Admission

Undergraduate Admission

Prospective undergraduate students interested in majoring in Speech Pathology and Audiology should visit Miami's Office of Admission for general information, applications, and deadlines. There are no additional steps required for admission to the department.

Graduate Admission (updated 9/16/2022)

There are distinct requirements and procedures for admission to the graduate program in Speech Pathology. Please visit the Graduate Admissions Page for more information.

During a typical application year, tours/visits cannot be scheduled while a current application class is in process (December to May). This timeline ensures that the prospective students receive the most up-to-date information about the program.

**Coming soon: Information provided about the program geared for upcoming seniors or students who are planning to apply for the 2023 class.

Out-of-State Residents

Ohio House Bill 110 was recently passed, updating residency qualifications for public universities in Ohio. Per Section 3333.31 (please read for details), students who satisfy ALL of the following criteria will be considered Ohio residents for tuition purposes:

Was considered out-of-state for tuition purposes, although they lived in Ohio and completed a bachelor’s degree in Ohio
Upon completing a bachelor’s degree, immediately enrolled in a graduate program in Ohio
Continue to live in Ohio while completing the graduate program

Therefore, if you attended a public undergraduate institution in Ohio and lived in Ohio during that time, and immediately begin a graduate program at a public university in Ohio (while continuing to live in Ohio), you will be considered an in-state resident for tuition purposes.

Graduate Program Admission Requirements

Our graduate program admission requirements involve both the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) requirements and Departmental requirements.

To fulfill ASHA course requirements, prospective graduate students are required to

Have a Bachelor's degree (BA or BS) from an accredited institution (CSD majors or non-majors)
As part of their undergraduate program (CSD majors or non-majors), a student must take at least one course from each of the following areas and ALL COURSES MUST BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE FALL OF 2023:

biological science (biology, physiology, zoology)
physical science physics or chemistry
college level quantitative statistics
social science
behavioral science
quantitative research methods course (This must be a stand-alone course; independent study involving empirical research or working in a research lab DOES NOT fulfill the requirement)
a designated undergraduate course in neurology, neuroscience, or neurobiology (this course may be taken in a CSD department or another department)

Guidelines for some of these courses can be found on the ASHA website

In addition to the courses required by ASHA, our Department also requires the following Major courses be completed (includes CSD majors and non-majors). Please understand that these courses are REQUIRED PRIOR TO ENTERING THE PROGRAM (not necessarily before you apply to the program) at Miami University.

Language development
Anatomy and physiology of the speech mechanism or equivalent distinct from a speech science course
Phonetics
Introduction to Audiology (3-hour course)
Aural rehabilitation (3-hour course)

The following additional courses are incorporated AS PART OF the graduate curriculum if the courses were not taken during a student’s undergraduate or leveling program:

Speech and Hearing science
Augmentative and Alternative communication
Fluency disorders

GPA (overall and in the major): A minimum overall GPA of 3.3 and a minimum GPA of 3.4 in the communication sciences undergraduate degree are recommended.
Graduate Record Exam (GRE): The GRE will NOT be used during the selection process.
Required Guided Observation hours: Per American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA), students should obtain and provide documentation for a minimum of 25 hours of guided clinical observations. These hours generally precede direct contact with clients/patients. Evidence of guided observations includes documentation of hours, dates, activities observed and signature(s) from the clinical educator(s). In addition, beginning January 1, 2021 ASHA mandated that clinical educators who are leading the guided hours (i.e. signing off on your hours) must have completed 2 hours of continuing education in supervision. Access to ASHA supervision courses may be found at https://asha.org/professional-development/supervision-courses. For our program, PRIOR TO THE START of graduate school, students must have completed their 25 observation hours. Students are also encouraged to get a range of observations hours in different settings with different populations. In addition, we require a valid ASHA accreditation number and state number of the clinical educator(s) as part of the documentation of your hours. If your university has not supplied a form that can be utilized to track your hours, please contact our clinic director, Cheryl Stewart at stewarcm@miamioh.edu for a copy of a sample for.

Shadowing: Students may also track informal observation hours. These can be reported on their resume.
Outside Experience: Students applying to our program, in addition to excelling academically, should demonstrate extra-curricular, volunteer, and leadership activities outside of the classroom.. Such experiences may include, but are not limited to, working to support themselves, volunteer work with special populations (pediatric and/or adults), engaged or assisted in research, been active and/or held leadership positions in student organizations, participated in varsity sports, participated in University bands or vocal groups. As part of your application we will be requiring a detailed resume that will highlight these experiences.

Additional Prerequisites for Non-Majors

(AKA leveling students or a student with an undergraduate degree other than speech-language pathology or communication disorders)

In addition to the above requirements listed under Bachelor Degree (#1 above) students have to have completed all of the Major courses (#2 above) PRIOR to entering the program. Grades for a minimum of 3 (at least 9 credit hours) of these courses have to be submitted AS PART OF application phase, with a detailed plan to be provided upon request during the review process of how the remaining coursework will be obtained. Students can submit their plan in the CSDCAS portion of the application as "Planned" for both Spring and Summer. The graduate director may contact a prospective leveling student to obtain this information.

Department of Speech Pathology & Audiology