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Admission
Longwood University Graduate Admission Requirements for the
Communication Sciences and Disorders program are as follows:
- Bachelor’s degree from an regionally accredited college or university
- Either an undergraduate major in Communication Sciences and Disorders with
GPA of 3.0 or
- An undergraduate degree in an unrelated discipline plus
completion of the following speech-language pathology prerequisites:
Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanisms,
Phonetics (Transcription), Speech Science, Introduction to Audiology
and Hearing Science, Language Development Across the Lifespan,
Phonology and Language Disorders, Introduction to Clinical Practice,
and Neurology of Human Communication.
- Completed application
- Two letters of recommendation attesting to the applicant’s
potential to successfully complete graduate study
- GRE Scores
- Official transcripts
- Typed personal essay (500 words or more) which includes the
following: a discussion of the student’s reasons for seeking
graduate education, the student’s career goals and how the graduate
program in communication sciences and disorders will prepare him or
her to meet those goals, prior work/life experiences which relate to
interest in and aptitude for the graduate program, and the student’s
perception of his or her intellectual capacity to successfully
complete the graduate program.
Applicants are reviewed once annually after the
February 1st deadline for consideration for admission to the
subsequent fall semester.
The graduate curriculum is designed to meet the needs of individuals
holding an undergraduate degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders,
as well as individuals who have an out-of-discipline baccalaureate
degree. For students, whose baccalaureate degrees are in other
disciplines, the following prerequisite course work must be completed.
- Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanisms
- Phonetics
- Speech Science
- Introduction to Audiology and Hearing Science
- Language Development Across the Lifespan
- Phonology and Language Disorders
- Introduction to Clinical Practice
- Neurology of Human Communication
For complete application requirements, procedures, and required
forms, please visit the Graduate Studies web site at the following
url:
www.longwood.edu/graduatestudies/application.shtml
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