
  • Director, speech and hearing clinic Philanthropic services representative
  • Rehabilitation case manager assistant
  • Spanish interpreter
  • Speech language pathologist

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