Fall admission only: application deadline: January 15
Admission Requirements
All application materials must be received in the Graduate School office by January 15th. This is not a postmark deadline, but a receipt deadline. Therefore, all applications received prior to the deadline missing supporting documents on file after January 15th will be considered late. Space is limited to 40 students and admission is competitive. Although the official application deadline is January 15th, we begin reviewing applications on a rolling basis in late fall. If Towson is one of your top choices school, we encourage you to apply early. Students are encouraged to submit all materials in the fall, including their transcript – prefall grades. However, an additional transcript must be sent once fall grades are posted. Applicants do not have to submit all materials at once. In fact, we encourage applicants to initiate their application and fee in the fall. The remaining materials can be submitted throughout the fall (e.g. 3 recommendation forms and letters from university faculty, personal statement, GRE scores, transcript with pre-fall grades, and post-fall transcript).
Students who apply will receive a decision offer in late February or early March, and will have until April 15 to accept the offer of admission.
Graduate Program
Students with a bachelor's degree in speech-language pathology and audiology (or who will have completed a bachelor's degree prior to year of fall admission year) and a minimum GPA of 3.00 in the major and a minimum GPA of 3.00 for the last 60 credits of study can apply to our Master's program. Students who completed a pre-requisite program must have completed the following courses:
Anatomy and Physiology of the Auditory and Vocal Mechanism (3 credits)
Phonetics of American English (3 credits)
Language Development (3 credits)
Articulation/Phonology (3 credits)
Language Disorders (3 credits)
Speech Science (3 credits)
Introduction to Audiology (3 credits)
Introduction to Aural Rehabilitation (3 credits)
Observations/Clinical Methods Course (3 credits)
Additional Requirements- American Speech-Language Hearing Association
The American Speech-Language Hearing Association's minimum requirements for application for the Certificate of Clinical Competence includes: transcript credits for course work, CLEP or advanced placement (AP) examination credits in each of the following areas: biological sciences (human/animal focused), physical sciences (physics or chemistry recommended), social/behavioral sciences (psychology, sociology, anthropology, etc.), and Statistics. In addition to transcript credit, applicants may be required to provide further evidence of meeting these requirements. Students without these courses will have to take them as part of their graduate program.
Speech-language pathologists must have sufficient proficiency in the English-Language to meet certification standards of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. For international students and students whose first language is not English, a TOEFL score of 600 or above is required (250 on the computer version of the TOEFL). A U.S. degree does not waive the requirement of TOEFL for this program. In addition, an interview with the graduate program director is required.
Students must have completed ¾ ASHA pre-requisite courses before entering the grad program
Application Materials
To complete your application to the SLP Master's program, please submit the following by January 15th.
An Application for Graduate School
Official GRE scores
Three Towson University Graduate Program Personal Assessment Recommendation Forms or online recommendation forms (completed by university faculty familiar with the applicant’s potential for scholarly and/or clinical work). An accompanying letter is also encouraged that highlights the applicant’s potential for study in a Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Program.
A one-page single-spaced personal essay describing why you have chosen this profession (Times new roman 11 point font, 1 inch margins)
Send to the Graduate School Office, Towson University, 8000 York Road, Towson, MD 21252. For questions about the graduate program please e-mail slpgradprogram@towson.edu. If you have questions about the status of your application please contact Graduate Admissions at 410-704-2113 as they will have the most updated status.
Second Bachelor's Degree Program:
Students who do not have a bachelor's degree in speech-language pathology and audiology must complete a minimum of 27 credits of the following listed undergraduate courses in speech-language pathology and audiology before applying to the Graduate School. Students interested in completing undergraduate course work at Towson University should contact the Second Bachelor's Degree Program Office in Enrollment Services at 410-704-3296 or the department of Audiology, Speech-Language Pathology and Deaf Studies at 410-704-4153.
SPPA 200 Anatomy and Physiology of the Auditory and Vocal Mechanism (3 credits)
SPPA 210 Phonetics of American English (3 credits)
SPPA 215 Speech and Language Development (3 credits)
SPPA 304 Speech Pathology II: Language (3 credits)
SPPA 313 Speech Science (3 credits)
SPPA 321 Introduction to Audiology (3 credits)
SPPA 325 Introduction to Aural Rehabilitation (3 credits)
SPPA 416 Clinical Observations and Techniques (3 credits)
American Speech-Language Hearing Association Requirements
The American Speech-Language Hearing Association's minimum requirements for application for the Certificate of Clinical Competence includes: transcript credits for course work, CLEP or advanced placement (AP) examination credits in each of the following areas: biological sciences, physical sciences, social/behavioral sciences, and Statistics. In addition to transcript credit, applicants may be required to provide further evidence of meeting these requirements. Students without these courses will have to take them as part of their graduate program.
Speech-language pathologists must have sufficient proficiency in the English-Language to meet certification standards of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. For international students and students whose first language is not English, a TOEFL score of 600 or above is required (250 on the computer version of the TOEFL). A U.S. degree does not waive the requirement of TOEFL for this program. In addition, an interview with the graduate program director is required.
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