Admissions Information

Undergraduate Admissions

If you will be attending Cal State LA as a first-time freshman or transfer student, refer to the Office of Admissions and University Outreach for general admissions information.  If you have an undergraduate degree in a field other than Communication Disorders and wish to take prerequisites for the MA program, apply to the university as a graduate student (see below).

Graduate Admissions

For information regarding admission to the University, go to the Office of Admissions and University Outreach.

Admission to the MA program in Speech-Language Pathology is a two-step process.  Prospective students must first apply to the University, and then apply to the Department of Communication Disorders (there is no extra fee for applying to the Department).  There are two timelines for this admissions procedure, depending on the student's background:

COMD background:

For students with an undergraduate degree in Communication Disorders or the equivalent (i.e., completion of prerequisite coursework), application to the University and the Department will take place at the same time.

For information regarding admission to the Department, see the Communicative Disorders Graduate Admissions Application.  Further information about our graduate program can be found in our Fact Sheet.  Applications to the department are accepted only once a year, and are due on February 15^th.

No COMD background:

For students with an undergraduate degree in another field, students need to first apply to the University to take undergraduate prerequisite coursework and later apply to the Department upon completion (or near completion) of those prerequisites.

For students who need to take prerequisite coursework, consultation with a departmental adviser after applying to the University and prior to registration is strongly recommended.  Appointments can be made by calling the department office at 323-343-4690.  For information regarding prerequisite coursework, see list of prerequisites and sample projected schedule. (Sample projected schedule is in Adobe Acrobat format.)