Speech Language Pathology

In addition to submitting the online Purdue graduate school application, applicants must also apply via the Communication Sciences and Disorders Centralized Application Service (CSDCAS). Please visit the CSDCAS website for more details on this application which has additional requirements to those listed above.

• 3.0 or equivalent (A=4.0)
• Applicants who do not meet the cumulative GPA requirement will be considered for admission if their GPA for the most recent 60 semester credit hours is at or above a 3.0.

Prerequisite Coursework

Students must have completed foundational coursework in biological sciences, physical sciences, social sciences, and statistics that meet the requirements to be certified as a speech-language pathologist by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Additionally, students must have completed undergraduate coursework in the field of communication sciences and disorders sufficient to provide the prerequisite knowledge to enroll in graduate courses.

Students must have completed, or be scheduled to complete prior to the start of the program, coursework in the following content areas with a minimum grade of C- or higher to be eligible for admission to the program:

• Phonetics
• Child language development
• Speech anatomy and physiology
• Acoustics
• At least one course on speech-language disorders

Students must also have completed, or be scheduled to complete prior to the start of the program, coursework in the following content areas with a minimum grade of C- or higher to be eligible for admission to the program or have a deficiency in only one or two of these areas:

• Neural anatomy and physiology
• Audiological assessment
• Audiological rehabilitation
• Biological science: a course that is entirely or in part related to human or animal biology
• Physical science: a course in chemistry or physics
• Social/behavioral science: a course in psychology, sociology, anthropology, or public health
• Statistics: a stand-alone course in statistics
  
  

Students who have a deficiency in one or two of these communication sciences and disorders coursework requirements (i.e., neural anatomy/physiology, audiological assessment, or audiological rehabilitation) and/or the foundational math and science coursework (i.e., biological sciences, physical sciences, social sciences, and statistics) must meet that coursework deficiency no later than the end of spring of the first year. Accepted students are strongly encouraged to complete any deficiencies via summer courses prior to the start of the program.

There does not need to be a one-to-one correspondence between the prerequisite communication sciences and disorders content listed above and undergraduate courses. Depending on the curriculum used at the student’s undergraduate university, a single course might meet more than one of these content area prerequisites, or a combination of several courses might meet one content area requirement.