For information about the admission process, including deadlines, visit the Office of Undergraduate Admissions website. Applications can be submitted via the Common Application.

Supporting documents not submitted online should be mailed to:

Office of Undergraduate Admissions
The George Washington University
800 21st St NW Suite 100
Washington, DC 20052

For questions visit undergraduate.admissions.gwu.edu/contact-us.

The following requirements must be fulfilled:

The general requirements stated under Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, Undergraduate Programs.

Coursework for the major:

Introductory STEM courses
Biological sciences
The following two courses (8 credits):
BISC 1111Introductory Biology: Cells and Molecules
BISC 1112Introductory Biology: The Biology of Organisms
Mathematics
One or both of the following courses (3 or 6 credits):
MATH 1231Single-Variable Calculus I
MATH 1232Single-Variable Calculus II
Physical sciences
Two courses (8 credits), one in Chemistry (CHEM) and one in Physics (PHYS), selected from the following:
CHEM 1111General Chemistry I
CHEM 1112General Chemistry II
PHYS 1011General Physics I
PHYS 1012General Physics II
PHYS 1021University Physics I
PHYS 1022University Physics II
PHYS 1025University Physics I with Biological Applications
PHYS 1026University Physics II with Biological Applications
Major requirements
Quantitative methods
One or two courses (3 or 6 credits) selected from the following:
CSCI 1012Introduction to Programming with Python
DATS 2102Data Visualization for Data Science
DATS 2103Data Mining for Data Science
DATS 2104Data Warehousing for Data Science
STAT 1053Introduction to Statistics in Social Science
or STAT 1127 Statistics for the Biological Sciences
Gateway courses
The following six courses (18 credits):
ANTH 1004Language in Culture and Society
or SLHS 1071 Foundations of Human Communication
or SLHS 1071W Foundations of Human Communication
DATS 1001Data Science for All
SLHS 2101Research Methods
SLHS 2105Anatomy and Physiology for Speech, Language, and Hearing
SLHS 2107Acoustics
SLHS 2106Neural Substrates of Speech, Language, and Hearing
Psycholinguistics
The following four courses (11 credits):
SLHS 2104WSpeech and Language Disorders
SLHS 3108Introduction to Audiology
SLHS 3131Language Acquisition and Development
SLHS 3136Phonetics
Cognitive neuroscience
One to three courses (3 to 9 credits) selected from the following:
ANTH 3413Evolution of the Human Brain
PSYC 2015Biological Psychology
PSYC 3118Neuropsychology
PSYC 3122The Cognitive Neuroscience
SLHS 3116Brain and Language
Cognitive science
One or two courses (3 or 6 credits) selected from the following:
ANTH 3601Language, Culture, and Cognition
PHIL 2045Introduction to Logic
PSYC 2014Cognitive Psychology
SLHS 1072Multicultural Issues in Human Communication
SLHS 1084Perspectives in Deaf Culture
SLHS 2135Language: Structure, Meaning, and Use
SLHS 3117Hearing and Perception
SLHS 3133Autism
Advanced electives
One or two courses (3 or 6 credits) selected from the following:
ANTH 3603Psycholinguistics
or LING 3603 Psycholinguistics
or SLHS 3603 Psycholinguistics
PHIL 3121Symbolic Logic
PSYC 3119Cognitive Science in the District
SLHS 3109Auditory Learning and Aural Rehabilitation
Advanced lab or clinical experience
One course (3 credits) selected from the following:
ANTH 3602Ethnographic Analysis of Speech
ANTH 3995Undergraduate Research
PSYC 4106WResearch Lab in Sensation and Perception
PSYC 4107WResearch Lab in Cognitive Neuroscience
PSYC 4591Independent Research
SLHS 4119Principles and Methods in Speech-Language Pathology
SLHS 4196Independent Study
Capstone seminar (3 credits)
SLHS 4118WSenior Research Seminar in Communication Sciences and Disorders