Admission & Application
Admission Requirements
Students applying for admission to the Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (MSSLP) program at »ÆÉ«µçÓ° must meet the following admission criteria:
- Bachelor’s degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD), or bachelor’s degree in another field of study plus prerequisite CSD coursework, including coursework in:
- Anatomy and physiology of communication and hearing mechanisms
- Speech and hearing science
- Normal development of speech, language, and hearing
- Phonetics
- Aural rehabilitation
- Per ASHA certification standards for SLPs, all applicants must have taken one course in each of the following content areas. Each course must be outside the CSD major:
- Statistics (stand-alone course; not incorporated into a research methods or other related course)
- Biological science, related to human or animal science (biology, anatomy/physiology, neuroanatomy/neurophysiology, human genetics, veterinary science)
- Physical science (chemistry, physics)
- Social science (psychology, sociology, anthropology, public health)
- Minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0 for full admission, or 2.75 for provisional admission
- Minimum major GPA (in all CSD courses, including a minimum of four completed courses at time of consideration) of 3.0
- Interview, by invitation, based on review of application (in-person or virtual formats available).
- One spontaneous writing sample, obtained during interview
Application Procedures
Application Now Open
Students applying to the MSSLP program at »ÆÉ«µçÓ° will make application through the Communication Sciences and Disorders Centralized Application Service (CSDCAS) at
If you have questions about the SLP program or application, please contact us at grad@lewisu.edu or call (815) 836-5610.
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