Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Graduate Program
The Speech-Language Pathology graduate program at the Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences offers two accelerated Masters Degree programs:
- 15-month (4 semester) program for students who have an undergraduate degree in speech-language pathology
- 24-month (6-semester) program for students with non-speech-language pathology baccalaureate degrees
Faculty advisors work with students to develop an appropriate plan of study that meets the needs of individual students.
15-Month Program
For graduate students entering with an undergraduate degree in speech- language pathology, the accelerated, 15-month program allows the graduate to begin their careers 9 -12 months earlier than graduates of other universities.
This is an important factor when weighing cost benefits of our program versus other programs.
Description
Students in the 15-month program are immediately assigned two clinical cases in each of the first two semesters, and then spend part of each week for seven months working alongside a nationally-certified, state-licensed speech-language pathologist in nearby Northern California public school districts.
The capstone experience of the accelerated graduate program is a full-time, four-month medical externship in the geographic location of the student's choice.
View the course sequence for the 15-month program.
24-Month Program
For graduate students entering for students with non-speech-language pathology baccalaureate degrees, the accelerated, 24-month program allows the graduate to begin their careers two years (24 months) earlier than graduates of other universities.
Most other universities require four years of full-time study to earn the graduate degree.
This is an important factor when weighing cost benefits of our program versus other programs.
Description
Students in the 24-month program focus in their first two semesters on foundation courses of the profession, such as Speech and Language Development, Phonetics, Anatomy & Physiology of Speech, Speech & Hearing Science and Audiology, and a few disorder courses.
Students begin graduate-level coursework with their first summer session and from that point follow the same track as the 15-month accelerated program, including the public school fieldwork and capstone medical externship.
