Undergraduate Program (B.S.)

The undergraduate program in audiology and speech pathology is a preprofessional program following the guidelines of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). The undergraduate curriculum by itself does not certify the student to work as a professional, but provides the preprofessional background needed to pursue graduate training, Arkansas Board of Examiner licensing, and ASHA certification in speech-language pathology or audiology. As of Fall 2002, our undergraduate degree requirements have changed (see Major in Audiology and Speech Pathology).

Students considering careers in audiology and speech pathology should contact Dr. Laura Smith-Olinde for advisement early in their program, so that UALR core requirements and departmental requirements are met. Students enrolling in this major should expect to complete a graduate program in audiology and speech pathology. Students may, however, complete the preprofessional BS degree and choose to work or pursue advanced training in other professional fields of employment, several of which are found in the College of Professional Studies at UALR.

Students are required to achieve and maintain a minimum grade point average of  3.0 after 50 semester hours to declare the major. No grade of D in an audiology and speech pathology course will be accepted as fulfilling a course requirement for the major. Undergraduate students transferring from another college or university into the department must meet department admission requirements. Degree-seeking transfer students must take at least 15 hours in the department.

In order to enroll in undergraduate practicum, a student must have an overall GPA of 3.0 and a GPA of 3.0 in the major.

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