<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I am currently a second year transfer student at Moraine Valley Community College in search of top undergraduate level speech hearing sciences (also known as communication sciences and disorders) programs in the country, and I need your help. Please list the universities/colleges that rank in the top 20 for my desired major. This may not play any significant role in your response, but I do plan on taking a Pre-Medical track with the major. Thanks.</p>
<p>Just google Top speech and Language Pathology Programs. uS News ranking will come up and you will find the top programs including Northwestern and University of Illinois UC in your state.</p>
<p>They’re at the graduate level, what I want is the undergraduate level. Or are the rankings for both levels?</p>
<p>The BS degree is Communications Disorders or Speech and Hearing Science. These are very specific career oriented programs which typically fulfill the long list of undergrad requirements for admission to Master’s programs in Speech Pathology or PhD in Audiology. Do you intend in working in the SLP/Aud field? If not, then don’t volunteer for this hamster wheel. If you want this profession, then start planning from the finish line and work backwards. </p>
<p>First pick state you wish to work/reside.
Next, pick a grad school (or 3) in that state.
Then, choose a college or two which offers a program accepted by that grad school. </p>
<p>The problem is that many grad schools require their own unique pre-reqs. It’s not uncommon for Grad students (who already have BS degree) to gain conditional admittance based upon completing 30-45 additional credits, before embarking on the 75 credit grad SLP program. </p>
<p>Because the program and subsequent license is rife with many conflicting and redundant requirements, it’s very difficult to complete in the typical 4 +2 format. Pick your schools carefully. Look at the pass rates and grad school admit rates. Keep you eye on licensure.
Once licensed, the prospect of finding well paid employment is very strong.</p>
<p>I’m interested in entering Medical School with the basic knowledge for Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose, and Throat).</p>
<p>I have the answer for the Speech Pathology/Audiology profession, but I’m more interested in what school(s) will provide me quality education and opportunities.</p>
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Why? If your goal is to get into a medical school, you would be better off concentrating on the pre-reqs, MCAT and ECs, instead of trying to acquire half-backed knowledge of a medical specialty. If you mess up in those areas, medical schools are not going to give you any brownie points for your knowledge of ENT.</p>
<p>I’m not sure “national rankings” exist for CD. You could investigate thru ASHA (professional org accrediting agency for SLP). Be aware that most undergrad CD programs evaulates are based soley on how may grads go onto S&L / Aud grad programs. </p>
<p>BS degrees for CD typically require foundational coursework specifically for SL&H. For example you’ll be required to pass (with an A if you want grad school) 2 semesters of Speech atmy/pys which cover the spefics of articulation, classes on childhood lang development, school based special ed, phonetics. But you’re not required to take general atmy or pys, or bio chem, or advanced lab sciences which would, presumably, be helpful in gaining admission to med school. </p>
<p>Out of curiosity, do you have a speech or hearing disability? Don’t take this the wrong way. Most people don’t even know about the major unless they have personal connection to someone with a communication difficulty. After college I shared an apartment with a deaf roommate.</p>
<p>Just a thought but have you considered PhD in Audiology? The recent upgrades to implant techno are amazing. This is a field of health science primed to take-off. What amazing way to contribute to changing lives!!!</p>
<p>Quality education is a relative term when it comes to schools offering undergraduate CD programs. Typically these are larger state schools, whose mission is to move as many students through as quick as possible–hopefully into their own grad program. It’s very much like “trade school” with little room for independent creative thought or analyses. </p>
<p>If you are not interested SLP?Aud as Career, then attend a school with peers of your caliber. Choose a major that will allow to sample a variety of sciences and research practices. A well rounded and substantial undergrad will serve you better in medicine. </p>
<p>Frankly, for someone hoping to attend Med school, CD classes on how to fill out a 3rd grader’s IEP for a gliding TX plan, seems like a waste of time and money that would be better spent prepping for med school (or life in general).</p>
<p>whether or not you become an ENT has nothing to with your undergrad coursework</p>
<p>As having both a D persuing medicine and a D who is a communication disorders major at her UG, I second the opinion that you NOT choose CD to major in if you want to go to med school. D who is doing CD is VERY busy with specific CD courses and she is not required to take the level of science needed for med school prereqs. I think it would be very hard to squeeze that all in.</p>