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Speech Language Hearing,
MA
The Master's Degree Program in Speech-Language Hearing is committed to the education of first-rate clinical professionals able to deal creatively with the broadest possible range of populations, settings, and speech-language disorders. The Department is able to provide students with a rich variety of supervised clinical experiences at its own Speech and Hearing Center on the University's main campus and at any of more than eighty field settings throughout the Delaware Valley. In addition, the Department maintains strong connections with faculty members and practitioners at Temple University Hospital and Medical School, and with other departments in the College of Allied Health Professions. Graduates of the Program have consistently gone on to significant careers throughout the United States and abroad. Opportunities exist for pursuing research interests under faculty guidance through independent study courses or the writing of a Master's thesis. Qualified students may elect to pursue special emphasis areas in early intervention or in service delivery to speakers of Spanish.
Campus
Location:
Main Campus
Students are required to complete the degree program through classes offered before and after 4:30 p.m.
Department
Information
Department of Communication Sciences
265-62
Temple University
1701 N. 13th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Ranking:
The program is ranked 30th nationally among ASHA-certified programs. There are approximately 200 such programs.
Accreditation:
True
The degree program is accredited by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association; Pennsylvania Department of Education; National Council Accreditating Teachers of Education.
The program has also been approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, and is accredited in Speech-Language Pathology by the
Council on Academic Accreditation of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). ASHA
accreditation has been maintained without interruption since 1968.
Areas
of Specialization:
Students completing the Master's Program are generalists with expertise in a wide variety of disorders and population types. Courses and supervised diagnostic and therapeutic experiences concern both children and adults, and encompass a range of disorders including dysfluency, dysphagia, language disorders, phonological disorders,and voice disorders. Faculty conduct and supervised research in areas including phonological, syntactic, and pragmatic development and language disorders in monolingual and bilingual children, adult aphasia, voice disorder, communication in aging individuals, speech phsyiology, and aural rehabilitation.
Job
Placement:
Graduates are employed in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, schools, private practices, and universities. The placement rate for graduates is 100%.
Affiliation(s):
The Program has research affiliations with the Temple University School of Medicine and Hospital, and with Moss Rehabilitation Hospital.
Interdisciplinary
Study :
The Program offers an interdisciplinary seminar in early intervention which includes participation of faculty and students from the Department of Occupational Therapy and the College of Education. There are also a colloquium series and a series of grand rounds presentations which include speakers from outside the department and the university.
Study
Abroad:
No.
Licensure:
True
Graduates must pass the national Praxis Examination in Speech Pathology, and must complete a Clinical Fellowship Year in their first year of employment in the field. Additional state-mandated requirements may apply for graduates employed in public schools.
Non-degree
Student Policy:
Non-matriculated students must have departmental permission to enroll in graduate courses. No more than nine semester hours of gradute coursework taken as a nonmatriculated student may be counted toward the degree.
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