Students may apply to the program after completing a BA or BSc degree in any discipline (other than communication sciences) with a minimum 75 percent major average. Applicants must have completed a half credit Introduction to Linguistics course or equivalent prior to admission or take LING 1P94 as an extra course during their fall term. It is recommended that applicants complete a course in either Developmental Psychology or Research Methods and Statistics prior to applying to this Certificate.
Students in this program have the opportunity to prepare to apply for graduate study in Audiology or Speech-Language Pathology by completing a selection of prerequisite courses, admissions to graduate schools are, however, offered only on a competitive basis. Students who graduate from the Certificate in Speech Language and Hearing Sciences are not yet qualified to evaluate or treat individuals with hearing, vestibular, speech, language, or swallowing disorders. Nor are they qualified in any capacity for work in supervised or unsupervised provision of clinical services unless supervised by a registered Audiologist or Speech-Language Pathologist.
Extra credits may be taken in the same year with permission from the Dean of Social Sciences. In view of probable graduate-school entry requirements, one or more of BIOL 1P91 and BIOL 1P92 , BIOL 2P02 , BIOL 2P03 , BIOL 3P51 , CHEM 1P91 and CHEM 1P92 , LING 1P92 , LING 2P51 , PHYS 1P91 , PHYS 1P92 , PHYS 2P30 , PSYC 1F90 , PSYC 2F23 , PSYC 2P12 , PSYC 2P36 , PSYC 2P37 may be recommended as extra courses, depending on individual students’ previous course work.
The certificate is awarded upon completion of the following courses with a minimum 70 percent overall average:
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