Mission

The mission of the Communicative Sciences and Disorders (CSD) Program is to provide academic and clinical environments in which undergraduate and graduate students receive quality training and experience. The Program functions within a student-centered environment devoted to service, integrity, and diversity, all designed to prepare graduates who are ethical, competent, and capable of working independently and interprofessionally. The commitment of the CSD Program to the University’s mission is reflected through (1) excellence in teaching designed to promote evidence-based knowledge of communication, swallowing, and cognition development and disorders across the lifespan, (2) a clinic whose services help meet economic needs within the North Alabama region, and (3) a focus on the opportunities that higher education offers our diverse students so that they can 1 day use their knowledge, talents, creativity, and skills to serve others with integrity and compassion.

The commitment of the CSD Program to the University’s mission is reflected in the undergraduate and graduate academic course work in normal and abnormal development and behavior across the human life span; in course work that engenders awareness of issues in culturally diverse populations, in human communication disorders, in diagnostic and treatment methodologies, in clinical practica requirements and in technology-integrated course work teaching independent research skills that support lifelong learning.