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Programs Offered

Movement Science and Education
- Applied Exercise Physiology
- Curriculum and Teaching in Physical Education
- Motor Learning
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Education
Neuroscience and Education
Speech and Language Pathology

About the Department

Department Mission

The Department of Biobehavioral Sciences offers programs that derive educational and clinical applications from an understanding of the biological processes underlying human communication, movement, and their disorders. An understanding of the normal bio-behavioral processes is applied to clinical practice. The scientific knowledge obtained from studying each of these specialized fields is used to enhance the educational, adaptive, and communicative capabilities of individuals with normal and impaired abilities across the lifespan.

Graduates of our master’s programs assume professional roles in educational, health-related, and community agency settings as speech-language pathologists, exercise physiologists, fitness trainers, cardiac rehabilitation therapists, occupational therapists, and physical therapists. As these professionals often work in interdisciplinary teams, the department facilitates opportunities for students to interact across professional boundaries.

Our doctoral graduates are prepared for university faculty positions, administrative positions in field-based settings, and may also pursue careers in research.

The department maintains clinics and laboratories to support the teaching and research components of the programs. These facilities include the Edward D. Mysak Speech and Hearing Center, as well as laboratories in applied physiology, motor learning, kinematics, language and cognition, and adaptive communication technologies.

The master’s degree program in Speech-Language Pathology is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).

In the Spotlight

Talks on Linguistics in honor of Neil Smith's retirement

Dr. Karen Froud presented about "Schizophrenia as a disorder of thought, or language? Evidence from brain and behavioral investigations" at the Talks on Linguistics In honor of Neil Smith's retirement conference. It was hosted by the Department of Phonetics and Linguistics of the University College London. You can also view the conference program for more info about all presentations.

News

Hearing Aids

TC team delivers speech and language therapy via the Internet to a school for the deaf in Bolivia

Blazing a (Speech) "Path" in Cambodia

TC Faculty members envision jump-starting a field in post-Khmer Cambodia

Talking Chairs

In videotaped interviews, four TC department chairs weigh in online on the work of their faculty, adding to knowledge in their field and their own research