University of British Columbia Audiology

Contacts

Website: http://www.audiospeech.ubc.ca/
Phone: 604-822-5591
Admissions e-mail: inquiry@audiospeech.ubc.ca

Program Information

Note: This page only covers the Audiology program, not the Speech Pathology program which has different requirements. Only Canadian citizens or permanent residents are currently able to study in this program.

• M.Sc.: 21-36 consecutive months with 5 clinical externships.
• Ph.D.: Audiology or Speech Pathology, with option of clinical education.
  

Admission Requirements

Course and Degree Requirements

• Required Courses
  • Intro to Physics (energy and waves): 3 credits
  • Development Psychology: 3 credits
  • Sensation/Perception: 3 credits
  • Research Methods: 3 credits (must be focused on research design and not statistics)
  • Intro to Linguistics: 3 credits
  • Neuroanatomy: 3 credits
• Recommended courses
  • Brain and Behaviour, Adulthood and Aging, additional Developmental Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Counselling, Biology, Phonology, Syntax, Acoustic Phonetics, Discourse and Statistics

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GPA

• Minimum 76% cumulative average in last 2 years of undergraduate study
• At least four 300 level courses with minimum grade of 80% or above

Supporting Documents

The following materials must be submitted in order

• Online Application
• Two official transcripts of all post-secondary institutions attended
• Three letters of reference
  • M.Sc.: 1-2 academic references, max 1 reference from a research supervisor, max 1 reference from a professional supervisor.
  • Ph.D. 3 from researchers
• Written statement (500 words)
• TOEFL or other English proficiency exams taken in the last 24 months and a 5-10 minute recording of your speech if applicable
  • TOEFL: iBT-25 in each component for a 100 overall, PBT-600 overall, computer-250 overall
  • IELTS: 7 in each component and overall.
• Ph.D. students need: a CV, statement of research interests, research plan, and the name of the faculty member you wish to have as a supervisor.

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2018-2019 Timeline

M.Sc.

• Deadline for application and documentation: February 1, 2019
• Referee deadline: February 8, 2019

Offers are usually made at the end of March. For more information, click here
Ph.D.

• Deadline for September Admission: April 1st
• Deadline for January or May Admission: August 1st

For Ph.D students, it is preferable to contact potential supervisors prior to the online application.

Tuition

• Numbers are for 2018-2019 academic year
  • Tuition: $4,897.86

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Financial Aid

• Four basic sources of financial aid:
  • (1) GSI awards of $4,000-5,000 for incoming students based on merit
  • (2) Research Assistantships administered by individual departments
  • (3) Need based awards administered by the Office of Awards and Financial Aid; and
  • (4) Awards from external agencies.

For information on various sources of financial aid, click here.