Description of Program - Au.D. Curriculum

Any student who holds a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in this country, or its equivalent in a foreign institution, will be eligible for the AuD program in Audiology. It is not necessary that students have an undergraduate degree in a field of speech and/or hearing sciences. However, in order to comply with ASHA standards, all students will need to take or show evidence of having taken coursework in math, science, social science, basic human communication processes and speech/language disorders. If a student has not taken any of these courses in their undergraduate program and needs to take them as part of their graduate program then it may add one to two semesters to the length of the student's program.

The Au.D. program of study is designed to meet the changing standards for certification and accreditation that have been mandated by American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA).

Admission Standards

Minimum admission requirements for the AuD program are: a bachelor's degree with a GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale in their undergraduate degree, three strong letters of recommendations and a personal statement indicating enthusiasm for the field of clinical audiology. The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is not required.  Acceptable TOEFL scores (paper-based-550; computer-based-213) must also be submitted by applicants that are not native speakers of English. Completed applications are reviewed and evaluated by the program's graduate admissions committee. Occasionally, students who do not meet one of the above criteria but who show promise may be accepted on a conditional basis, with the requirement that they must receive a B or better in all courses during their first semester

Admission Procedures

Curriculum Guide for the Au.D. Program

Au.D. Program and Procedures Manual with Appendices

(This links to a .pdf file which can be viewed through Adobe Reader.)

NOTE: Prerequisites for the program include:

Statistics
Research Design
Anatomy and Physiology of Speech and Hearing Mechanisms
Hearing Science (physical acoustics and acoustics of speech)
Introduction to Audiology
Introduction to Aural Rehabilitation

It is anticipated that most students would enter this program after having completed an undergraduate sequence in Communication Disorders. For “lateral entry” students (those students not having an undergraduate degree in communication disorders or similar area) the prerequisites would need to be made up either before program entry or concurrently. Because of the fundamental importance of hearing science all non-UNL undergraduates would need to have their transcripts and/or course notes evaluated. If their hearing science course did not cover well the topics of physical acoustics and acoustics of speech, they would be required to take the UNL course as a deficiency.

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