Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology Admission
Admission requirements include:
- A $50 non-refundable application fee.
- Baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution
- Cumumlative GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
- Graduate Record Exam (GRE) scores (taken within the last 5 years)
- Unencumbered Background Check
- Personal statement, 1-2 pages in length
- Resume
- Three letters of reference
- Video Portfolio may be requested (maximum 3 minutes)
- Completion of course work in all of the following areas:
- Physical Science – Introductory Chemisty or Introductory Physics
- Statistics – Non-CSD course
- Biological Science
- Social/Behavioral Science – Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, or Public Health
- For applicants with an undergraduate major other than in speech-language pathology (communication sciences and disorders), completion of the required prerequisite courses with a grade of “B” or better.
- Introduction to Speech Production Disorders (3 cr)
- Neuroanatomy (3 cr)
- Speech Anatomy and Physiology (3 cr)
- Acoustics (3 cr)
- Phonetics (3 cr)
- Speech and Language Development (3 cr)
- Clinical Observation (1 cr)
- TOEFL (minimum score 650 for paper, 280 for computer, and 114 if internet-based), or IELTS requirement of 8.0 if applicant’s primary language is not English.
For MS SLP admissions questions, please contact Academic Advisor Brittany Copeland at bcopela1@ju.edu.
The application for the MS SLP program should be completed online through the JU website. All supplemental materials for your application should be uploaded to our web-based application as prompted. If you have any questions regarding your application, please contact Pamela Adrian at padrian@ju.edu.
Transfer of Credit - Students accepted into the Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology program may transfer a maximum of nine (9) semester hours or 15-quarter hours of graduate academic credit from a comparable regionally accredited academic institution. The credit must be in courses similar in content and rigor to Jacksonville University's MS SLP Program, and the grade must be at least a "B". To be eligible for transfer credit, the student must submit a transcript and catalog description of the course to the Director of the MS SLP Program. A letter requesting the transfer credit will be sent to the Registrar and placed in the student's file. Any work transferred to Jacksonville University will be entered on the JU transcript as hours earned only and will not be used in computation of the grade point average.