ABOUT THE GRADUATE PROGRAM IN
SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY...
Ours is a clinically oriented Master of Science degree
program, providing basic training for all practice settings.
As we are accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation
of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, our
graduates meet the academic and practicum requirements for the
Certificate of Clinical Competence awarded by that
association. They also meet licensure requirements in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as well as other states. Most of
our graduates also choose to meet the requirements of the
Pennsylvania Department of Education for certification to
provide speech-language pathology services in the schools.
We admit a cohort of full time students each
Fall semester. While you may submit an application at any
time, it is best to be certain that we have received all of
your application materials by the beginning of March. That is
when our Admissions Committee starts to make decisions for the
following Fall.
Our master's curriculum is composed of 48-51
credits. Our students spend their first full year (Fall
through Summer) taking classes and beginning their clinical
experiences in the on campus Speech and Hearing Clinic. The
second year (Fall and Spring semesters) is spent mostly at off
campus practicum sites, returning to campus once per week to
complete one class (such as a seminar). A master's thesis is
optional, depending on your career goals.
We have a large network of school, hospital,
rehabilitation, and community agency placements, allowing our
students to tailor their clinical experiences to their
anticipated career path, to an extent. This network spreads
from Pittsburgh to Dubois to Altoona, PA.
PREREQUISITES...
In order to be competitive for admission, an applicant's grade
point average should be well above 3.0, you should be highly
recommended by those writing letters of support, and your
application should demonstrate a high degree of thought and
writing proficiency. We do not require GRE scores at this
time.
In order to meet certification requirements
upon completion of our master's degree, an applicant's
undergraduate transcript should show nearly all of these
courses, or their equivalent:
General Biology (or similar natural science)
Probability & Statistics
Introduction to Communication Disorders
Clinical Phonology
Speech Science I & II
Anatomy & Physiology of Speech & Hearing Mech.
Introduction to Audiology
Aural Rehabilitation
Language Development
Articulation & Language Disorders
Stuttering & Voice Disorders
Pre-Student Teaching Clinical Experiences I & II (clinical
observation experiences)
If you are interested in teacher
certification, you must either have the following
prerequisites (or their equivalent), or you will have to
complete them in conjunction with your graduate course work:
Pennsylvania School Law
American Education in Theory & Practice
Educational Psychology
Teaching of Reading to Exceptional Persons
Technology for Learning & Instruction
Organization & Administration of Speech & Hearing
Programs in the Schools
Introduction to Exceptional Persons
If you have not taken a significant number
of the above undergraduate courses, you must apply for
admission to the School of Continuing Education in order to
make up those coursework deficiencies through the second
degree program. You must have an undergraduate grade point
average of at least 3.0 on a four point scale in order to be
considered for admission . as a second degree student. To
request an application contact:
School
of Continuing Education
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Whitmyre Hall
Indiana, PA 15705
(724) 357-2292
If you would like assistance in deciding
whether or not you need to apply to the second degree program,
please contact:
Dr.
David Stein
Graduate Coordinator
Speech-Language Pathology
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
203 Davis Hall
Indiana, PA 15705-1087
(724) 357-2450
(dwstein@grove.iup.edu)
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS...
The academic coursework we offer to our graduate students in
speech-language pathology includes:
Diagnostic Methods
Diagnostic Audiology
Neurolinguistics
Neurological Communication Disorders
Articulation
Language Disorders of Children
Stuttering
Voice
Elements of Research
Seminar offering such as these recent topics:
Counseling
Language sampling
Medical speech-language
pathology
Assistive technology
Communication disorders of
persons with hearing loss
Our students have two on campus clinical
practica involving the supervised delivery of speech-language
therapy, plus one experience each with speech-language
diagnostic clinic and hearing testing clinic. The two off
campus practicum placements typically involve one student
teaching and one health care setting. Before you start any
clinical practicum, you must pass a speech and hearing
screening, a tuberculosis screening, and a criminal record
check, and purchase student malpractice insurance.
Before graduation, we must have evidence
that you have attempted the National Examination in
Speech-Language Pathology.
APPLICATION MATERIALS...
Application materials are available from and are initially
processed by IUP's Graduate School. Your application, official
transcripts of all previous college course work, letters of
recommendation from two people who are familiar with your
academic background, and a nonrefundable application fee are
required. An admissions packet is available from:
The
Graduate School
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
101 Stright Hall
Indiana, PA 15705
(724) 357-2222
The materials that the Graduate School will
send you include information about housing, fees, and
financial aid, as well as an assistantship application. Our
program has a limited number of quarter time assistantships
available each year. Graduate Scholars Assistantships are
available for qualified affirmative action students. Check
with the Graduate Coordinator for availability.
Again, please be sure that all application
materials are submitted prior to the first day of March, for
matriculation at the beginning of the following fall semester.
Applicants for whom English is a second
language must score at the 90th percentile or higher on the
written and spoken TOEFL subtests, and speak English at the
level of General American standards.
If we have not answered all of your
questions, please contact:
Dr.
David Stein
Graduate Coordinator
Speech-Language Pathology
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
203 Davis Hall
Indiana, PA 15705-1087
(724) 357-2450
(dwstein@grove.iup.edu)
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