MS in Speech-Language Pathology

Graduates from Montevallo’s M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology program are highly sought after in the speech-language pathology field. Students in our program have coursework and clinical practicum addressing a full range of disorders across the lifespan and are highly prepared to work in any setting. We have an on-site Speech and Language Clinic where students learn to provide therapy and diagnostic evaluations in a nurturing, supportive environment.

One unique feature of our program is that all our academic faculty also serve as clinical supervisors, facilitating the classroom to clinic connection. Our faculty and staff have all practiced extensively as SLPs and continue to maintain their credentials. Students have the opportunity for a minimum of three unique off-campus clinical experiences. Also, students complete both an adult and a pediatric, off-campus, full-time practicum placement during their final spring semester (8 weeks at each site). Our graduates are fully qualified to begin practice in clinics, hospitals, schools, or skilled nursing facilities.

The overriding mission of the University of Montevallo, unique in higher education in Alabama, is to provide to students from throughout the state an affordable, geographically accessible, small college public higher educational experience of high quality, with a strong emphasis on undergraduate liberal studies and with professional programs supported by a broad base of arts and sciences, designed for their intellectual and personal growth in pursuit of meaningful employment and responsible, informed citizenship.

For undergraduates, our vision is to offer academically capable students from all sociodemographic backgrounds an affordable, life-enriching honors college experience stressing community service and global awareness, all within an atmosphere of national historic beauty and a tradition of innovative cultural expression. Our vision for graduate students builds on this undergraduate foundation, using traditional and innovative instructional methods to foster growth in specialized skills and knowledge required by practicing educators, counselors, speech-language clinicians, scholars in the humanities, and other professional leaders, within a nurturing environment steeped in the unique Montevallo experience.