Bridgewater State - Prerequisites

[LaceySpeechie]

Hey! Is anyone applying to or currently attending grad school at Bridgewater? I'm trying to figure out the deal with the prerequisites. I got my BS in CSD so I have all the prerequisites, except the 100-level math and 100-level biology. At my undergrad program, we were allowed (nay, highly recommended) to take Nutrition for our biological science requirement, and I took Statistics but didn't take any other math course. 

To clarify, does Bridgewater require you to take a second, non-Stats math course? And is there any way Nutrition could count for my bio requirement? If I need to take extra courses I'd debate applying at all, since I'm out of school and currently working abroad which would make fulfilling those requirements a bit of a hassle. Is there any possibility that I could take those classes alongside the grad coursework?

I'd also love to talk to anyone who's attending Bridgewater to know more about the program, since it's so new! Thanks.

[bibliophile222]

I can't speak on behalf of Bridgewater State, but it sounds like the prereqs they're looking for might be the ones required by ASHA. ASHA requires a stats course but no other math course, so I think you might be fine there.

I think the nutrition course might be sort of a gray area. I didn't see it listed explicitly here: https://www.asha.org/certification/course-content-areas-for-slp-standards/ but which courses will qualify are ultimately up to the discretion of the grad program. For instance, my program is letting me use my astronomy course for a physical science, which is awesome.

I would contact Bridgewater State directly for clarification. If they don't accept nutrition for a bio prereq then some other programs also may not, but schools may vary. If you're interested in several programs it might be good to ask them all first.