Communication Degrees Online

The need to communicate. The ability to be understood. Most of us take it for granted. But for far too many, young and old, the ability to be understood is a constant struggle. They want to communicate. They need to communicate. But they can’t produce the sounds, words, or sentences that make their message understandable.

Speech Language Pathologists are there to help, bringing communication therapies to a range of speech-language-hearing disorders – whether brought on by disease, injury, age, or disability.

Outstanding Preparation – Part-Time
The Department of Communication Disorders offers outstanding Communication Disorders programs at the undergraduate and graduate level. The programs are designed for part-time completion, so students can work, live their lives, and advance their career and educational goals at the same time.

The MHS: Entry-Level Degree
The entry-level degree for Speech Language Pathologists is the Master of Health Sciences in Communication Disorders. Our Master’s program provides thorough preparation for entry into the field and meets Illinois’ academic requirements for licensure, and certification to work in Illinois public schools, as well as the profession’s national certification standards. Admission is competitive.

The BHS: Pre-professional Preparation
Because the entry-level degree for Speech Language Pathologists is the Master’s, the Bachelor of Health Science in Communication Disorders is a pre-professional degree. In other words, the degree is designed to prepare you to enter the Master of Health Sciences in Communication Disorders program.

The BHS as Second Bachelor’s Degree
A Bachelor of Health Sciences in Communication Disorders is the required undergraduate degree for entry into the MHS in Communication Disorders degree program. But what if your bachelor’s is in another discipline? Explore the BHS in Communication Disorders as a second bachelor’s degree.

The course develops the student’s knowledge of current research in the fields of linguistics, literary/cultural studies, and fosters independent cross-disciplinary thinking. The course also prepares students for research at the post-graduate level and provides opportunities for students to reach levels of proficiency in English which will enable them to communicate in specialized academic and professional contexts.

The main teaching forms are the seminar, individual tutorials, and self-study. Individual study plans are contracted, within the framework of which students are encouraged to spend part of the semester overseas in an English-speaking department.

Information Design, our newest program, is just one of several Communications programs offered by Sage. In addition to this interdisciplinary, high-tech, B.S. degree, we offer a four-year bachelor’s program for women at Russell Sage College in Troy, and you can still obtain an associate’s degree at the co-educational Sage College of Albany. Additionally, we offer both graduate-level certifications and tracks within our MBA and Public Administration master’s programs.

Program Philosophy:

Communications at The Sage Colleges comprises four distinct programs: the Associate’s Degree program at the Sage College of Albany, the four-year Bachelor’s Degree program in Information Design at Sage College of Albany, the four-year Bachelor’s Degree program at Russell Sage College in Troy and the graduate track in the Master’s of Business Administration program. The associate’s program, the Information Design program and the graduate program are co-educational; the four-year program in Troy is for women. The graduate program is aimed primarily at persons without an undergraduate degree in Communications and who are already working in a profession and desire to specialize in public communications at the Master’s level.

Though some students will choose to transfer or enter the workforce upon receiving an Associate’s Degree in Communication from SCA, this program is designed primarily as the first two years of the Bachelor of Science degree in Information Design. As such, it provides you with core training in Art, Business, Graphic Design and Computer Science in addition to your Communication courses. This broad, interdisciplinary curriculum is designed to prepare you for the integrative, high-tech courses you will take in your junior and senior years at Sage.

The four-year program at Russell Sage College provides a perfect starting point or continuation for women seeking the baccalaureate degree in communications. The program builds on a solid core of journalistic writing and public speaking, and is geared to those who wish to pursue a career in public relations or other persuasive media. In addition to offering a full range of theory and skills courses, the program prides itself on its internship program, which places you in real-world settings that will allow you to hone your communications skills while making career decisions. Recent graduates are working for public relations firms, advertising agencies, television network affiliates, newspapers, magazines, non-profit service and arts organizations and radio stations.

LSU’s master’s program is broadly based in British and American literature. As a graduate student, you will be expected to take forty-eight hours, twenty-four of which must be at the graduate level (click here for complete degree requirements). A class in research methods and proven facility in a foreign language are required; the rest of your program will be individually designed according to your background and interests.

Many of our students consider their experience as a teaching assistant to be the most important part of the MA program. If you apply for and receive a teaching assistantship, you will teach one class of college writing per quarter under the supervision of Dr. Elissa Kido, director of the writing program and Dr. Mary Wilson, our department chair . Teaching assistants are also required to take the class, Composition Theory, in their first quarter on campus.

Again, thank you for considering graduate study at La Sierra University. Please browse through our English department web site to learn more about our program. For news about what our current MA students and recent graduates are doing, click here. If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us.

Sincerely,

Dr. Lora Geriguis
Graduate Student Advisor