SLP’s Undergraduate Admission Requirements

· Must have maintained at least a four year high school GPA of 2.7 on a 4.0 grading scale, and be ranked among the upper 50% of applicant’s graduating class

                                                                 Or

· Have a 2.7 GPA in the 15 high school classes required for college entrance

                                                                 Or

· Have received a composite score of at least 20 on the ACT or a similar acceptable test

*Students must make a grade of “C” or better in the following college courses in order to be admitted into the program:

             - ENGL 1113/1213 (English Composition I and II)

             - SPCH 1113 (Fundamentals of Oral Communication)

             - PSYC 1113 (Introduction to Psychology)

             - MATH 1473 or 1513 (Quantitative Analysis)

             - a physical science course

             - a biological science course

             - a statistics course

ASHA Council for Academic Accreditation Standard III-A states, “The applicant must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of biological sciences, physical sciences, mathematics, and social/behavioral sciences.”

*Students must complete the following Speech-Language Pathology courses, making a grade of “B” or better, in order to continue in the Speech-Language Pathology undergraduate program:

             - SLP 3223 Clinical Phonetics

             - SLP 3313 Introduction to Communication Disorders

             - SLP 3363 Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism

             - SLP 3813 Language Development

             (SLP courses may be repeated only one time)

*Students must maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better

Speech-Language Pathology

Undergraduate Course Schedule

Fall Junior Year

             SLP 3223 Clinical Phonetics

             SLP 3313 Introduction to Communication Disorders

             SLP 3363 Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism

             SLP 3813 Language Development

Spring Junior Year

             SLP 3443 Materials and Methods in Clinical Practice

             SLP 4213  Language Disorders in Children

             SLP 4783 Articulatory and Phonological Disorders

             SLP 3413  Hearing Science

             SLP 4803 Advanced Anatomy and Physiology of Speech Mechanism                               

Fall Senior Year

             SLP 4413 Audiology

             SLP 4233 Speech-Hearing-Voice Science

             SLP 4xx2 Advanced Materials and Methods for Clinical Practices

             SLP 4532 Supervised Clinical Practicum

Spring Senior Year

             SLP 4313 Diagnostics in Speech-Language Pathology

             SLP 4473 Aural Rehabilitation

             SLP 4533 Supervised Clinical Practicum

Additional Course:

             MATH 3513 Statistical Methods

             SLP 4543 Independent Studies

             EDUC 4813 American Sign Language I