I just wanted to really delineate for myself the difference between the two, because I’ve read everywhere but still it can’t hurt to hear other people’s input. So what’s the difference between the two majors? Thank you!
At the undergraduate level it is the same major… usually called Communication Disorders and Sciences… Speech and Hearing Sciences… Speech and Hearing… or something similar. Every school usually has a slightly different name for the same major. The undergrad classes involve intro courses in both speech pathology and audiology. Sometimes you will find a college that has Speech Sciences and Speech and Hearing…within the same college. The difference is usually that one allows you to come out with a teaching certification at the undergrad level ( requires student teaching) while the other doesnt.
One can’t be a practicing and licensed speech language pathologist or audiologist with an undergraduate degree - you must go to grad school and then complete what is called a Clinical Fellowship Year ( CFY). There are also tests to take. Audiologists must now continue for their Aud degree.
The distinction between the two fields comes at the graduate level. Usually at the undergrad level students decide which path to take.