Gwynedd Mercy University 2025-2026 University Catalog 257
Flu Shot, and Meningitis. An adverse background check can restrict a student’ s ability to access fieldwork, affect a graduate’ s ability to sit for the NBCOT ® certification examination, or attain state licensure as an occupational therapist.
Professional Disposition and Conduct: Students are required to adhere to standards of professional behavior. Professional standards include promptness, collaboration, cooperation, dedication to learning, presenting oneself appropriately, proper oral and written communication, and ethical behavior. Professional behavior includes but is not limited to attendance; arrival to class on time, active listening; punctuality; no instant messaging, emailing, social internet browsing, or phone activity( phone may stay on vibrate mode in case of emergency notification). Students are expected to email the course instructor if they miss a class. If a student wants to record a class session or transmit a class session to another student( audio or video), permission from the course instructor is required. It is a student conduct violation to download recorded lectures, labs, and meetings to a computer, upload them to the internet, or otherwise share, transmit or publish such recordings without the prior written consent of all participants( unless the professor has agreed in writing to such action and the recording is a recording of the professor’ s class). Course instructors reserve the right to deduct up to 5 points off the student’ s final course grade for violation( s) of professional standards or behaviors. Students will be notified in writing if an unprofessional act was identified as well as the amount of deduction from the students’ final grade.
Testing Requirements: Exam Soft testing software is required for testing in some courses.
Technology Requirements: Students must have a laptop with camera capability for all portions of the academic and fieldwork portions of the Program. All students are provided with the university’ s laptop specifications prior to the start of the program.
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY( MSSLP) Program Name: Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology( MSSLP) Degree: Master of Science Program Director: Karen A. Fallon Program Accreditation: The Master of Science( MSSLP) education program in speech-language pathology { residential } at Gwynedd Mercy University is a Candidate for Accreditation by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology( CAA) of the American Speech- Language-Hearing Association, 2200 Research Boulevard, # 310, Rockville, MD, 20850, 800-498-2071 or 301 296-5700. Candidacy is a“ pre-accreditation” status with the CAA, awarded to developing or emerging programs for a maximum period of 5 years. Program Type: The MSSLP program is a degree program with course offerings in the summer, fall, and spring. Didactic courses offered during the summer term align with the summer I schedule outlined by the university. Summer term clinical placements may not align with the summer I or summer II schedules outlined by the university. Program Modality: The MSSLP Program is a hybrid program consisting of both in-person and online learning platforms. The didactic portion of the MSSLP program during the 1 st fall and 1 st spring semesters is delivered in-person. Didactic courses during the summer session and 2 nd fall semester are online. All clinical assignments / placements will be held in-person.
Program Mission: The mission of the MSSLP program is to prepare exceptional speech-language pathology professionals dedicated to the care and advancement of human communication and swallowing. The program strives to develop compassionate professionals committed to integrity, human dignity, lifelong learning, and service to a diverse, global society. The program demonstrates its