Program Overview

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About this program Communication Sciences and Disorders is offered as a major at JMU. The Communication Sciences and Disorders undergraduate major focuses on understanding the processes of normal speech, language, and hearing, and provides an introduction to communication disorders. The curriculum provides undergraduate pre-professional course work and observation for those interested in a career as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist. An objective of the department is to provide an undergraduate curriculum directed toward rigorous preparation of students for subsequent graduate study in speech-language pathology, audiology, or speech and hearing sciences. A graduate degree is the minimum requirement for competency/certification endorsed by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and for Virginia licensure in speech pathology or audiology.