About This Program
This program is ideal if you desire a career helping people restore and improve their speech. Nationally recognized for excellence, the program satisfies the academic requirements for licensure as a speech-language pathologist. Plus, all courses are offered 100% online.
...A master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) is the professional requirement for employment as a speech-language pathologist. Completion of CSUN's Master of Science in Communicative Disorders program satisfies the academic requirements for
- Licensure in all states to practice in medical, rehabilitative or private practice settings;*
- Education credentials in all states for employment in public schools; and
- Professional certification by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), the field's leading professional, credentialing and scientific organization in the U.S.
For all practicum experiences, you’ll work with a site near you.
* A passing score on the board-approved exam is also required for licensure as a speech-language pathologist.
Job Outlook: Health and Human Services
Help Others Find Their Voice
By specializing in this field, you’ll not only transform lives, you’ll add to the larger human conversation. Before you even finish the program, you’ll help clients in the real world, learning about:
- Interviewing and Counseling in Communicative Disorders
- Research in Communication Disorders
- Language Disorders
- Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology of Speech, Language and Hearing
- Neurogenic Disorders of Cognition and Language
- Structural and Neurogenic Speech Disorders
- Voice and Disorders of Voice
- Advanced Diagnostics in Speech and Language Pathology
- Pediatric Audiology
Master of Communicative Disorders at CSUN!
What do CDS graduates do?
This program opens the door to a range of exciting career opportunities, including—but not limited to—the ones listed below:
- Speech Language Pathologist
- School Speech Language Pathologist
- Audiologists, Speech Therapist
- Pediatric Speech Language Pathologist
- Home Health Speech Language Pathologist
- Teletherapy Speech Language Pathologist
- Virtual School Speech Language Pathologist
- Speech Language Pathologist Clinical Fellow
- Licensed Therapists/Speech Language Pathologist
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Career Connections
As a CSUN graduate, you become part of an extensive network of over 435,000 alumni—an invaluable source of support for your professional success.
CSUN's M.S. in Communicative Disorders graduates have built successful careers in these organizations and many others: Los Angeles Unified School District, Kaiser Permanente, Stepping Stones , San Diego Unified School, Easterseals, Saugus Union School District, Long Beach Unified School District, Mcrory Pediatric Services, and EBS Healthcare.
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