Department of Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology

Hunter College and the Department of Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology offers prerequisite courses in Speech-Language Pathology. These courses are only offered as follows:

Summer session:
Introduction to Speech-Language Pathology (COMSC 620)
Introduction to Audiology (COMSC 640)

Fall semester:
Introduction to Language Science (COMSC 604)
Speech and Its Production - Anatomy & Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanisms (COMSC 615)

Spring Semester:
Phonetics of American English (COMSC 607)

The Department is housed at the Brookdale Health Science campus of Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY). Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology are disciplines concerned with communication processes of all people across the lifespan. Graduate degrees are required to work in either field.

Hunter College is accredited by Middle States Commission on Higher Education. For verification of this accreditation, please review the page from Middle States. \

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The following pages of this website will help answer questions for prospective students interested in information and matriculating into Hunter College's MS degree program in Speech-Language Pathology.

Virtual office hours for prospective students take place the first Wednesday of the month 7:00-8:00 pm. I interested students can email slpa@hunter.cuny.edu to get the zoom link. 

Student Outcome Data, which relates student program completion rates, national examination pass rates, and employment rates can be found here.

For anyone wishing to explore who we are and what we do, you might be especially interested in reading about our faculty and clinic.

Strategic Plan Executive Summary

Since the granting of departmental status in 2014, The Department of Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology (thereafter, the Department) has been established this plan in concert with the Hunter College Strategic Plan. The college plan served as a guiding document for the Department in order to guide its development as its unique identity grows within the Schools of Nursing and Health Professions, within Hunter College and within the City University of New York (CUNY) system.

The Department is housed in the Schools of Nursing and the Health Professionals. It has five full-time faculty members and two, part-time support staff. Approximately twenty part-time academic and clinical faculty support the operation of the Department. The Department serves approximately 40-55 graduate students annually.

Summary of Goals

1. Establish and promote a rigorous academic and clinical program of study that provides students with a skill set that is consistent with current practice to benefit them in their professional careers;
2. Develop a research component of the program that will allow for development of faculty scholarship and to provide students will unique research opportunities to encourage them to consider research careers in the areas of speech, language and hearing sciences;
3. Enhance current program with periodic adjustments to reflect changes in the field and desires of students;
4. Promote the department's status in the professional community on the local and national level by engaging with various clinical and research facilities for collaborative opportunities

The mission of the Department of Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology and Hunter College Center for Communication Disorders is:

To develop professionals who will meet the healthcare and educational needs of the metropolitan New York area through prevention, assessment and management of communication disorders in children, adolescents and adults from culturally, ethically and linguistically diverse populations;

• To produce clinically based research that will advance knowledge of normal and disordered processes of communication across the lifespan;
• To provide educational and clinical services to the College and the metropolitan New York City communities; and,
• To provide leadership in clinical practice to the professions of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology as a whole.

Hunter College is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Institution. The College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, genetic predisposition or carrier status, alienage, citizenship, military or veteran status, or status as victim of domestic violence in its student admissions, employment, access to programs, and administration of educational policies or services offered at the HCCCD. Questions or concerns may be forwarded to the Office of Diversity and Compliance.

You may view Hunter College's mission statement here.

Feel free to gather as much information as you can about our program by exploring this website. Answers to many of your questions can be found on these pages and will be a good preparation for appointment during Virtual Office Hours, the first Wednesdays of every month from 7:00-8:00 p.m.