Mississippi University for Women (The W) has announced a new automatic admission program that will allow its undergraduate students who are pursuing a bachelor’s degree in speech-language pathology to automatically enroll in the university’s master’s degree program in the same discipline.
Once enrolled and declared a speech-language pathology major, undergraduate students at The W will be considered for automatic admission into the speech-language pathology graduate program. To qualify for automatic enrollment, students must complete at least four consecutive semesters toward a bachelor’s degree in speech-language pathology at The W, maintain an undergraduate GPA of at least 3.7, remain in good academic standing, earn B grade or higher in each prerequisite course, and submit three faculty endorsements from The W’s speech-language pathology department.
The master’s degree program in speech-language pathology is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. The program’s most recent graduates achieved a 100 percent licensure exam pass rate and a 100 percent job placement rate.
“To my knowledge, no other undergraduate speech-language pathology program in the state or surrounding region offers this type of advantage,” said Dr. Brandy Larmon, dean of the Vandergriff College of Nursing and Health Sciences at The W. “It allows students to fully concentrate on their studies with the assurance of a secured place in our graduate program, saving them the stress and cost of the traditional application process.”