Become certified to conduct language, speech and hearing assessments and provide services to students from birth through age 22 in the State of California.
Why Get a Speech-Language Pathology Services Credential?
The Speech-Language Pathology Services Credential is designed for those who want certification to serve exceptional individuals as language, speech and hearing specialists, and/or as audiologists.
Due to longer life spans, advances in technology and advances in health, employment opportunities in this field are widely available.
Certification increases your opportunities for:
- Career advancement
- Employment
- Job mobility
- Professional credibility
The requirements for a graduate degree and eventual employment can seem quite confusing at first glance. Think of these requirements as following four related, but separate tracks:
- Courses and clinical practica necessary for a bachelor's and for a master’s degree
- Requirements for ASHA certification
- Requirements for state license and
- Requirements for school specialist credential
Why Get a Speech-Language Pathology Services Credential at CSUN?
Our program alumni find employment in medical centers, skilled nursing facilities and other rehabilitative facilities, community speech and hearing centers, medical offices, public and private schools, and private practices throughout California and across the nation.
With approximately 100 graduates annually in the M.S. degree program in speech-language pathology, our regional and national networks of alumni are substantial and always expanding.
Please note: The Speech-Language Pathology Services Credential (Language, Speech and Hearing Services and Audiology) requires completion of the master of science degree in communicative disorders, with the appropriate emphasis in either speech-language pathology or audiology.
What You'll Learn
You'll take such core courses as:
- Child Growth and Development
- Augmentative and Alternative Communication
- Psychological Foundations, K-12
- Student Teaching in Severe Language Handicapped Aphasia
All credential candidates must satisfactorily complete the CBEST.
Language, Speech and Hearing Center
The LSHC offers comprehensive diagnosis and therapeutic services to children and adults with communication disorders. Services are provided by upper-division and graduate students in training-under the supervision of licensed and certified professionals.
Admission Information
To be considered for admission to CSUN as a credential student, you will need to:
- Meet university requirements.
- Meet department requirements for the Speech-Language Pathology Services Credential program.
- Apply to both the university and the specific credential program of interest.
Learn more about applying for a credential program at CSUN.