Prerequisite Equivalencies

For application to the MClSc Program in Audiology

Prerequisite Coursework for Application to the MClSc Program in Audiology

This page provides further details the prerequisites for the MClSc Program in Audiology, as well as a list of acceptable courses from specific Canadian university programs. Potential applicants should review this information to assess the eligibility of their coursework to satisfy the prerequisite requirements at Western.

COURSE EQUIVALENCIES BY INSTITUTION (PDF)

Expected Course Content

Developmental Psychology
Introduction to all (or most of) of the following areas of infant and child development: sensorimotor, perceptual, cognitive, language, social and emotional.
Statistics
Introduction to all (or most of) of the following areas: statistical inference, experimental design, sampling design, confidence intervals and hypothesis tests for means and proportions, regression and correlation.
Human Anatomy/Human Physiology/ Physiological Psychology/Neuroscience
Introduction to the structure and/or physiological principles of human neural and/or muscular systems.
Social Science/Psychology/Linguistics
Examples of acceptable courses include Physiological Psychology, Neuropsychology, Sensation, Perception, Learning and Memory, Cognition, Social Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Phonetics, Phonology, Pragmatics, or Introduction to Speech, Language and/or Hearing Sciences or Disorders. Courses must cover basic human processes important for communication sciences and communication disorders.

The COURSE EQUIVALENCIES BY INSTITUTION link provides a list of courses that Western will accept as satisfying each of the prerequisites #1-3. Specific courses are not listed for prerequisite #4. Applicants should follow steps #2-3 below for determining the eligibility of specific courses for these two prerequisites.

Students wishing to determine whether a course not listed COURSE EQUIVALENCIES BY INSTITUTION link will satisfy a prerequisite requirement should follow these steps:

1. Consult the current academic calendar from the university at which the course was taken. If the course is listed as an antirequisite to a course listed in the COURSE EQUIVALENCIES BY INSTITUTION link, then it will satisfy that prerequisite requirement.

2. Compare the course content to the description provided above (Expected Course Content). If the course does not closely match this description, it is not likely to satisfy the requirement.

3. Contact the Graduate Affairs Assistant. Please include a course summary, outline or syllabus that provides detailed information about course content so that its suitability can be properly evaluated.