Many of our LING concentrators / SLP minors are interested in applying to graduate programs in SLP. If this is the path you wish to take, then we strongly advise you to take the following courses, in addition to those required by the Linguistics Concentration and SLP Minor:

• LING 204 Introduction to SLP (NB: counts towards the Linguistics Concentration but no more than one 200-level is permitted for the Concentration for students declaring the English major Fall 2026 and after)
• LING 410  First Language Acquisition (NB: counts towards the Linguistics Concentration)
• LING 450  Audiology (NB: counts towards the Linguistics Concentration)
• PSY 232    Physiological Psychology: Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience
• MTH 113  Introduction to Probability and Statistics
• a CHM or PHY class (NB: cannot have high school – level equivalence; i.e., not CHM 100/101)

The American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association (ASHA) requires that students complete a minimum of 25 clinical observation hours under the supervision of a licensed speech and language pathologist. Typically, these hours are completed during the undergraduate years at schools, acute care facilities, hospitals, and private practices in our community. This observation record form can be used to keep track of the hours that you complete under the supervision of a licensed clinician, and for submission to the graduate program that accepts your hours on behalf of ASHA.

ASHA’s EdFind tool can be especially helpful as you consider which graduate programs to target in your applications.  EdFind allows you to search for programs, filtering by numerous parameters, including location, program offerings, and cultural emphasis. Additionally, EdFind provides important information about each program, including:

• program contact information and website
• accreditation status (reflective of a program’s standing with ASHA)
• average GPA of accepted students
• average GRE scores of accepted students
• application requirements
• average class size
• time to degree (i.e., the number of semesters it takes the average student to complete the program)
• areas of specialty