Speech-Language Pathology Master's Program - On Campus Learning Venue
     Contact: Dr. Kathy Millay - 940-898-2029

Students may pursue a master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology or a dual master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology and Deaf Education.  The TWU Speech-Language Pathology Program is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), and successful completion of the program prepares sudents to apply for Texas licensure as a Speech Language Pathologist and the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology from ASHA.

Prerequisites

The graduate program in Speech-Language Pathology requires a foundation in the development of speech, language and hearing.  This information is typically mastered at the undergraduate level or through a prerequisite (leveling) sequence.

Admissions Requirements

Communication Sciences & Disorders Department requirements

Send to:      Texas Woman's University

       COMS Department

       P.O. Box 425737

       Denton TX 76204

Students must have completed a bachelors degree and prerequisite courses.

1.    Department Graduate Application

2.    Essay / letter of intent

3.    2 letters of recommendation

Student Records requirements
 

Send to:      Texas Women's University

   Student Records

                    P.O. Box 42564

                    Denton TX 76204

1.    Graduate School Application and $30.00

2.    All transcripts

3.    GRE Scores:  (please be aware: it takes approximately 1 month for official scores to reach TWU Student Records after the test is taken) 

Steps to Admission

1.    Submit all materials to Communication Sciences & Disorders Department (see above)

2.    Submit all materials to Student Records (see above)

3.    Graduate Acceptance

a.    Student Records does not begin processing until all three student records requirements have been received. 

b.    The processing of transcripts and GRE scores requires approximately one month.

4.    The COMS Admission Committee meets monthly to consider applications beginning in November until the program is full.

a.    Applications cannot be considered by the COMS Admissions Committee until Student Records has processed the student's application, transcripts and GRE scores.

b.    The office of Student Records requires at least 1 month to process the application after receiving all the required paperwork before sending the processed application to the department.

Leveling Students

Students with an undergraduate degree in an area other than Communication Sciences & Disorders must take prerequisite coursework to obtain the foundations required for graduate coursework.

Curriculum

Graduate students must complete academic courses and clinical practicum designed to prepare them to evaluate and treat language, articulation, fluency, and voice disorders as well as dysphagia, aphasia, traumatic brain injury, and other communication disorders.  There are three coursework paths: 1. Enter Summer; 2. Enter Fall; 3. Enter Summer/slower track. 

Outstanding Features

The TWU Speech-Language Pathology graduate program is well known for its outstanding faculty and  clinical experiences provided through the TWU Speech and Hearing Clinic and the TWU Stroke Center-Dallas.  Students also obtain clinic hours in public schools, clinics, hospitals and rehabilitation centers in the Dallas-Ft. Worth metroplex.  Additionally, the Department has a specialty clinic, the TWU Dysphagia Center (CAFFE), for infants and adults with feeding and swallowing disorders, and a voice clinic for Parkinson’s disease.  The SLP Program also works closely with the Department’s Deaf Education Program.

Clinical / Practicum Experiences

Students are required to enroll for six semesters of clinical practicum. Students obtain initial clinical practicum experience at the TWU clinic and in the Lewisville ISD.  Students are assigned to practicum at the Stroke Center-Dallas in their third or fourth semester. After successful completion of the Stroke Center-Dallas, students are eligible for externships in clinics, hospitals, long-term care facilities, rehabilitation centers, ECI and other sites.