Master's Degree

The Speech-Language and Communication Disorders Master’s Program is designed to provide the candidate with the course work and clinical experience necessary to obtain Florida Department of Education certification, Florida Licensure awarded by the Florida Department of Health, and the Certificate of Clinical Competence awarded by the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association(ASHA). The Master’s program is approved by the Florida Department of Education and accredited by ASHA’s Council on Academic Accreditation.

Campus Based Program

The master’s degree program in Speech-Language Pathology is a clinically focused program designed to provide the individual with the academic and clinical experiences needed to provide a full range of speech-language pathology services to communicatively disordered clients in a wide variety of job settings. Although the program is based on the premise that the participants hold bachelor’s degrees in the field, the Program offers the required prerequisite courses for the person whose bachelor’s degrees is from other disciplines.

The master’s program is part of the Human Development and Family Services (HDFS) division at the Fischler School of Education and Human Services (FSEHS). Students in this program are involved in an intensive academic curriculum designed to provide the background information necessary for a clinical career. The rigorous, supervised clinical experience that students receive brings the academic instruction to life. Graduates of the program carry this quality clinical service throughout Florida, the nation and other countries.

All clinic rooms are equipped for audio/video recording and transmission. Our new expanded facilities include classrooms, offices, therapy rooms, a voice science lab, and an augmentative and alternative communication lab. The faculty is comprised of more than 30 dedicated professionals at the doctoral and master’s levels.

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Distance Education Programs

The master’s degree program in Speech-Language Pathology is a clinically focused program designed to provide the individual with the academic and clinical experiences needed to provide a full range of speech-language pathology services to communicatively disordered clients in a wide variety of job settings. Although the program is based on the premise that the participants hold bachelor’s degrees in the field, the Program offers the required prerequisite courses for the person whose bachelor’s degrees is from other disciplines.

The Programs in Speech-Language and Communication Disorders offer the master’s degree in speech-language pathology in two distance formats. Students in remote locations form a cluster and receive instruction via compressed video, which is a two way interactive audio-video medium. A second format is offered online using primarily Web-based instruction. The content of the distance courses is identical to those taught on the main campus. Students generally enroll in two courses per semester in either the online or the interactive video formats. Students can complete the academic coursework and clinical practica in two and a half to three years, but may elect to extend the completion of the clinical clock hour requirement to the fourth year.

Compressed Video Sites

Las Vegas
Tampa
Orlando
Palm Beach
Bonita Springs
Pensacola
Jacksonville
Kendall

Online Learning

The master’s degree program in Speech-Language Pathology is a clinically focused program designed to provide the individual with the academic and clinical experiences needed to provide a full range of speech-language pathology services to communicatively disordered clients in a wide variety of job settings. Although the program is based on the premise that the participants hold bachelor’s degrees in the field, the Program offers the required prerequisite courses for the person whose bachelor’s degrees is from other disciplines.

The online program offers students the opportunity to earn their master’s degree from home, at times convenient to their schedule. The Programs will secure clinical rotations and externships in each student’s geographic area. Interested applicants should know that the course work of the on-line program mirrors that of the residential/traditional Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology. Applicants should be prepared to devote, at minimum, the same amount of time to an on-line course as they would to a traditional course.

Students must live more than a one hour drive from Nova Southeastern University’s main campus, or from one of the NSU distance sites, to be eligible for the on line delivery option.