The sciences and disorders major will prepare you for graduate education in speech-language pathology or audiology. You?ll also be eligible for a Massachusetts license as a speech-language pathology assistant, a role in which you?ll provide treatment to individuals with communication disorders under the direct supervision of certified speech-language pathologist.

Professionals with graduate degrees in speech-language pathology or audiology assess and treat individuals with communication disorders such as fluency (stuttering), voice, aphasia, swallowing disorders, hearing loss, speech sound disorders, and language disorders. They often work in hospitals, clinics, private and public schools, or private practice. In order to become a certified or licensed speech-language pathologist or audiologist, you?ll be required to complete an advanced degree.

Careers and Internships

Career Outcomes

In a survey of our 2014-15 graduates, 100 percent of communication sciences and disorders majors who responded reported being employed or in graduate school.

Those who entered the workforce took on roles such as Pre-K teacher, speech?language pathology assistant, developmental specialist, early intervention developmental specialist, and special education paraprofessional.

Graduates who have continued their educations did so in audiology; counseling and casework; pediatric and developmental disability services; and speech-language pathology.