HHD Career Exploration Week
Kickoff Career Exploration Week by exploring majors, connecting with faculty, staff, and current students, update your headshot, have your resume reviewed and so much MORE! Join us on Monday, March 31, from 4-6 p.m in 10 Henderson Building.
Meet CSD's Instagram Ambassadors, Kylie and Alyssa!
The HHD Instagram Ambassador Initiative highlights our majors through the eyes of students within the program. We invite you to follow their accounts to learn, explore, and experience our programs.
Providing social support and communication opportunities for people with aphasia
With the help of Chaleece Sandberg, associate professor of communication sciences and disorders, two Penn State alumni formed the Penn State Alumni Aphasia Group. Created by people with aphasia for people with aphasia, the group aims to offer a safe space for people with aphasia to practice speaking, form connections, share resources, and advocate for aphasia awareness.
Undergraduate Programs
Undergraduate Programs
The undergraduate major in Communication Sciences and Disorders prepares students to pursue graduate study in speech-language pathology and audiology. Students may also choose to pursue careers in health and human services or other areas.
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Graduate Programs
Graduate Programs
Our graduate programs provide a strong foundation in research and clinical practice. We offer a Master of Science degree, as well as a Ph.D in Communication Sciences and Disorders.
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Research
Research
Our world-class researchers are leaders and changemakers in the field of communication sciences and disorders.
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Speech, Language and Hearing Clinic
Speech, Language and Hearing Clinic
Our on-campus clinic provides speech, language and audiology services to clients across the lifespan.
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We are excited to welcome Jonelle Prokopchak to the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD)! Prokopchak joins CSD as an assistant teaching professor and is teaching CSD 311: Clinical Phonetics this fall. She will also be working with our graduate students as a clinical supervisor in the Speech, Language, and Hearing Clinic. Welcome, Jonelle!
Department Announces Re-Accreditation Site Visit
On March 27 and 28, the program in Speech-Language Pathology at Penn State University Park will be visited by a team of representatives from the Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, as part of our eight-year re-accreditation cycle. Members of the public may provide input about our department’s graduate education programs by:
- Submitting written comments to the CAA (accreditation@asha.org) on or before March 21 or
- Attending a public meeting at 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 27. The public meeting will be held in 111 Research Center A, 743A Hastings Road, at the University Park campus and via Zoom. Visitors attending the meeting in-person may park in the lots directly in front of or behind Research Center A. All written comments must include the commenter’s name, address, phone number, and relationship to the program in order for accreditation staff to verify the source of the testimony. All comments must be signed.
Comments should be submitted to:
Accreditation Public Comment
Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA)
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
2200 Research Boulevard, #310
Rockville, MD 20850
accreditation@asha.org
Fax: 301-296-8570
