Communication Disorders and Sciences
Office: W123 Thompson Hall
(716) 673-3202
Kim Tillery, Chairperson
Email: communicationdisorders.sciences@fredonia.edu
Website: http://www.fredonia.edu/department/commdisorders/
Important Notification to All Communication Disorders and Sciences Majors
All programs and degree options are held accountable to national standards of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) with the Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. New requirements for the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP) were effective January 1, 2008. Any student who graduates after this date must fulfill the new requirements.
Any changes made by New York State Board of Regents and ASHA have the potential to impact the requirements of the program.
Individuals qualified as Speech-Language Pathologists are in demand in a variety of educational, medical and therapeutic settings. Upon completion of a master's degree, the graduate will complete a Clinical Fellowship Year (CFY) in order to meet ASHA certification and state licensing requirements. Graduates may elect to work in school settings, hospitals, medical practice groups, nursing homes, and rehabilitation agencies or in private practice.
At SUNY Fredonia, the M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology includes clinical practice (housed in the Henry C. Youngerman Center for Communication Disorders and at 65 possible clinical placements) including student teaching in schools.
Students desiring to obtain a terminal degree (clinical doctorate) in audiology are individually advised during their junior or senior years in the B.S. program to receive audiology clinic and course work that would prepare them for admission to a Clinical Doctorate in Audiology (AuD.) program.
The graduate program in Speech-Language Pathology is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). The graduate program is designed to enable students to meet the: 1) New York State Department of Education academic and practicum requirements for Initial and Professional Certification as a Teacher of Students with Speech and Language Disabilities (TSSLD), 2) New York State Department of Education academic and clinical requirements for New York State licensure in Speech Pathology, and 3) American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA) academic and clinical practicum requirements for the Certification of Clinical Competency in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP).
Scholarships
The following scholarships are awarded by the Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences: the Esau A. and Susan S. Sam Scholarship, the Schaffer Family Scholarship, the Rebecca Snyder Memorial Scholarship, the Lt. Gen. Louis E. Woods Scholarship, the Henry C. and Ida H. Youngerman Scholarship, Gustave and Geraldine Werner Foundation scholarships, Kristen M. Luther Memorial Scholarship and the Constantine Barker Endowment.
Requirements for all Academic Majors
Transfer students must have a minimum GPA of 3.0 to transfer into the program. Students who are at or above 60 credit hours will be advised that a minimum 3.0 GPA is usually required for successful acceptance into a Speech-Language Pathology graduate program.
