PROGRAM COORDINATOR: Grace F. Middleton

The Program in Speech-Language Pathology offers an innovative five-year plan which culminates with the Master of Science Degree. Students who complete the plan fulfill academic course work and clinical practicum requirements for the Texas License, as well as, the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology. The plan includes 96 semester hours of undergraduate course work and 54 semester hours of graduate course work, all of which may be completed in five years. Undergraduate students selecting this program will be designated as pre-Speech-Language Pathology majors. Since the plan of study culminates with the Master of Science Degree, undergraduates should be aware of the following.

1. A GPA of 3.0 in upper-division preparatory SPLP undergraduate courses and GRE scores of 500 Verbal and 500 Analytical are required for unconditional acceptance into the Graduate School. A GPA higher than 3.0 may offset GRE scores lower than the specified minimums and GRE scores higher than the specified minimums may offset a GPA lower than 3.0. Conditional acceptance into graduate school is also possible. A description of the Master of Science program is in the Graduate Studies Catalog. Admission is competitive. The number admitted each semester is dependent on available program resources.
2. Undergraduate students must take the GRE and apply to Graduate School prior to the completion of the prescribed 96 undergraduate hours.
3. Students whose grades in SPLP courses do not appear to demonstrate the potential for success in Graduate School should discuss the advisability of continuing in the Speech-Language Pathology Program with their advisor prior to beginning the third year.

Pre-Professional Core Courses (34 semester hours)
SPLP 1110 General Phonetics Laboratory
SPLP 3110 General Phonetics
SPLP 3210 Survey of Speech, Hearing and Language Disorders
SPLP 3220 Hearing Science
SPLP 3312 Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism
SPLP 3313 Disorders of Articulation and Phonology
SPLP 3314 Language Disorders in Pre-School Children
SPLP 3315 Language Development
SPLP 3318 Principles of Clinical Management
SPLP 3409 Audiology
SPLP 3412 Neural Bases of Speech and Language

One course selected from: SPLP 3100 Introduction to Sign Language
SPLP 3420 Independent Study in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
SPLP 3440 Clinical Practicum in Audiology

TOTAL UNDERGRADUATE: 96 semester hours

RECOMMENDED SEQUENCE

Fall	Spring	Summer	Total
FIRST YEAR
PSYC 3101	MATH 3120
ENGL 3111	ENGL 3112
HIST 3101	HIST 3102
SPLP 3110	SPLP 3210
SPLP 1110	PSYC 3101
COMM 3101 or 3102
16 hours	15 hours		= 31 hours
SECOND YEAR
POLS 3210	POLS 3211
BIOL 3105	BIOL 3211
BIOL 1107	BIOL 1211
PSYC 3210	SPLP 3220
SPLP 3312	SPLP 3314
SPLP 3315	FINE ART
16 hours	16hours		= 32 hours
THIRD YEAR
LING 3220	SPLP 3318	Elective-3
SPLP 3313	LING 3357
SPLP 3409	SPLP 3412
HUMANITY	SPLP Elective
ECONOMICS	ITS 3350
15 hours	15 hours	3 hours	= 33 hours
FOURTH YEAR (GRADUATE)
SPLP 3520	SPLP 3500	Elective-3
SPLP 3530	SPLP 3560	SPLP 3559
SPLP 3563	SPLP 3562
SPLP 3564	SPLP 3569
12 hours	12 hours	6 hours	= 30 hours
FIFTH YEAR (GRADUATE)
SPLP 6579	SPLP 3558	Elective-3
SPLP 3565	SPLP 6589	Elective-3
9 hours	9 hours	6 hours	= 24 hours

TOTAL = 150 hours

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