Yes. The coursework for this program is 100% online with no on-campus residency requirement. However, students will gain hands-on experience through in-person clinical placement near their community.
General students have a bachelor’s degree and have completed all their foundational Speech-Language-Hearing coursework.
- They have bachelor’s degree in communication sciences and disorders/speech-language hearing fields and have completed all the necessary foundational courses.
- They have a bachelor’s in another field but have completed the foundational SLP coursework in a leveling or bridge program.
Leveling students typically do not have a communication sciences and disorders/speech-language-hearing background and require foundational coursework to begin the MS-SLP program.
Ithaca’s MS-SLP online leveling pathway includes 6 foundational speech-language-hearing courses, completed over 1 year before starting your graduate SLP courses.
Foundational Speech-Language-Hearing Leveling Courses are the core courses required to enter the MS-SLP program. These are typically included in a Speech-Language Hearing bachelor’s program or bridge program, but Ithaca College offers an optional online MS-SLP pathway that incorporates these foundational courses into the SLP degree.
Leveling courses include Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanisms, Phonetics, Child Language Development, Basic Audiology, Basic Speech Science and Clinical Observation.
Prerequisite Science Courses are typically taken elsewhere and must be completed by both General and Leveling students before entering Ithaca’s MSSLP program. However, students can apply to the MSSLP program before the prerequisite coursework is completed.
Students must take one college class in Physics or Chemistry, Biology, Statistics and Social or Behavioral Science.
Yes! This program is designed specifically for working professionals to maintain work/life balance. No campus visits or travel are required. However, in certain semesters you will be expected to dedicate time to clinical experiences and work commitment may need to change.
Yes! Ithaca College has a more than 100-year legacy in SLP education, so you can expect a quality education taught by expert faculty dedicated to student success.
The online M.S. SLP degree has two intakes per year, Fall and Spring.
Successful completion of the M.S. SLP degree includes 53 credit hours (8 semesters) without prerequisite courses and 71 credit hours (11 semesters) should prerequisite courses be required.
The degree can be completed in 3 years (8 semesters) or less without prerequisite courses or just under 4 years (11 semesters) with prerequisite courses.
Ithaca College’s offers two online pathways to an MS-SLP:
- A General pathway for those with a Speech-Language-Hearing background.
- A Leveling pathway that incorporates required foundational Speech-Language-Hearing coursework.
