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The fall 2025 application opened on July 15, 2024.

Applicants must hold a bachelor’s degree (BS, BA) in communication disorders from an accredited college or university or the evaluated equivalency. Applicants with degrees in other majors must complete a post-baccalaureate certificate program in communication disorders.

• ASHA requires (see )

  1. One (1) Biological Science: Anatomy, Biophysics, Cell/Molecular Biology, Computational biology, Ecology, Environmental Biology, Forensic Biology, Genetics, Marine Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Biosciences, Neurobiology, Physiology and/or Zoology
  2. One (1) Physical Science; either Chemistry or Physics
  3. Statistics
  4. One (1) Behavioral Science: Anthropology, Ethnic and cultural studies, Archaeology, Area studies, Economics, Gender and sexuality studies, Geography organizational studies, Political science, Psychology, Psychobiology, Criminology and cognitive science

• 91èÏÈÉú requires (should have been part of your BA/BS or post-bacc)

  1. Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech/Hearing Mechanism
  2. Speech/Hearing Science
  3. Normal Child Language Development/Typical Language Development
  4. Phonetics
  5. Aural Rehabilitation

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  CAPCSD continues to fund a for qualifying students. The Fee Assistance Program waives the CSDCAS fee for the first application submitted. To qualify, students must either be considered Low Income or McNair Scholars

• Please be prepared to submit the following with your CSDCAS application: 

  • Official sealed transcripts from all colleges and universities attended sent to CSDCAS
  • Three recommendations: Two from faculty/instructors and one from a professional source sent to CSDCAS
  • Resume including any relevant volunteer, field, or work experience sent to CSDCAS
  • A comprehensive essay: minimum 500 words that includes the following:
    • Your desire for entering the program
    • How the program will allow you to live your purpose
    • Why your characteristics and goals are congruent with 91èÏÈÉú's mission
  • An overall minimum GPA of 3.0, as calculated by CSDCAS, is required
• Personal Interview—not all candidates are selected for an interview
  
  
• Students selected for admission will also be required to also submit the following before they can begin the program: 1) A degree from a regionally accredited univeristy OR evidence of a passing score on the Basic Skills Requirement for the Preliminary Speech-Language Services Credential and, 2) Live Scan (Certificate of Clearance)
  
  
• An applicant whose first language is not English and/or does not have a degree from an institution where English is the primary language of instruction is required to demonstrate English proficiency by submitting a recent TOEFL or IELTS score.