Speech-Language Pathology

The University of Cincinnati offers one of the few top-ranked programs that provides an online Master of Arts Degree in Speech-Language Pathology. While the academic courses are delivered online, the program requires an in-person clinical practicum starting in the third semester. This practicum involves hands-on experience in live settings, beginning part-time and gradually increasing to full-time during the final year of the program.  

The MA Online program involves the in-depth study of the various disorders of communication coupled with practicum experience. Students at the Master of Arts level are expected to acquire those skills which would enable them to identify and manage a full range of speech/language, swallowing, and hearing disorders. The Online MA Program is a collaboration with The University of Akron; therefore students admitted to UC will complete academic courses through both UC and Akron. 

Graduates are required to acquire specific skills and knowledge according to the Council on Academic Accreditation in Speech-Language Pathology (Distance Education) in order to be certified by the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association and to be eligible for licensure in the State of Ohio (for speech-language pathology) and Ohio Department of Education (school) licensure. As such, you will complete course work in the areas of Language and Literacy, Phonology, Aphasia, Motor Speech, Dysphagia, Cognition, Voice, Craniofacial Anomalies, Stuttering, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, and Management of Children with Hearing Impairment.   

Part-Time Curriculum  

The MA Online program contains 3 years (8 semesters) of part-time study. This allows you the flexibility of maintaining employment during the first half of your program. Starting in the third semester, the program includes in-person clinical practicum components that begin as part-time and gradually increase to full-time during the final year of the program.  

State Authorization

Federal regulations require the University of Cincinnati to publicly disclose whether completion of certain programs that lead or may lead to professional licensure or certification would meet a given state’s educational requirements for a specific professional license or certification required for employment in an occupation (regardless of whether the program is on-ground, online, or hybrid).   To learn whether a University program meets a given state’s educational requirements, please visit the University of Cincinnati State Authorization webpage. 

Admission Requirements