Welcome to Lehman!
“The Gem of the Bronx”
The Graduate Program
in
Speech Language
Pathology
Lehman College
City University of NY
The Graduate Program in SLP at Lehman:
(1) Overview
(2) The Speech & Hearing Center
(3) Our Graduate Students
(4) National Students Speech-LanguageHearing Association (NSSLHA)
(5) Student/Faculty Research
(6) Bilingual Extension
(7) TSSLD
(8) Admission Requirements
Let’s Take a video tour of the at Graduate
Program in Speech Language Pathology at
Lehman College
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5OWlSqJaUA
The graduate program in the Department of SpeechLanguage-Hearing Sciences is housed in the School of
Health Sciences, Human Services, and Nursing.
It is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation
(CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association (ASHA) (2015-2023) and prepares students to
meet the academic & clinical requirements for the ASHA
Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) & New York State
License in Speech-Language Pathology.
Overview
• The program consists of 60 credits (2-2;5 years)
• Basic Science and Related Courses (9 credits): SPE 705 (3), SPE
700 (3), and SPE 717 (3).
• Professional Courses (51 credits): SPE 701 (1), SPE 718 (3), SPE
719 (4), SPE 721 (3), SPE 722 (3), SPE 723 (3), SPE 725 (3), SPE
726 (3), SPE 727 (3), SPE 729 (2 semesters, 3 credits each), SPE
730 (2 semesters, 2 credits each), and SPE 734 (2 semesters, 3 credits
each), SPE 736 (3), SPE 739 (3), and one elective (3).
• Coursework:
SPE 700: Introduction to Research Methods (3 credits)
SPE 701: Professional Issues (1 credit)
SPE 705: Speech Science (3 credits)
SPE 717: Advanced Anatomy, Physiology, and Neurology of Speech
(3 credits)
SPE 718: Phonology and Articulation (3 credits)
SPE 719: Audiology for the Speech-Language Pathologist (3 credits)
SPE 724: Clinical practicum in Audiology (1 credit)
SPE 721: Early Childhood Language Disorders (3 credits)
SPE 722: Language Disorders in School-Age Children and Adolescents
(3 credits)
SPE 723: The Nature, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Fluency Disorders
(3 credits)
SPE 725: Diagnostic Techniques in Speech-Language Pathology (3
credits)
SPE 726: Aphasia and Related Disorders (3 credits)
SPE 727: Voice Disorders (3 credits)
SPE 729: Clinical Practicum and Seminar in Speech-Language
Pathology (3 credits)
SPE 730: Clinical and Classroom Externship in Speech-Language
Pathology (2 credits)
SPE 734: Diagnostic Practicum (3 credits)
SPE 736: Motor Speech Disorders (3 credits)
SPE 739: Dysphagia (3 credits)
SPE 735: Elective (3 credits)
• Graduate students will complete a minimum of 400 hours
of clinical practicum (25 hours of observations, 2 in-house
clinics, 2 diagnostic clinics, 2 externships, and 20 hours of
audiology practicum)
• Additional credits needed for certification by ASHA:
“Applicants must demonstrate knowledge of the principles
of biological sciences, physical sciences, statistics & the
social/behavioral sciences. You will need to take one three
credit course in each of the following:
• 1course in the biological sciences:
• BIO 183: Human Biology; 4 credits: 3 hrs lecture, 1hrs lab
• 1 course in the physical sciences:
• PHY 141: Sound, Speech, and Music; 3 credits: 2 hrs lecture, 1hr lab
• 1 course in the social sciences:
• PSY 166 General Psychology; 3 credits: 3 hrs
• SOC 166 Fundamentals of Sociology; 3 credits: 3 hrs
• SOC 227 Sociology of the Family; 3 creidts: 3 hrs
• 1 course in statistics:
• PSY 226: Statistical Methods in Psychology; 4 credits: 4 hrs
• Math 132: Introduction to Statistics; 4 credits: 4 hrs
• If you have not completed these courses as an
undergraduate, you may take them while enrolled in
graduate program but they do not count toward your
graduate requirements of 60 credits
• You may take these courses as undergraduate courses,
graduate courses, on-line or on any campus. Lehman does
offer these courses (some online and some on site).
The Speech & Hearing Center
• The Speech and Hearing Center at Lehman College
provides state of the art diagnostic and therapeutic
services to individuals in the NYC Metropolitan area
and to members of the Lehman community who have
speech, language, hearing, feeding, and swallowing
deficits.
• Graduate students complete two supervised clinical and
diagnostic practica under the supervision of full-time
faculty and experienced adjunct supervisors.
• All supervisors in the Speech and Hearing Center hold
the Certificate of Clinical Competence in SpeechLanguage Pathology (CCC-SLP) or Audiology (CCC-A)
and are licensed speech-language pathologists or
audiologists in the state of New York.
• The Speech and Hearing Center has individual and
group therapy rooms with observation areas for family
and student observers, and seminar rooms.
• The entire clinic is equipped with current technology,
which permits video observation and recording of
clinical sessions for student and faculty development.
• A wireless audio-visual system provides ongoing
supervisor-student interaction.
• The Speech and Hearing Center houses the Voice and
Speech Analysis laboratories as well as the VIVE (Visual
Instruction to Drive Expression) Studio for the
preparation of resources and materials for intervention.
• In-house clinical practicum:
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Adult Neurogenic Clinic (AKA Aphasia Clinic)
EI (Early Intervention) Clinic (birth to 3)
Preschool Clinic (3-5)
School-Age Clinic (6-21)
Bilingual Adult Group
Toddler and Preschool groups in the Lehman College daycare
promoting social skills, emergent literacy skills and literacy
development.
• Externship sites:
• Variety of settings:
• Public and private schools (pre-k-12) in NYC, Westchester,
and Long Island
• Skilled Nursing care facilities
• Hospitals
• Private clinics
Our Graduate Students
• The graduate program at Lehman college has a very
diverse student body, with students coming from variety
of ethnic and cultural backgrounds, speaking variety of
languages.
• Here are some of the languages spoken in our program:
• Spanish, Italian, Haitian Creole, Mandarin, Hebrew, Russian,
Yiddish, Japanese, Greek, Farsi, Czech, Polish and more 
• Hear it directly from our own graduate students (videos)
The National Student Speech Language & Hearing
Association (NSSLHA) – Lehman Chapter
• 40 members - robust number of passionate
undergraduate and graduate students
• Guest Speakers have included:
• The ASHA Advisory Councilmember for NYS
• Graduate Students Advising on Graduate School
• Merrill Parra the Director of the Office of Disabilities
• Lehman’s chapter sponsored (with numerous cupcake and
cake sales):
• SpeechLess – a documentary portraying the life of three
stroke survivors, who suffer from aphasia, a loss of
language produced by a brain damage. Skyped in the
Director from Amsterdam with an Panel of Experts from
Lehman
• In December collected over 100 toys for children with
autism of New York Families.
Student/Faculty Research
• The Graduate Program at Lehman College promotes the
integration of theory and research into evidence-based
practice, analytic thought in clinical decision-making, and
the application of technology to clinical practice.
• Many of our faculty members are
involved in research and have labs on
campus.
• Many of our graduate students assist the faculty and even
present the collaborative work at the ASHA annual
conferences.
Teaching certificate for Students with SpeechLanguage Disabilities (TSSLD)
• The Lehman Graduate Program in SLP is registered by
the New State Department of Education. Students who
have completed the Lehman Master’s program are
considered qualified candidates for the TSSLD if they
have also completed the following:
• 5 courses (15 credits) – all courses are offered online in winter
and summer sessions
• one externship in elementary and/or secondary school that
includes experience with students with speech and language
disabilities in early childhood, middle childhood, and
adolescence.
• NY State Exams: (ALST, EAS)
• Completion of the following workshops: Child Abuse, School
Violence, Autism, and Bullying and discrimination
Bilingual Extension
• This program is designed for students who are enrolled in
the Graduate Program in SLP and who seek a bilingual
extension.
• Applicants for the Advanced Certificate of Bilingual
Extension are required to:
• 12 credits of course work
• 50 hours of supervised field experiences providing bilingual
speech-language-hearing services to children
• Pass the Bilingual Education Assessment (BEA) exam (in
addition to the Academic Literacy Skills Test (ALST) and the
Educating All Students (EAS) exam)
• Admission Requirements:
• Demonstrate proficiency in another language other than English
• Pass an interview requiring a writing sample in English and in
the selected language.
Admission Requirements
• A bachelor’s degree in speech–language pathology (or its
equivalent) from an accredited college or university.
• Students who have completed an undergraduate degree in
a different major must complete 24 credits of core
prerequisite course work:
SPV 221 (Language Acquisition)
SPV 245 (Articulatory Phonetics)
SPV 246 (Introduction to linguistics)
SPV 247 (Anatomy & Physiology)
SPV 249 (Speech & Hearing science)
SPV 326 (Speech path I)
SPV 327 (Speech path II)
SPV 328 (Introduction to Audiology)
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• In order to apply to our program, you must have grades
recorded on your transcript for at least 6 of these
prerequisite courses, and be enrolled in the remaining
courses, the semester you apply.
• If you have questions regarding these courses please contact
the undergraduate adviser, Prof. Mary Boylan:
Mary.Boylan@lehman.cuny.edu
A minimum overall GPA of 3.0 and a minimum GPA of 3.5 in
the major or in the prerequisite courses
A minimum of 2 letters of recommendation from professors (at
least one letter must be from a professor from a speech
pathology/audiology course).
Personal essay – 500 words
Resume / CV
Submission of Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores
taken within the last five years with a writing score of at least
3.5
• If you hold a Master’s degree in another discipline you
will not need to take the GRE exam IF:
• The degree was awarded by a university/college in the U.S.
• The degree was awarded by a university outside of the U.S.
but the courses were taught in English.
• If you have any questions, please email the Graduate
Program Director, Dr. Seiger-Gardner
Liat.Seiger@lehman.cuny.edu
• Potential students will be invited for an interview
• Please note, the Graduate Program at Lehman College is
very competitive. The admission criteria outlined above is
the minimum criteria and not the acceptance criteria!
• We accept up to 25 qualified students each semester.
• The deadline for Fall enrollment is February 15th and for
Spring enrollment is October 1st.
• All paper work, documents, transcripts (from all postsecondary schools attended), GRE scores, letters of
recommendations, etc. need to be in the admissions office
by the deadline!
• It is your personal obligation to contact admissions to
make sure all your documents are in and your application
is complete!
• Incomplete applications will NOT be reviewed.
• Foreign transcripts must be translated and evaluated by a
Foreign Transcript Evaluation Agency such as AACRAO
(American Association of Collegiate Registrars and
Admissions Officers). This and other agencies can be
found: http://www.naces.org/index.html (national
association of credential evaluation services)
• The evaluation and translation should be completed 8-10
weeks prior to the deadline.
• TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) is
required by students educated in non-English speaking
areas. The TOEFL should not be more than 2 years old.
The Lehman College Institutional Code is 2312. For
information and registration materials contact TOEFL.
Required minimum score is 500 for the Paper-Based Test
and 61 for the Internet-Based Test.
How to Apply
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Questions
Office of Graduate Admissions
Shuster Hall, Room 150
718-960-8777
graduate.admissions@lehman.cuny.edu
Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
Speech Building, Room 227
250 Bedford Park Blvd. West
Bronx, NY 10468-1589
718-960-8134
718-960-7376 (fax)
Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.