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The partnership between Rockhurst University and University of Missouri-Kansas City is designed to offer exceptional UMKC students automatic acceptance into the following Rockhurst programs within Saint Luke's College of Nursing and Health Sciences:
Post Bachelor’s Leveling in Speech-Language Pathology (SLP)
Doctor of Occupational Therapy
Post Bachelor's Leveling in SLP
Students in psychology, education or other programs at UMKC with outstanding academic qualifications may be pre-admitted into the post bachelor’s leveling program in SLP at Rockhurst if they meet certain criteria.
The post bachelor’s leveling program is for students who are currently completing a bachelor’s degree in a discipline other than SLP and wish to pursue a Master of Science degree in SLP. This leveling program allows admitted students to complete the necessary prerequisite coursework to begin graduate studies in speech-language pathology. Students accepted into the leveling program are provisionally admitted to the Master of Science in SLP program.
Post Bachelor’s Leveling Program Requirements
- Complete a Bachelor of Health Sciences degree from UMKC prior to beginning the leveling program.
- Earn cumulative GPA of 3.5 and a GPA of 3.5 in the major (on a 4.0 scale).
- Submit application for the SLP program through CSDCAS.
- Successfully complete an interview before beginning the leveling program.
- Maintain a 3.5 GPA each semester in SLP leveling courses and maintain a 3.5 cumulative GPA through the end of their leveling year.
Post Bachelor’s Leveling Program Coursework:
Fall = 12 credit hours
- Language Development
- Anatomy & Physiology of Speech & Hearing Mechanisms
- Transcription Phonetics
- Speech & Hearing Science
Spring = 13 credit hours
- Neural Bases of Communication
- Introduction to Audiology
- Clinical Management: Pediatrics
- Clinical Management: Adults
- Clinical Observation
Prerequisite courses in biological, physical and behavioral sciences and statistics are required by ASHA for application for certification. These requirements must be completed before starting the graduate courses in the Rockhurst SLP program. Rockhurst offers those prerequisite courses needed to meet these requirements.
Requirements for Continuing into Master of Science Program
Students who maintain a 3.5 GPA throughout their leveling program and demonstrate the appropriate professional behaviors and essential functions of the discipline may matriculate directly into the Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology program. Students must submit a complete application and meet the same requirement as all other applicants.
Doctor of Occupational Therapy
Two students at UMKC with outstanding academic qualifications will be pre-admitted into the occupational therapy program at Rockhurst. Students who do not meet the requirements for pre-admission will be reviewed under Rockhurst’s standard admission process. Students will begin the occupational therapy program upon completion of their bachelor’s degree.
Doctor of Occupational Therapy Requirements
- Complete an undergraduate degree from UMKC prior to the desired summer of admission.
- Earn a GPA of at least 3.5 each semester (on a 4.0 scale).
- Earn a cumulative GPA of at least 3.5 from all coursework and natural science GPA of at least 3.5 (i.e., biology, chemistry, physics).
- Submit application for the OTD program through OTCAS no later than Sept. 1 of their senior year.
- Complete all pre-requisite coursework and have grades submitted to OTCAS no later than Dec. 25 of the year preceding the desired summer of admission to allow adequate time for OTCAS to verify transcripts.
- Receive three favorable letters of recommendation as part of the OTCAS application.
- Sucessfully complete an interview as part of the application process.
- Maintain a 3.5 GPA each semester and maintain a 3.5 science and cumulative GPA through the end of their senior year.
Doctor of Physical Therapy
Two students at UMKC with outstanding academic qualifications will be pre-admitted into the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at Rockhurst University. Students who do not meet the requirements for pre-admission will be reviewed under Rockhurst’s standard admission process. Students will begin the occupational therapy program upon completion of their bachelor’s degree.
Doctor of Physical Therapy Requirements
- Complete an undergraduate degree from UMKC prior to the desired summer of admission.
- Earn a 3.5 GPA in all pre-requisite and all science pre-requisite courses as needed for admission into the Rockhurst University physical therapy program (on a 4.0 scale).
- Earn a cumulative GPA of 3.5.
- Submit application for the DPT program to PTCAS no later than Sept. 1 of the year preceding the desired summer of admission
- Receive three favorable letters of recommendation as part of the PTCAS application.
- Sucessfully complete an interview as part of the application process.
- Complete all pre-requisite coursework and have grades submitted to PTCAS no later than Dec. 25 of the year preceding the desired summer of admission to allow adequate time for PTCAS to verify transcripts.
- Maintain a 3.5 GPA each semester, including science prerequisite and prerequisite coursework, and maintain a 3.5 cumulative GPA through the end of their senior year.
