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Prerequisites

Applicants to the SHS post-baccalaureate program must have a bachelor’s degree and have taken or be currently enrolled in the following prerequisite undergraduate college courses before officially joining the post-baccalaureate program.

  • Biology 106 (L) or Biology 102 (L)
  • Chemistry 101 (L) or Physics 101 (L)
  • Psychology 105
  • Stats/Math 212

Curriculum

  • SHS 371: Language Development
  • SHS 372: Hearing and Hearing Disorders
  • SHS 375: Phonetics
  • SHS 377: Anatomy and Physiology of Speech & Swallowing Mechanism
  • SHS 477: Aural Rehabilitation
  • SHS 479: Neuroanatomy
  • SHS 376: Speech Sound Disorders
  • SHS 378: Speech and Hearing Sciences
  • SHS 461: Clinical Methods, Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
  • SHS 478: Language Impairment

How to Apply

Applicants who wish to take the post-baccalaureate sequence should apply as undergraduates at WSU. The post-baccalaureate sequence of courses in Speech and Hearing Sciences will not qualify you for a second Bachelor of Arts in the Speech and Hearing Sciences. This one-year sequence of courses prepares you to apply to graduate programs in speech-language pathology or audiology.