Bachelor of the General Studies in (Speech-Language-Hearing - Sciences and Disorders)

The BA and the BGS degrees require the same course work in the major, blending knowledge from psychology, biology, linguistics, anatomy, and physiology. They also require courses in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. The main difference between the BA and BGS is that the BA has specific requirements related to writing, mathematics, foreign language, and laboratory science, whereas the BGS allows for exploration of another field through completion of two certificates, a minor, or a co/double major. For both the BA and the BGS, a minimum of 35 hours in Speech-Language-Hearing courses is required for the major. A minor and various certificate programs also are offered for students pursuing careers related to communication and communication disorders.

As an undergraduate you can be part of exciting interdisciplinary research including neurological mechanisms underlying speech and their use in brain-machine interfaces, noise reduction in cochlear implants, the genetics of language, the mechanisms of word learning, speech perception in humans and communication development in children with severe developmental disabilities.

Clinical faculty are state and national leaders in developing innovations in clinical practice such as providing culturally-responsive services to Native American communities, inclusive practices for school-based speech-language pathologists, and speech and language interventions in home and community settings.

The highly-respected Schiefelbusch Speech Language Hearing Clinic on the Lawrence campus, which treats both children and adults across the state, is the setting of your clinical experience based on a collaborative model that includes clinical staff and family members of patients in your training.

You are a native speaker of English.
You have taken four years of college preparatory English and graduated from high school with a 2.5+ GPA in one of these qualifying English exemption regions: United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, an English-speaking province of Canada, an English-speaking Caribbean country, an English-speaking African country, or any U.S.-accredited school.
You have earned a B or better in College English Composition 1 and 2 and earned 24 or more credit hours toward a degree at an institution in a qualifying region listed above.
You have completed the full IB diploma program with an English HL of 5 or higher.
You have earned an associate's degree with a 2.5+ GPA from a U.S.-accredited post-secondary college

TOEFL iBT or TOEFL iBT Special Home Edition 79 (18 minimum subscore)
IELTS Academic 6.5 (6.0 minimum subscore)
SAT Evidence-Based Reading & Writing 590
ACT English + Reading 48
AP English Grade 4
AS and A level English Languages Exams Grade of B on both exams