BA Hearing and Speech Sciences

Hearing and speech sciences is an inherently interdisciplinary field, integrating knowledge from the physical and biological sciences, medicine, psychology, linguistics, and education in order to understand human communication and its disorders. The department curriculum leads to the Bachelor of Arts degree. An undergraduate major in this field primarily provides the background for graduate training in Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology. However, it is also an excellent preparation for students who wish to pursue graduate study in other disciplines such as: occupational therapy, physical therapy, special education, or nursing. The student who wishes to work professionally as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist must obtain a graduate degree in order to meet national certification requirements and state licensure laws.