UW Postbaccalaureate
UW Medical Speech Language Masters Program
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The postbaccalaureate program is designed for students with bachelor's degrees in other disciplines who want to pursue graduate study in audiology or speech-language pathology. The program can be completed in five quarters and requires two summers of attendance. Students must complete the following 68 credits:
Summer
Autumn
Winter
Spring
Summer
250 (5) 303 (3) 302 (3) 304 (5) 406 (4)
371 (3) 305 (5) 405 (3) 320 (5) 445 (3)
449 (4) 471 (5) 425 (5) 461 (5) 308 (3)
261 (4)   481 (4)     
          
Total credits: 16 Total credits: 13 Total credits: 15 Total credits: 15 Total credits: 10
Course Names
SPHSC 250: Human Communication and Its Disorders
SPHSC 261: The Nature of Sound
SPHSC 302: Phonetics
SPHSC 303: Language Science
SPHSC 304: Developmental Aspects of Communication
SPHSC 305: Speech and Language Disorders
SPHSC 308: Social-Cultural Aspects of Communication
SPHSC 320: Anatomy and Physiology of Speech
SPHSC 371: Hearing Disorders
SPHSC 405: Diagnosis of Speech and Language Disorders
SPHSC 406: Treatment of Speech and Language Disorders
SPHSC 425: Speech, Language and the Brain
SPHSC 445: Models of Speech Processing
SPHSC 449: Neuroanatomy
SPSHC 461: Introduction to Hearing Science
SPHSC 471: Basic Audiometry
SPHSC 481: Management of Hearing Loss
Additional Requirements
To be certified to practice by the American Speech and Hearing Association, students must also complete the following four requirements:
1. 
 A Math or Statistics course
2. 
 A Biological Science course
3. 
 A Physical Science course
4. 
 A Social or Behavioral Science course

Note: To fulfill these math and basic science requirements:

  • Courses must appear on your college transcript.
  • Courses can consist of any number of credits.
  • Courses can be taken for a grade, pass/fail, or satisfactory/unsatisfactory.
  • Courses must be taken outside the Speech and Hearing Sciences Department or equivalent (e.g., a communications disorders department, communication sciences department).

If you need to complete these additional requirements, the courses can be added to your postbaccalaureate program.

For fuller course descriptions view the UW's Course Catalog.