Our mission
The mission of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) is to provide high-quality undergraduate and graduate education; provide high-quality clinical services to the community and instill in students a strong commitment to their respective professions.
To accomplish our mission, we believe it is essential to integrate:
- Persistent attention to excellence in teaching.
- High-quality clinical experiences and services for our clients, including the involvement of clients, families, and significant others in the total rehabilitation process.
- State-of-the-art technology.
- Support for students, staff and faculty research.
- Support for continuing education of staff and faculty.
- Cultural sensitivity and diversity.
- Dedication to open communication and teamwork, both within the department and interdepartmental.
Explore our programs
American Sign Language (Minor)
Looking for a valuable skill that helps people? With a minor in American Sign Language (ASL), you will gain conversational skills and better understand the way the Deaf community lives, thinks and communicates. The ASL minor is designed to expand your language skills and cultural knowledge to enhance other majors and fields of study.
The American Sign Language (ASL) minor offers you the knowledge and skills you need to interact with the Deaf community positively and effectively.
You will gain competence in ASL. You'll help promote an understanding of historical and current issues within the Deaf community. Best of all, you'll enhance the awareness and knowledge of ASL and Deaf culture in our society.
Outside of the classroom, service-learning opportunities offer you the chance to provide ASL instruction, social interaction, classroom support, and other community-based services to children and adults. In addition, the ASL minor offers students two opportunities for faculty-led study abroad: A Deaf culture course in France and a service-learning course in Jamaica. Both courses are taught in ASL and include short-term trips abroad.
The ASL minor pairs well with majors such as linguistics, communication sciences and disorders (speech-language pathology and audiology), journalism, business, education, theater, social work, psychology, and health sciences.
With an American Sign Language minor, you'll:
- Learn from and work with the Deaf community across Michigan.
- Have the opportunity to join student organizations like the American Sign Language Society.
- Gain not just language skills, but an understanding of how people in the Deaf community live, think and communicate.
- Take courses that meet University Program Group IV requirements for Studies in Discrimination, Culture, and Diversity.
- Have the opportunity to take online and summer courses.
Fall 2023: August 28
Spring 2024: January 8
Fall: Rolling
Admission information
| Undergraduate Admissions | Communication Sciences and Disorders Undergraduate Programs | Speech-Language Pathology and Doctor of Audiology |
|---|---|---|
| Warriner Hall 105 | Health Professions Building 1250 | Health Professions Building 1250G |
| Telephone: 989-774-3076 | Telephone: 989-774-2315 | Telephone: 989-774-1730 |
| Email: cmuadmit@cmich.edu | Email: chp@cmich.edu | Email: chpadmit@cmich.edu |
The doctoral (Au.D.) education program in audiology {residential} and Master of Arts (M.A.) in speech-language pathology {residential} at Central Michigan University are accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2200 Research Boulevard, #310, Rockville, MD 20850, 800-498-2071 or 301-296-5700.
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