Prerequisite Requirements
Students must be working toward a bachelor's degree in speech-language pathology or completion of undergraduate coursework in speech-language pathology and audiology. Prerequisite coursework must include both general and specific content.
General required content (individual courses): statistics, biological sciences, physical sciences, and social/behavioral sciences. A description of these courses can be found here.
SLP required content (may not be individual course): normal language development, anatomy/physiology, phonetics, neuroanatomy/physiology, speech/hearing science, basic audiometry, aural rehabilitation
SLP recommended content (may not be individual course): clinical procedures/methods, speech-sound disorders, language disorders
More specifically, applicants must have completed at least four SLP-specific courses at the time of application or they will not be considered for admission. We recommend that all delinquent prerequisite coursework be completed by the summer prior to starting the graduate program, or it may be integrated into their program of study, which may add time to their program.
Students interested in completing prerequisite requirements at SIUE are directed to our undergraduate leveling plan.
