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Program checklist · Dual Undergraduate/Graduate Degree

Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences (BA) and Speech-Language Pathology (MA), Dual-degree Program

Hofstra University · Hempstead, NY

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
Dual Undergraduate/Graduate Degree
Catalog edition
2026-2027 Undergraduate Bulletin
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
Qualified undergraduate students may elect to enroll in a dual-degree program, combining their undergraduate BA in speech-language-hearing sciences with an MA in speech-language pathology. The dual-degree program requires successful completion of a minimum of 162 semester hours, including at least 110 semester hours at the undergraduate level and 52 semester hours at the graduate level. The dual-degree program can be completed in five and one-half years. Students who are admitted to the MA portion of the dual-degree program may substitute a maximum of 14 semester hours of graduate-level course work for an equal number of semester hours of undergraduate course work toward the completion of their bachelor’s degree.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
191649
CourseShelf checklist
CK_191649_ebffb660
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Direct admission to the dual-degree program (BA and MA)

5 items
  1. Attainment of a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.7 by the end of the spring semester prior to the commencement of graduate-level courses.
    Not resolved to a course
  2. Completion of 30 s.h. of major requirements (at least 24 s.h. must be in-residence), including SPCH 005A , 006 , 009 , 101A , 102A , 103 , 131 , 132 , 137 , and PSY 040 .
    Not resolved to a course
  3. All courses listed in requirement #2 (above) must be completed by the spring semester prior to the commencement of graduate-level courses.
    Not resolved to a course
  4. Must be senior-level status when graduate course work is taken.
    Not resolved to a course
  5. Recommendation of the faculty advisor and approval of graduate program director and department chair.
    Not resolved to a course

Admission to the dual-degree program for current Hofstra students

0 items

    Program Requirements

    2 items
    1. The complete BA requirements described in the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences section of the Bulletin.
      Not resolved to a course
    2. The specific major requirements described in the BA major in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences section of this Bulletin.
      Not resolved to a course

    Suggested Sequence

    0 items

      Senior Year

      0 items

        Awarding of BA Degree: 124 s.h.

        0 items

          First-Year Graduate

          0 items

            Final Semester - Graduate

            0 items

              Complete BA Requirements

              0 items
                Source. Hofstra University, catalog 2026-2027 Undergraduate Bulletin — https://bulletin.hofstra.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=147&poid=32431&returnto=28222. Captured page pages/0350.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.