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Communications Sciences & Disorders

The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (COMD) prepares the next generation of clinicians and researchers who improve how people connect, learn, and thrive. From speech and language to hearing and literacy, we train master’s students for clinical practice and support doctoral students advancing scholarship that drives the field forward.

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Degree Programs

Choose from our MS in Speech-Language Pathology or our Ph.D. in Communication Sciences and Disorders.

Where Science Meets Service

Keandra Warren is turning hands-on, research-integrated training into a mission: expand early screening and specialized speech-language care in underserved communities.

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Discovery and Innovation

Our researchers are advancing discovery across communication sciences and disorders to improve diagnosis, intervention and quality of life.

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Leaders in fragile X research and education

A National Institutes of Health Center of Excellence grant will enable researchers to show how the fragile X premutation affects children and adults

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BY THE NUMBERS

  • #1

    Speech Language Pathology Program in SC

  • 25

    Faculty and Staff

  • $20 Million

    Extramural Support in 2025

Accreditation

The MS Program is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

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