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As a major in communication sciences and disorders, you will build a foundational understanding of typical speech, language, and hearing development. You will also learn how to identify, assess, manage, and prevent developmental and acquired communication disorders. These include developmental language disorders, speech sound disorders, aphasia, and hearing loss.

• Learn and appreciate the impact of communication disorders on the social and emotional well-being, and educational and vocational achievement of individuals across the lifespan.
• Learn about careers working with children and adults in a wide variety of settings, including hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, private practices, and schools.
• Engage in faculty-student research projects and undergraduate service-learning opportunities that may include experiences at local daycare and long-term care facilities.
• Begin a career as a Speech-Language Pathology Assistant or Audiology Assistant.
• Pursue graduate studies in speech-language pathology or audiology to begin careers with excellent growth potential between 2021 and 2031 (21% increase in jobs for speech-language pathology and 10% increase for audiology).
• According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics the 2021 median pay was $79,060 per year for speech-langauge pathologists and $78,950 per year for audiologists.
  • Prepare for a career in other related fields, such as Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Aide in a hospital or skilled nursing facility, Therapeutic Support Staff, Health Services Administrator, Registered Behavior Technician, Applied Behavior Analysis Therapist, or Hearing Instrument Specialist.
  
  

Visit https://www.radford.edu/content/admissions/home.html to learn more about becoming a Highlander!

Freshman and Sophomores will be pre-COSD majors until Junior status is achieved.

To be admitted into the COSD major, students must:

1. Attain Junior status (minimum of 56 credit hours earned).
2. Earn a minimum of a 2.80 cumulative grade point average in all coursework completed at Radford University.
3. Complete an application for the COSD major in Academic Advising at the Highlander Success Center (third floor in Young Hall).

Start out by taking COSD 225: Communication Processes, Development, and Disorders to learn more about the clinical practice of speech-language pathologists and audiologists, and by reaching to the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders for more information.