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Students graduating from the School of Speech, Language, Hearing, & Occupational Sciences will acquire comprehensive foundational expertise in speech, language, hearing development, and social-behavioral communication. The program also equips learners with essential skills to assist individuals facing developmental or acquired speech, language, and hearing challenges. A bachelor's degree in Communicative Sciences and Disorders provides excellent preparation for advanced studies in speech-language pathology, audiology, and related healthcare and education disciplines including linguistics, psychology, neuroscience, and various therapy fields.
The online Bachelor of Arts in Communicative Sciences and Disorders (CSD) offers flexible completion options: students can finish core CSD coursework in 2 years (if general education requirements are already met) or follow a standard 4-year timeline (combining online general education courses through UM with CSD curriculum). All courses are delivered entirely online through asynchronous instruction, allowing students to manage coursework according to their schedules while adhering to semester-based deadlines for assignments, projects, and examinations set by instructors.