Major
Careers
Related Skills
- Active Listening
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Service Orientation
- Social Perceptiveness
- Active Learning
- Critical Thinking
- Writing
- Time Management
Contact
Career Advising
Maureen Roach
(309) 438-5823
110 Student Services Building
Internship Coordinators
Cara Boester
(309) 438-2318
Fairchild Hall 208G
Speech Pathology
Jennifer Ragusa
(309) 438-5766
Fairchild Hall 215C
Audiology
Being Successful in the Field
- Join the National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association while in school.
- Maintain a high GPA.
- Build relationships with faculty to enhance career information, contacts, and letters of recommendation.
- Volunteer in a variety of settings.
Related Fields
- Speech Language Pathology
- Audiology
Employers
- Schools, K-12
- Universities and colleges
- Hospitals
- Physicians' offices
- Speech, language, and hearing centers
- Home healthcare offices
- Nursing homes
- Residential facilities
- Health Maintenance Organizations
- Federal agencies including:
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- National Institutes of Health
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Education
- Armed Services
- Private individual or group practice
- Health Maintenance Organizations
- Public health departments
- Rehabilitation centers
Other Professions
- Occupational Therapist
- CaseManager
- Geriatric Case Worker
- Health Educator
- Health Information Technician
- Hospice Coordinator
- Human Services Worker
- Medical Assistant
- Developmental Therapist
- Patient Representative
- Physical Therapist
- Recreational Therapists
- Rehabilitation Counselors
- Health Educators