Communication Disorders
Communication Disorders
Students can major in Communication Disorders (CMD) to prepare for graduate school in either Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology, or for a career as a Speech-Language Pathology Assistant. CMD majors may pursue a traditional 4-year bachelor’s degree, or an accelerated 3-year bachelor’s degree, leading to graduate studies. Those pursuing the accelerated program may need to take courses during summer and intersession terms in order to complete the degree in three years. For a student on either track, declaration of the major occurs at the end of the second semester, provided that the student has at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA, and at least a C in CMD 200, CMD 201, PS 110, BI 111, and BI 113.
Students who wish to practice as speech-language pathologists must complete all undergraduate CMD requirements, and then apply to, and complete, a master’s degree program in SLP at SHU, or elsewhere. Graduate study in SLP typically requires two calendar years, including 1–2 summers, of graduate-level coursework, and 400 hours of supervised clinical practice. Students who wish to enter the SHU SLP graduate program are required to successfully complete the admissions process. To be eligible to apply to the SHU graduate program in SLP, students must satisfy all major requirements with an overall GPA of at least 3.0, no grade in a course required for the major below C, and no more than two repeated courses. Admission requirements for the SHU Graduate Program in Speech-Language Pathology can be found HERE
Faculty
NICOLE CRUSE, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
MARTA KORYTKOWSKA, MS, ABD, CCC-SLP
Clinical Assistant Professor
CIARA LEYDON, PhD, CCC-SLP
Associate Professor, Department Chair
JAMIE MAROTTO, AuD, CCC-A
Clinical Assistant Professor; Director, Undergraduate Program
AVINASH MISHRA, PhD, CCC-SLP
Assistant Professor
JESSICA PRESTON, AuD, CCC-A
Visiting Instructor; Program Coordinator, Online Prerequisite Series
FRAN PREZANT, MS, CCC-SLP
Adjunct Instructor
CAITLIN ROSS, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Assistant Professor
ELIZABETH SIMMONS, MS, CCC-SLP
Assistant Professor