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
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Accredited by Council on Academic Accreditation in Speech-Language Pathology (CAA)
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State-of-the-art labs including:
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Voice lab
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Child research lab
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Scholarship of teaching lab
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Bilingual language lab
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Speech and hearing clinic
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Opportunities for collaborative faculty research
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Study abroad options
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Opportunities for conference attendance and presentation
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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