Speech-Language Pathology

Hope does not offer all of the prerequisites needed to apply to SLP school, but you can still earn your degree at Hope. There are many options for completing the other prerequisites. Contact the health professions advisor to come up with a plan that meets your needs. The prerequisites that Hope does offer are listed below.

BIOLOGY

• General Biology I and Lab: Biol 105 & 107*
  
• General Biology II and Lab: Biol 106 & 108*
  
• Human Physiology: Biol 221

*Some schools accept Introduction to Cell Biology, Biol 103, in place of Biol 105–108

CHEMISTRY

• General Chemistry I and Lab: Chem 125 & 127*
  
• General Chemistry II and Lab: Chem 126 & 128*

*Some schools accept Introduction to Biological Chemistry, Chem  103, in place of Chem 125–128. Or, Accelerated General Chemistry and Lab, Chem 131 & 132, may be taken in place of Chem 125–128

PHYSICS

• College Physics I and Lab: Phys 105 & 141 or General Physics I and Lab: Phys 121 & 141
  
• College Physics II and Lab: Phys 106 & 142 or General Physics II and Lab: Phys 122 & 142

ADDITIONAL REQUIRED COURSES

• Expository Writing: Engl 113
  
• 1 upper-level English course
  
• Human Anatomy: Kin 200/Biol 222
  
• Introductory Statistics: Math 210
• Introduction to Psychology: Psy 100
  
• Developmental Psychology: Psy 230

ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED COURSES
(REQUIRED FOR SOME SLP SCHOOLS)

• Introduction to Nutrition: Kin 208
  
• Medical Terminology for Health Care Professionals: Kin 209
  
• Introduction to Neuroscience: NSCI 211
  
• Pathophysiology: Nurs 320
  
• Applied Ethics: Phil 245 or Ethics: Phil 345
  
• Sociology and Social Problems: Soc 101