MASTER OF SCIENCE IN SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY
Purpose
The Northeastern State University Speech-Language Pathology graduate program provides students with the academic and clinical practicum experiences necessary for a career in the work settings available to a speech pathologist.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate competency in etiologies & characteristics of the 9 major disorder areas
- Demonstrate competency in assessment and treatment for the 9 major disorder areas
- Demonstrate competency in professional skills and habits such as oral and written reporting of assessment & therapy results, confidentiality, and ethical behavior.
- Demonstrate competency in the field of Speech-Language Pathology in order to obtain national certification provided by ASHA.
SLP Required Courses - 56 hours
- SLP 5001 - Fundamentals of Speech-Language Pathology
- SLP 5143 - Advanced Audiology for Speech Language Pathology
- SLP 5150 - Advanced Supervised Clinical Practice Lab in Speech and Hearing (enroll in SLP 5152 a minimum of 3 semesters)
- SLP 5153 - Clinic Internship
- SLP 5159 - Clinic Externship
- SLP 5172 - Fluency Disorders
- SLP 5222 - Early Intervention
- SLP 5343 - Augmentative & Alternative Communication
- SLP 5410 - Trends & Issues in Communication Disorders (SLP 5411 Trends & Issues: Service Delivery)
- SLP 5443 - Language & Literacy: Assessments and Interventions
- SLP 5523 - Diagnostics in Speech-Language Pathology
- SLP 5612 - Craniofacial Anomalies
- SLP 5802 - Research and Evidence-Based Practice
- SLP 5823 - Adult Neurological Disorders
- SLP 5843 - Advanced Articulation & Phonological Disorders
- SLP 5853 - Voice & Resonance Disorders
- SLP 5902 - Motor Speech Disorders
- SLP 5912 - Summative Seminar in Speech-Language Pathology
- SLP 5923 - Dysphagia
Accelerated B.S.S.L.P. Speech-Language Pathology to M.S. Speech-Language Pathology
Note: Please refer to Accelerated Bachelor’s to Master’s Degree Program for complete information concerning the minimum requirements of the Accelerated Degree Program (ADP). The Speech-Language Pathology, M.S. degree requires a minimum grade of B. Refer to the current Graduate Catalog for master’s degree requirements.
IMPORTANT:
- Students admitted to the Accelerated B.S.S.L.P. Speech-Language Pathology to M.S. Speech-Language Pathology degree program will complete up to 18 hours of graduate level credit to apply toward both the undergraduate and graduate degrees.
- Students may not receive credit toward both the undergraduate and the paired graduate-level course. A student completing an undergraduate course and the paired graduate-level course will only receive credit for one course toward the bachelor’s degree.
- A minimum grade of B is required for all 5000 level graduate courses.
- Students who do not follow the approved degree plan may become ineligible to continue in the accelerated degree program.
- Prior to completing the undergraduate degree, if the undergraduate GPA, graduate GPA and/or overall GPA fall below a 3.00, the student becomes ineligible to continue in the ADP.
- Students may withdraw from an approved accelerated degree pathway. Graduate credit hours completed prior to the student withdrawing or becoming ineligible to continue in the ADP apply toward the undergraduate degree only.
ADP Paired Courses
| Major electives (1 hour) | SLP 5001 Fundamentals of Speech-Language Pathology |
| Major electives (2 hours) | SLP 5150 Advanced Supervised Clinical Practice Lab (total of 2 hours) |
| Major electives (2 hours) | SLP 5172 Fluency Disorders |
| Major electives (2 hours) | SLP 5222 Early Intervention |
| Major electives (3 hours) | SLP 5343 Augmentative & Alternative Communication |
| Major electives (3 hours) | SLP 5523 Diagnostics in Speech-Language Pathology |
| Major electives (2 hours) | SLP 5802 Research and Evidence-Based Practice |
| Major electives (3 hours) | SLP 5843 Advanced Articulation & Phonological Disorders |
SLP Prerequisite Courses
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Certification Standards have very specific requirements for prerequisite courses that must appear on a college or university transcript. These courses are Biology, Chemistry or Physics, Statistics, Social Science, and Behavioral Science. Please refer to the ASHA website for details of the requirements for these courses that meet ASHA Certification Standards.
ASHA required prerequisite courses must be completed with a C or better.
BIOL 1013 Introductory Biology I
and BIOL 1011 Introductory Biology I Laboratory
or BIOL 1113 General Biological Science (Lecture)
and BIOL 1111 General Biological Science Lab
CHEM 1123 General Chemistry I (Lecture)
or PHYS 1114 General Physics I
POLS 1113 American Federal Government
(or a social science that meets ASHA prerequisite requirements)
PSYC 1113 Introduction to Psychology
(or a behavioral science that meets ASHA prerequisite requirements)
BADM 3933 Business Statistics
or MATH 3513 Statistical Methods
or PSYC 3553 Psychological Statistics
or SOC 3323 Social Statistics
or other statistics course that meets ASHA prerequisite requirements
SLP Leveling Courses
Applicants who do not have a bachelor’s degree in SLP/Communication Disorders may be required to take leveling courses by the end of the spring semester prior to the start of the new cohort in the Speech-Language Pathology graduate program in the summer semester.
All SLP prefix leveling courses must be completed with a B or better.
25 hours of Guided Observation Hours. ASHA requires that undergraduate students observe 25 hours of speech therapy sessions. For every hour of observation, a CCC/SLP who has completed ASHA’s requirements for clinical supervision must spend 15 minutes debriefing what was observed. This same licensed CCC/SLP must sign that the observation and debriefing was completed. https://www.asha.org/Certification/Certification-Standards-for-SLP-Clinical-Practicum/
All SLP prefix leveling courses must be completed with a B or better.
SLP 3213 Language Disorders in Children
or SLP 4213 Language Disorders in Adolescents
SLP 3223 Clinical Phonetics
SLP 3363 Anatomy and Physiology of Speech Mechanism
SLP 3813 Language Development
SLP 4263 Aphasia
SLP 4413 Audiology for Speech-Language Pathology
SLP 4783 Articulatory & Phonological Disorders
Degree Available At
- Muskogee
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What Can I Do With A Major in Speech-Language Pathology?
SLP's can obtain work in the following areas:
- Hospitals
- Rehab Settings
- Schools
- Early Intervention/Home Health
- Private Practice
- Adult Long-Term Care Facilities
Program Chair
Program Requirements
- Statement of Purpose
- 3.25 GPA
- Must have "B" or 3.0 to participate in program
- Baccalaureate degree in Speech Pathology
- 3 References
Application Deadline
- February 1st
*Fees include: facility fee, student activity fee, infrastructure fee, cultural/scholastic lecturer fee, student ID fee, technology services fee and remedial course fee, if applicable. NSU courses taught at off campus locations or online might have additional fees assessed. These totals are tuition and fee estimations per program based on the current catalog year. Books, supplies and some fees may not be included.
Minority Students
$48,195,863
Total Aid Disbursed in 2020-2021
1,471
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