Prospective Students
College of Health Sciences
The Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology operates the Central Mississippi Speech, Language, and Hearing Clinic to facilitate the clinical education of students in speech-language pathology, facilitate faculty-student research, and to provide services to person with speech, language, cognitive, swallowing and/or hearing disorders in Jackson and the surrounding counties.
Prospective Students
The Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology at Jackson State University offers two degrees: Master of Science and Bachelor of Science. Additionally, a Post-Baccalaureate Program is for students who have completed an undergraduate degree that is not in speech language pathology, communicative disorders, or speech & hearing sciences. The program operates the Central Mississippi Speech, Language and Hearing Clinic to facilitate the clinical education of students in speech-language pathology and to provide services to persons across the life span with speech, language, cognitive, swallowing and/or hearing disorders in Jackson and the surrounding cities. The department is also home to an undergraduate and graduate chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA).
Quality Education
The mission of the Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology is to provide quality education to all pre-professional and graduate students, who are majoring in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. The program will: (a) prepare pre-professional students for entry into graduate programs; and, (b) guide graduate students to (i) acquire the knowledge and develop the skills, competencies and attitudes that are essential for the prevention of communication disorders, and the safe, effective and efficient practice of entry-level speech-language pathology, (ii) develop the ability to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate data, and to conduct research, (iii) provide professional and public services to local, state, national, and world communities, (iv) continue their professional growth by exploring developments in the profession and learning new models of management, and (v) develop an understanding and appreciation of social, linguistic, and environmental factors that influence typical and disordered communication.
Preparing Professionals
The program in graduate education will guide graduate students to: (a) acquire the knowledge and develop the skills, competencies and attitudes that are essential for the prevention, assessment and intervention of communicative disorders, and the safe, effective, and efficient practice of entry-level speech-language pathology, (b) develop the ability to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate data, and to conduct research, (c) provide professional and public service to local, state, national, and world communities, (d) continue their professional growth by exploring developments in the profession and learning new models of prevention, assessment and intervention, and (e) develop an understanding and appreciation of ethnic and cultural diversity on normal and disordered communication.
What To Expect
READY TO JOIN?
For more information, please contact us at (601) 979-1143. We look forward to meeting with you and seeing how our program can help you achieve your goals.
