3.2 Non-Degree Applicants
Students with an undergraduate or graduate degree in a major other than Communication Disorders will be required to complete the courses listed in Table 1 prior to beginning graduate coursework. Students with an undergraduate degree in Communication Disorders may also lack one or two courses. All pre-requisite coursework must be completed prior to enrollment with a grade of B- or better. The decision to enroll students with outstanding course requirements is made by the admissions committee on a case-by-case basis. All required courses are offered online at the Institute.
Table 1. Required coursework for enrollment in the AuD program.
| HCD-550-DL |
Introduction to Communication Sciences and Disorders |
3 |
| HCD-552-DL |
Anatomy & Physiology of the Speech, Language & Hearing Mech |
3 |
| HCD-553-DL |
Speech and Language Acquisition |
3 |
| HCD-555-DL |
Hearing Science |
3 |
| HCD-554-DL |
Introduction to Audiology |
3 |
CAA Scientific and Research Foundations of the Profession: In addition to audiology-specific pre-requisites, students admitted to the AuD program have met the scientific and research foundations of the profession required for ASHA certification (listed in Table 2).
Table 2. ASHA Scientific and Research Foundations of the Profession
| Life Sciences |
HBIO-450-DL |
Introduction to Biology 1 |
3 |
| Life Sciences |
HA&P1-456-DL |
Anatomy and Physiology 1 |
3 |
| Physical Sciences |
HPHYSIC-450-D |
Physics 1 |
4 |
| Behavioral Sciences |
HPSYCH-450- |
Developmental Psychology |
3 |
| Mathematics |
HSTATS-451-DL |
Introductory Statistics or |
3 |
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Not offered at IHP |
Pre-Calculus |
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