Post-Baccalaureate Program

The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders offers a post-baccalaureate program designed to prepare students for graduate level study in the fields of speech pathology or audiology. This program is intended for students who already have a Bachelor (or a Master degree) in an area other than communication disorders*.

This is a “lockstep “ program, meaning that the series of pre-requisite courses must be taken in the specific sequence as listed. The first year of the post-baccalaureate program consists of 44-46 credits spread over 4-quarters (a quarter is 13-15 weeks). Eight more credits are clinical in nature and can be completed during the first quarter of graduate school, either at our university or elsewhere.

The program is administered by the Extended Education and Summer Program Department (EESP). It is important to note that acceptance into this post-baccalaureate program does not guarantee acceptance into the graduate program. These are two separate programs and you will need to apply to the graduate program the following year.

If you are interested in applying to the Post-Baccalaureate program, please contact the program coordinator at 360-650-6854 for an application form. You can also contact the CSD dept. at 360-650- 3885. (please specifiy for the “Post-Bac”).

Sincerely yours,

Lina Zeine, Ph.D.
Graduate Students Coordinator
Post-Baccalaureate Program Coordinator
360-650-3178

* Please note: If you have a BA or BS degree in Linguistics or Speech Science while this offers you a wonderful background, it is NOT a substitute for a bachelor degree in CSD/Speech Pathology/Audiology for the purposes of prerequisite information. You are still required to take the post-baccalaureate program.