Course variations

Course summary

A degree in speech-language pathology and audiology provides pre-professional training for students wishing to enter graduate school and pursue a career as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist. Students are also prepared for a variety of other career options. Career options are available for students with a bachelor's degree in speech-language pathology and audiology. They include speech aide, speech assistant, or speech implementer. Some students with a bachelor's degree have found careers in medical sales, medical publications or rehabilitation administration. Others have pursued master's degrees in other areas including special education, other health-care fields, and some have entered medical school.

Entry requirement for international students

Students must have a secondary or higher education from an accredited high school, or the equivalent. The better their secondary higher education school records are, the better the chance that they will secure admission. Applicants must make all appropriate arrangements for providing official academic records attesting to their secondary and post-secondary education. Applicants who have attempted at least 30 semester hours (or 45 quarter hours) of college-level transfer credit (either from the U.S. or abroad) are not required to provide secondary school records. Credentials not available in English must be submitted with an original, attested, and professionally prepared English language translation. University-level academic work will be considered for transfer of credit. Course descriptions are helpful to determine appropriate transfer credit. The official score must be sent directly to SIUE by the testing service. (SIUE’s institutional code is 1759, and the department code is 00). The minimum acceptable score for the paper-based test is 550. The minimum acceptable score for the computer-based score is 213. The minimum acceptable score for the Internet-based test is 80. The minimum acceptable IELTS score is 6.5 overall bands. Students must have A 3.0 cumulative GPA, 42 hours of college level course work, Approval of admission from the program.

Qualification

Bachelor degree

Awarding body

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Department name

School of Education, Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders