Speech-Language Pathology
Students pursuing the Bachelor of Science in Speech-Language Pathology are required to request formal permission during their sophomore year (or after completing 60 semester hours) to the Program Director of Speech-Language Pathology to enroll in upper division courses in this major. The student must submit the Request for Permission form and official transcript(s) to the Speech-Language Pathology program beginning the first Monday in April and must be submitted on or before the first Friday of August for consideration for Fall permission to enroll in the upper division sequence. There is only one round of permission for upper division courses; the course sequence begins in the Fall term. Speech-Language Pathology courses are sequential, so that each subsequent semester the student must have completed the previous major professional courses with satisfactory academic progress for continued enrollment in SLP courses. However, Foundations of Speech-Language Pathology does not require permission and may be taken before entering the course sequence or concurrently in the first Fall of the upper division course sequence.
Admission is competitive as applications exceed the number of positions available. Formal permission by the Program Director is required for admission. The student may be notified of permission up until the week before Fall coursework begins. It is advisable that the student applicant enroll in alternative courses for the Fall semester while pending approval for permission into the Speech-Language Pathology upper division courses. If given permission to enroll in the upper division courses, the student would be able to ‘Drop’ the previously enrolled courses and ‘Add’ the SLP courses.
^SLP 4900 Practicum
All students applying to participate in senior practicum are required to submit formal application, current official transcripts, and three letters of recommendation (one from a college level professor and two from professors in Speech-Language Pathology). Admission into senior practicum is competitive as there are more students applying than positions available. Preference is given to students with higher GPAs, evidencing the ability to succeed academically. Students seeking permission to enroll in senior practicum must continue to meet all minimum requirements as published in the Undergraduate Catalog and in the
Speech-Language Pathology Handbook for permission to enroll and for Progression in the Program. Formal permission by the Program Director and Clinical Director is required to enroll in Senior Practicum.
Please Note: Candidates for the Bachelor of Science in Speech-Language Pathology are required to apply for admission to teacher education as a prerequisite to PTE 4533 Contemporary Learning Sciences, a professional education requirement of the degree and must meet and maintain admission requirements for admission into teacher education (see ‘Admission to Teacher Education’).
For more information and details, please refer to the Speech-Language Pathology Handbook at: https://www.uco.edu/ceps/files/departments/dnapss/slp/slp-majors-handbook.pdf.
** The Master of Science education program in Speech-Language Pathology {residential} at the University of Central Oklahoma is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2200 Research Boulevard #310, Rockville, Maryland 20850, 800-498-2071 or 301-296-5700.
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