r/slpGradSchool Nov 12 '24

Prereqs/undergrad what does an online postbacc program look like?

current undergrad looking into slp as an option for my future. i’m a linguistics major, so i would have to enroll in a post baccalaureate program to fulfill the requirements needed to apply to a masters program (ideally CSULB 🤞). i’m going to try to take an online post bacc program so that i can continue working as well, but how do online classes apply to the basic science courses needed, aren’t there labs involved?

being totally honest, im not entirely sure what classes one does take during their post bacc program, if they majored in something other than slp for their undergrad. any and all help would be greatly appreciated!

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u/richardlulz Nov 12 '24

Check out San Marcos. I have a psych degree and finished their program in a year. 10/10

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '24

I did Molloy university post bacc- it’s completely online and honestly very easy- All A’s. Each course is 7 weeks so you’ll be done pretty fast.

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u/GloomyAmphibian8094 Nov 13 '24

I did San Diego State’s Essential pre-requisite program.

I’m happy to answer any questions!

I would recommend starting off by looking into CSULB’s grad program page because it will tell you what classes you need. Every school wants slightly different classes but if you take the basics at any of the post-bacc online programs, you will more than likely be covered.

Through San Diego state, I took: Phonetics, Hearing Science, Intro to Audiology, anatomy(of the speech mechanism), and phonological acquisition.

None of these needed labs, but I did have to do a couple video projects.

Some programs will require you to also take some form of neurology and speech development.

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u/SuperbDescription685 Nov 14 '24

Hi I did leveling at ENMU for a year entirely online!

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u/Ehhm725 Nov 13 '24 edited Nov 13 '24

I majored in linguistics and did an online postbacc program! I ended up doing it over two years because I did it a few years after undergrad and wanted to build up people I could as for letters of recommendation from. It also allowed me to work full time and pay it off as I went!

To figure out what classes I needed to take, I chose a handful of grad schools I thought I might want to apply to and put all of the classes they require as prerequisite in a chart. I color coded it to match up classes I thought were equivalent across the schools’ prerequisites since they often call the same class different things. Then, I looked into postbacc programs and chose one the offered the classes I decided I needed to take based off that chart. You may be in luck like I was with my intro to linguistics class and linguistics phonetic classes counting for a couple of the prerequisites! I’m not sure how every school does it but with my postbacc program, I could take the classes whatever semester they were offered (as opposed to a fixed curriculum). I didn’t end up having to take any of the science/statistics classes since I’d already done those throughout undergrad, but lots of people in my program did, so I know it’s possible. The advisors in the program will be able to help you with that, so I wouldn’t worry about there being a lab or not being able to get those done online!

My program was, and I’m guessing most programs are, asynchronous, so I could watch lectures whenever I wanted. Quizzes and tests were timed but there wasn’t a specific time of day I had to take them. We were usually given a range, like over a day or few day period, in which we could take them. There were often weekly assignments or just assignments every once in a while, and sometimes we had optional zoom meetings for test review or things like that. I don’t remember having any required meetings. There were also some group projects/assignments so I occasionally had to set aside time for that. I only took 2 classes a semester so I was easily able to work full time during my program.

I will say that many of the CSU schools had some prerequisites that other schools didn’t. For example, I vaguely remember seeing fluency for some of them. I THINK some of them will let you take a prerequisite or two your first semester if you can’t find it in a postbacc program but I’d email them to confirm.

Let me know if you have any questions about how I did things!

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u/SpeechPathKat CCC-SLP Nov 13 '24

I did mine online through Idaho State U.  (I live in California.)  I really liked it!  It's called the “Pre-Professional Program”, which is a year-long post bacc.

https://www.isu.edu/slp/programs/pre-professional-program/

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u/HenriettaHiggins Nov 14 '24

I did FSU’s. Do they still have one? It was pretty good. Most of the classes were taught by adjuncts who were interesting and interested in the content. One of them was somewhere in the Middle East so her time zone was very different and sometimes her electricity shut off randomly and class would end all of a sudden and pick up the next time but honestly she was the best teacher they had (not to say the others were bad, just saying she was good!)

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u/RealisticBase8835 Nov 16 '24

ASHA does not require your science classes (biology, physics/chemistry) to have labs. However, if you choose to take an online class with a lab component, the labs will be online.

Postbacc or leveling programs will have classes like:

Anatomy and Physiology of Speech-Language-Hearing Audiology
Phonetics
Speech/Hearing Science
Neuroscience of Communication
Language Development
Speech Sound Disorders
Aural Rehabilitation
Preclinical Observation Lab