The UWEC CSD undergraduate and graduate programs prepare students for the next step in their chosen career as speech-language pathologists or audiologists.
The program offered by the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Both our undergraduate and graduate programs in the residential and online systems are comprehensive with a strong focus on getting students prepared for the next step in their chosen career as a Speech-Language Pathologist. Our Center for Communication Disorders is a regional resource for serving hundreds of individuals with communication challenges each year.
Vision:
The vision of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders is to be consistently recognized as a learning community that
1) develops collaborative, interdisciplinary, innovative citizen-clinicians;
2) engages in scholarly inquiry that informs and transforms our professional practice;
3) enhances the human condition by working effectively with colleagues, students, clients, and families across disciplines and agencies.
Mission:
To accomplish this vision, the mission of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders is to prepare competent, compassionate, and collaborative professionals who understand the scientific and theoretical bases of the dynamic nature of human communication.
Core Values:
1) Collaboration, Competence, Compassion, Integrity, and Reflection
2) Knowledge and understanding drives practice and actions
3) Respect for and acceptance of differences and collaboratively guide students toward professional lives
4) Life-long learning
5) Promotion of Citizenship within the profession
