Masters of Arts / Science???

[Penelopepie]

This is most definitely a dumb question hahaha and I’m so sorry but what is the difference between getting a Masters of Arts and then a masters of science? Especially for speech path? Do I have to get a masters of science to work in a hospital or could either work?

[AlwaysaFalcon]

Personally I'm not sure there is much of a difference. At an accredited program from asha you would qualify to get a job in either school or hospital setting. I believe it just depends on how the college classifies the degree based on the college. For example some colleges like to lump the SLP degree with Masters of Arts because it's similar to education but others like to classify it as Master of Science because of our work with other health professionals. If that makes sense. My program for example is a Master of Health Science degree.