RECRUITING AND ADMISSION:
The Department of Communication Disorders utilizes standard recruiting
practices, including graduate fairs and dissemination of requested materials.
Admission and/or application materials are required from both the Graduate Program in CD and the Graduate School. Items required by CD are listed below, and Graduate School requirements can be obtained at http://graduateschool.astate.edu/ (click on "Prospective Students/Forms") or you may contact the Graduate School at (870) 972-3029.
All application materials
should be sent to:
ASU Graduate School
P.O. Box 60
State University, AR 72467-0060
Once the Graduate School receives your materials and puts your file together, the CD Admissions and Credits Committee will review/rank the files and select the class. Meeting minimum requirements for admission to graduate study does not guarantee acceptance into the MCD program. The program admits students on a competitive, space-available basis in accordance with CAA standards regarding student/faculty ratio.
In order to be considered for admission to the MCD degree program, the applicant's packet should include the following:
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Submit a letter that requests acceptance into the
program and state your goals and interests.
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Arrange for completion and submission of the >link--> Readiness Rating Form from three persons qualified to speak with authority regarding your academic readiness for graduate school and your personal characteristics that effect academic and clinical performance. (We will not accept narrative letters that are not part of the Readiness Rating Form.) |
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Submit official transcripts from each institution that you have attended. To be considered applicants must possess an overall 3.00 grade point average or a 3.25 (on a 4.00 scale) for the last 60 hours of undergraduate work. |
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Submit evidence of a score of 790 or higher on the combined verbal and quantitative sections of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). |
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... The essay requirement is now met by the completion of the GRE (Writing Sample). No additional essays are required. |
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Submit a current resume. |
Application materials are due to the ASU Graduate School by February 15th, annually. Applications for admission will be considered by the Communication Disorders Admissions and Credits Committee the week after applications are due.
To be eligible for consideration all applicants must have a completed application file and must meet the admission requirements of the Graduate School and the Department of Communication Disorders. As indicated above, applicants seeking admission to the MCD degree program will be admitted on a competitive space-available basis.
Accepted applicants will begin the program in the first summer term following acceptance.
Applicants with Undergraduate
Degrees in
Majors Other than Speech-Language Pathology/Communication Disorders
(post-degree)
The MCD is a professional degree, and for students wishing to pursue
graduate education in communication disorders, a pre-professional degree
(undergraduate degree in Communication Disorders) is strongly recommended.
Applicants with undergraduate degrees in an area other than communication
disorders will be considered for admission only after having completed a
minimum of 15 semester hours of undergraduate
deficiencies (of the total 28 hours) specified by the Graduate Program in CD (see
list below).
Applicants must identify the specific semester for which they are applying. Such applicants will be considered for admission only after indicating in writing that they understand admission for the targeted semester is contingent on their provision of evidence (in the form of official grade slips or an official transcript) of having successfully completed all but one of the specified deficiency courses. Such evidence must be received prior to the first day of classes for the targeted semester. In the event documentation is not provided by that time, the admission decision will be considered null and void. The applicant may, however, re-apply for admission for a subsequent semester. All courses attempted, including any repeated courses, are considered in the computation of the grade point average.
Deficiency courses required are:
CD 2653
Introduction to Communication Disorders
CD 2203 Phonetics
CD 2104 Anatomy and
Physiology of Speech
CD 3003 Speech and Hearing
Science (offered Fall only)
CD 3303 Normal Language
Development (offered Spring only)
CD 3503 Audiology (Fall
only)
CD 3803 Service Delivery
in Communication Disorders (Fall only)
CD 4103 Fluency Disorders
(Spring only)
CD 4703 Articulation and
Phonological Disorders (Fall only)
(Click here to view deficiency course descriptions)
Again, applicants may APPLY upon completion of 15 hours of deficiencies. If accepted, however, all but one of these deficiency courses must be completed before enrollment in graduate courses will be allowed. One course may be completed at the graduate level. If more than one course remains incomplete, enrollment will not be allowed and the applicant will be required to re-apply at a later time.
Questions about admission to the graduate program should be directed to: commdis@astate.edu