Basic Science Courses

[combustiblecake]

Hi guys!

 

I was wondering, for those who took courses at a post bacc (out of fielders) at USU or any other place, where you able to take some basic science requirements? I have been unable to schedule Physical & Biological sciences into my schedule and so I may need to take them

[hopefulspeechie16]

I'd also like to add to the above question. Do the grades you get in the basic science courses greatly affect your chances of admission or certification from ASHA?

[Shayy_Dee]

Hi guys!

 

I was wondering, for those who took courses at a post bacc (out of fielders) at USU or any other place, where you able to take some basic science requirements? I have been unable to schedule Physical & Biological sciences into my schedule and so I may need to take them

I took a post-bacc program at Kean. Technically the science classes weren't a part of the program, but they did allow me to register for them. I opted to take them for much cheaper at community college. Most schools require that you have them done before starting the grad program so I would definitely take it if you can.

[MangoSmoothie]

I'd also like to add to the above question. Do the grades you get in the basic science courses greatly affect your chances of admission or certification from ASHA?

 

I can't answer for certain, but all the schools I applied to that asked me to list a com dis GPA did not want those courses included in that calculation. Overall GPA is obviously important, and these classes are included in this calculation, but I would imagine they carry less weight since they're not typically included in com dis GPA calucations. Even CSDCAS lists them separately.

 

Reading Standard IV-A, it does not seem your specific grade would affect certification.

 

http://www.asha.org/Certification/2014-Speech-Language-Pathology-Certification-Standards/

 

OP, I had courses that covered these requirements from my undergrad, but other people in my post bacc program were able to take courses outside of the department to fulfill these requirements while in the post bacc. You can always sign up for summer class or online classes to fulfill them, though, even the summer before you begin grad school. Also, there is a special note in Standard IV-A that you might want to inquire about.

 

A course in biological and physical sciences specifically related to CSD may not be applied for certification purposes to this category unless the course fulfills a university requirement in one of these areas.

 

One of the com dis courses I took as an undergrad (I wasn't a major) fulfills a university biological sciences requirement, and I checked with ASHA, as did the department, about ASHA allowing it as a basic science course. ASHA will accept it for certification purposes since my university lists it as a biological science class, which is reflected on my transcript. The bigger struggle is going to get graduate schools to accept it, because a few I emailed about it said that their own policy was not to accept a com dis course as a biological science course, even if ASHA does. I don't think this is common though, since I don't think most unis list any com dis course as a biological science course, but it's worth checking out.