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

• University of British Columbia School of Audiology and Speech Sciences offers M.Sc Speech Language Pathology, M.Sc Audiology, and a PhD program. This section will describe the M.Sc Audiology program.

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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
  • Intro to Linguistics: 3 credits
  • Neuroanatomy: 3 credits (offered online. For more information, click here
• 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

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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 (minimum two academic referees)
  • Written statement (500 words)
  • TOEFL or other English proficiency exams

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2012-13 Timeline

• Deadline for application outside of Canada/US: January 15, 2013
• Deadline for application within Canada/US: February 1, 2013
• Offers of admission: end of March

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Tuition

• Numbers are for 2012-2013 academic year
  • First year tuition: $4,264.87
  • International fees: $7,490.88 per year

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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.

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