Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology

Undergraduate Programs

Preparation for Advanced Degree

Graduate Special Sequence

Students who have a bachelor's degree in a major other than speech pathology and audiology will need to complete the speech pathology and audiology sequence of undergraduate courses prior to admission to the master’s degree program. These students have the classification of Graduate Special. Courses must be taken in a specified sequence with the fall semester classes being prerequisite to the spring semester classes. All of these classes must be taken prior to beginning the graduate program in the department. For a student to complete this prerequisite course work in a period of one year, the course sequence is as follows:

	Fall Semester	Spring Semester	Summer Session
Prerequisites	SPA 301	SPA 330
	SPA 320	{SPA 345}	{SPA 345}
	SPA 340	SPA 364
	SPA 362	SPA 365
		SPA 370
		SPA 467

Note:
{SPA 345} This class in clinical observation may be taken in either the spring semester or summer session.

See Undergraduate Courses for a complete listing and description of these courses.