The graduate M.S. (Master of Science) degree program is designed to prepare students to become certified and licensed speech-language pathologists and/or pursue doctoral degrees at other institutions. The graduate program is fully accredited by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Students can choose to prepare for careers as speech-language pathologists in public schools, health care settings, universities or private practice.

The undergraduate B.S. (Bachelor of Science) degree program is a pre-professional program designed to prepare students for graduate studies in speech pathology or audiology. Students interested in a speech pathology and audiology major should contact the Department at (615) 963-7081.

The Department also has a special program for persons who have undergraduate degrees in other fields, but who wish to complete the M.S. degree and become speech-language pathologists.

Undergraduate Admissions and Requirements
Graduate Admissions and Requirements

All faculty offices, classes, laboratories, a library, a bookstore and the TSU speech & hearing clinics are conveniently located on the downtown Avon Williams Campus. Additional opportunities exist for graduate student placement at a large number of off-campus clinical practicum sites in Nashville and surrounding areas.

Academic Faculty/Clinic Supervisors

John Ashford, Ph.D. CCC-SLP, Pamela Burch-Sims, Ph.D. CCC-A, James Cantrell, Ph.D. CCC-SLP,
Mary Fitzgerald, Ph.D. CCC-SLP/A, Shelia Heard, M.Ed CCC-SLP, Iris Johnson, Ph.D. CCC-SLP, Frank Jones, Ph.D., Valeria Matlock, M.Ed. CCC-A, Brenda McClellan, M.Ed. CCC-SLP, Harold Mitchell, Ph.D CCC-SLP, Edria Ragosin, M.A. CCC-SLP, Tina Smith, Ph.D. CCC-SLP

If you are interested in graduate studies in speech-language pathology at TSU you can contact the Department of Speech Pathology & Audiology, (615) 963-7081, or Dr. G. Pamela Burch-Sims. Dr. Burch-Sims serves as Graduate Coordinator for the TSU Department of Speech Pathology & Audiology. Her email address is psims@tnstate.edu and her telephone/voice mail is (615) 963-7059.
 

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More information about career opportunities in speech-language pathology and/or audiology is available from the American Speech-Language-HearingAssociation.