The student-centered undergraduate and graduate programs provide students with a solid liberal arts and sciences foundation. The Program supports cultural and linguistic diversity in its student population. It prepares its students to provide evaluation and rehabilitation services to people of all ages, cultures and disabilities. The undergraduate CD Program prepares students for the graduate study in speech-language pathology and audiology that is required for entrance into the profession. This preparation includes competency in oral and written communication and critical thinking, which is continuously assessed and is required for graduation.
Coursework is scheduled primarily in the evenings.
Students may begin to specialize through elective coursework, practicum experience, research, and interaction with faculty. The Mercy Speech and Hearing Center provides speech, language and aural rehabilitative services to area residents and the Mercy community. It is the on-site clinical practicum setting and is the students' first clinical placement. Additional practicum experience is obtained from a network of health and educational affiliations in the tri-state area.