Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (B.S.)

BU's audiology and speech-language pathology program prepares students for graduate education in either audiology or speech-language pathology through a comprehensive academic program that includes access to speech science, hearing science, and related technologies. Entry-level credential for speech-language pathology is a master's degree and a clinical doctorate for audiology. As such, BU does not make recommendations for state certification in either discipline at the completion of this program.

The preprofessional curriculum provides the student with a broad general education background with courses that introduce undergraduate students to the professions of speech-language pathology and audiology. Students have the opportunity to explore related fields such as English as a second language, psychology, special education, education of the deaf and hearing impaired, gerontology and linguistics through those departments’ established minors and programs.

The required undergraduate courses are prerequisite to graduate school admission and are based on the Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) accreditation and certification requirements.

Access and familiarity with speech and audiology instrumentation is regarded as an important plus for students applying to graduate programs. Many BU students are accepted in nationally recognized graduate programs throughout the country, including Bloomsburg's own CAA accredited master's program in speech pathology and doctoral program in audiology.