COLLEGE OF APPLIED & NATURAL SCIENCES
Speech-Language Pathology
Pre-Professional Speech-Language Pathology (BA)
A Bachelor of Arts in Pre-Professional Speech-Language Pathology prepares students for graduate study in either speech-language pathology or audiology. The degree specializes in broadening education experience in the liberal arts and sciences in addition to basic course-work in normal and disordered speech, language, and hearing disorders. (Concentration in audiology available)
Job Opportunities
- Speech language pathology assistant
- Medical sales and publications
- Health care administration
Speech-Pathology (MA)
For a Master of Arts in Speech-Language Pathology, graduates can work in multiple professional settings with people of all ages who have speech and language disorders. The MA degree is required to become a certified speech-language pathologist.
If a student has obtained a bachelor’s degree in a field other than Speech Pathology, they are required to complete 19 hours of coursework at the undergraduate level in the following courses:
- SPCH 205: Introduction to Audiology
- SPCH 222: Phonetics
- SPCH 301: Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism
- SPCH 302: Speech and Hearing Science
- SPCH 311: Neuroscience
- SPCH 429: Observation (1 hour credit)
- SPCH 270: Language and Speech Development
These must be completed prior to admission to the Louisiana Tech graduate program. These are standard across all graduate programs in SLP.