Communicative Sciences - Speech-Language Pathology Option, B.A.

California State University, Fresno

The Field of Communicative Sciences and Deaf Studies speech-language pathology, deaf education and interpreting are concerned with many issues related to speech, healing, and language. Professionals in speech-language pathology are devoted to providing diagnostic, rehabilitative, and educational services to children and adults with communicative challenges. Professionals in deaf education and interpreting fields are devoted to providing educational services and community-related services to children and adults who communicate in American Sign Language and/or other communication modalities.Bachelor of Arts. Communicative Sciences provides the students with a liberal arts foundation integrated with courses designed to provide a basic understanding of speech, language, and hearing development and communicative problems. Students pursuing deaf studies have three options: deaf education, deaf studies, and sign language interpretation.Students majoring in deaf education and speech-language pathology can continue their options in our graduate program.

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