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Doctor of Philosophy

Doctoral Students, Graduate Orientation, Fall 2008

Ph.D. students, orientation, fall 2007

The Application Process

Admission to the program is competitive; therefore, applications are considered only for fall admission. Applicants typically have completed a master's degree or equivalent in speech and hearing sciences, psychology, linguistics or a related discipline. However, applicants with a bachelor's degree and a strong research background are also considered.

You can apply online at the Graduate College Web site.

In addition to completing the application, prospective students should provide the following materials, but only after you are issued an ASU identification number. You are issued the identification number after the Graduate College processes your application. After you have received your identification number, you should arrange to have the following submitted directly to the Graduate College:

  1. Application for admission to the Graduate College and official transcripts of undergraduate and graduate study.
  2. Verbal, quantitative and analytical scores of the GRE.
  3. Professional résumé or vitae.
  4. A statement describing academic and professional goals, specifying the focus of study desired in the doctoral program (you may also want to mention specific faculty who share your research interests).
  5. Three letters of recommendation from individuals who are qualified to comment on your potential for success in a rigorous doctoral program.
  6. Copies of any publications, research manuscripts or other relevant writing samples.
  7. All applicants whose native language is not English must provide evidence of English proficiency. The department expects Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or International English Language Testing System (IELTS) scores to meet or exceed those required by the Graduate College.

The application form, official transcripts, letters of recommendation and official test scores should be submitted to the Graduate College.

Other application materials should be sent to:

Director, Ph.D. Program
Department of Speech and Hearing Science
Arizona State University
P.O. Box 870102
Tempe, AZ 85287-0102.

Applications are reviewed by the admissions committee beginning Feb. 1 for fall admission.

Criteria for Admission

Criteria for admission include the following:

  1. Evidence of high scholarship and research potential from GRE scores and previous academic record.
  2. Professional goals compatible with the degree program.
  3. Scholarly interests compatible with one or more of the faculty active in the interdisciplinary degree program.

Departmental Research

Our Doctor of Philosophy program is a mentor-based program, in which admission is contingent upon a faculty member agreeing to serve as a mentor for the study. Thus, it is highly recommended that applicants identify and contact possible mentors (faculty currently conducting research that match their research interests) prior to submitting application materials. In contacting possible mentors, applicants should be prepared to discuss their specific research interests and professional goals.

Faculty in the Department of Speech and Hearing Science are engaged in a variety of research activities. A sampling of current activity in the following areas is given below.

Hearing
Psychoacoustics in normal and impaired hearing, speech perception in the normal and impaired hearing, speech and auditory processing in persons with cochlear implants, auditory electrophysiology, pediatric amplification and speech perception, auditory aging.

Speech
Phonetics and phonological theory, speech motor control, neuromotor disorders of speech, voice disorders, voice and speech characteristics associated with craniofacial anomalies, phonological development and disorders.

Language Science
First language acquisition, pragmatics, discourse analysis, psycholinguistics, semantics, lexical ambiguity, word and sentence processing, working memory and language interactions.

Language Disorders Language assessment and intervention in early childhood, characteristics of language in children with specific language impairment, language disorders in school-age children, prelinguistic interventions, social consequences of language disorders, aphasia and related neurogenic communication disorders, language and memory in dementia, language disorders in bilingual children.

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Through a partnership with First Things First, an Arizona program designed to expand and improve services for young children, we have financial support available for SLP graduate students who are (a) interested in early intervention, and (b) are willing to enter into a service obligation agreement.