UH Grad Program Director: Dr.

Ivey
Specializes in Pediatric Child Language Disorders

Pass Rates:
 99% pass rate at school and on Praxis exam
 92% of students are employed within 6 months
 Accredited school

Prerequisites General
 Biology
 Physical Science (must be chem or physics)
 Social Science (Sociology, anthropology, etc,)
 Statistics

Prerequisites for UH program

 Anatomy and Physiology (for communication)
 Phonetics
 Speech Language Development
 Speech and or Language Disorders (can be children or adults)
 Audiology
 Aural Rehabilitation
 Speech Science
 Clinical Procedures (clinical method courses: professionalism, ethics, diagnostic process,
therapy planning)
 Must have a B minus or better
 In order to apply for the graduate program, you must have grades in 12 hours of these
courses.
 You apply, take these courses, and reapply to the graduate program.

Post Baccalaureate Program

 Take it in the summer
 Takes care of all the Prerequisites for UH
 All majors
 2 long terms and summer

Apply for Application

 Do it through ComD before the University
 Go straight through the website and mail everything in.
 Send Transcripts
 Create a personal statement
 GRE scores (“just don’t get a bad score”)
 Essential Functions acknowledgment
  Attend informational sessions
 $50.00 fee
 Due before January 15, 2020
 Send questions to lscizek@central.uh.edu Laura Cizek, program director

PB Program
 Must have a 2.8 GPA to apply
 Starts in the fall
 Part time is possible
 No Promises- You have to reapply to the graduate program
o Usually it works out.
 All on campus: in person classes at UH. You can mix and match the prerequisites via
online but seems like it is not recommended.

Graduate Applications:
 Online Application (CollegeNet)
 Transcripts for all colleges attended
 Letters of recommendations (3)
 Official GRE score up to 5 years old
 Resume
 Personal statement 2 pages max
 Deadline is Jan 15, 2020
 They need your decision by April 15th

What is reviewed:
 Major GPA
 Overall GPA for last 60 hours
 GRE
 Personal Statement
 Resume
 Letter of recommendations

2019 admitted scores:

 Major GPA: 3.9
 Overall GPA: 3.8
 GRE:
o Writing 4.0
o Verbal 152
o Quantitative 150

Course Work:
 49 academic credits
 31 credits coursework
  3 electives
 15 clinical

Part Time Options:

 Students who have been accepted into the program can opt for part time
 7-8 terms
 Graduate at the end of the third year

Clinical Practica:
 5 semesters of practica are required
 These are both at UH clinic
 And the externships around the city
 Clinic is diverse in age, race, gender, disorders, and ethnicity.

Specialty Concentrations
 Not for credit but can work with a professor in an interest area
 Choose a faculty mentor
 Independent study
 3 hours of electives go to the project

Thesis option:
 Master’s Thesis
 Work with a faculty member
 3 hour course of Thesis in summer
 Take 3 hour of thesis in spring

Externships:
 In the second and third year students have 2 externship placements
 Full time practicum 930-60 hrs/wk)
 Externship contracts all over city

Scholarships and assistance is not heavy. Only a few: apply when accepted