Undergraduate Advising

Advising for undergraduate students is coordinated by faculty advisors in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) and academic advisors in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) Academic Services Center.

Make an Appointment

Upon declaring the SLHS major, first- and second-year students will be assigned a primary staff advisor and a secondary faculty advisor. Third- and fourth-year students will transition to work only with their assigned faculty advisor.

First- and Second-Year Students

Contact the Academic Services Center at 860-486-2822 to make an appointment with Sarah Fillion, the academic advisor for SLHS.

Third- and Fourth-Year Students

Make an appointment in Nexus to meet with your faculty advisor.

Please include your PeopleSoft number in all correspondence. Your advisor will generally respond to you within 24-48 hours, Monday through Friday.

Honors Program

Students interested in the UConn Honors Program should contact Bernard Grela, honors advisor for SLHS.

Meeting with Your Advisor

We encourage students to make an appointment with their academic advisor upon entrance into the program.

During these meetings, your advisor will work with you to create or update your plan of study, and to make sure you meet both the CLAS general education requirements and the specific SLHS major requirements. The plan of study is a formal document specifying what is required for the successful completion of your SLHS degree.

Academic advisors can also assist you with:

  • Selecting courses within the CLAS content areas.
  • Declaring a second major or minor.
  • Dealing with academic challenges.
  • Identifying resources and support services on campus.
  • Providing signatures for most CLAS paperwork.

Faculty advisors can assist students in:

  • Providing guidance with SLHS-specific course selection.
  • Learning about graduate schools.
  • Exploring internship and career opportunities.
  • Obtaining letters of recommendation.
  • Providing a variety of networking opportunities within the SLHS field.
  • Completing a final plan of study.

SLHS Transfer Equivalencies

The department has reviewed the speech-language pathology coursework at Sacred Heart University, and the coursework in communication disorders at Southern Connecticut State University, to determine their equivalence to the UConn SLHS curriculum. Below are how each institution’s respective courses would transfer to the UConn SLHS undergraduate curriculum.

To graduate from UConn, a student must complete at least 30 credits in residence and meet all general education and major requirements. In addition, a majority of major credits (51%) must be completed at UConn to receive a UConn SLHS degree.

For questions about the transfer policy at the University, please contact the transfer admission office at 860-486-3137. For questions regarding the SLHS specific transfer policy, please email slhs@uconn.edu. Please note that courses that transfer in as generic credit cannot satisfy SLHS core or elective requirements.

Sacred Heart University Courses

  • SLP 200 - Generic Credit.
  • SLP 210 - SLHS 3247.
  • SLP 300 & 310 - SLHS 2203*.
  • SLP 310 - SLHS 3248.
  • SLP 320 - Generic Credit.
  • SLP 330 - SLHS 2204.
  • SLP 340 - Generic Credit.
  • SLP 350 - SLHS 4335.

*Material covered in one class at UConn is sometimes covered in multiple courses at other institutions. As such, courses indicated with an “*” require all courses listed to receive UConn credit. If students do not have all specified courses they will receive generic credit for the course(s) they transfer in.

Southern Connecticut State University Courses

  • CMD 200 - Generic Credit.
  • CMD 200 & 319 & 419 - SLHS 4254*.
  • CMD 201 - Generic Credit.
  • CMD 203 - SLHS 3247.
  • CMD 317 - SLHS 2203.
  • CMD 319 & 419 - SLHS 2204*.
  • CMD 320 - Generic Credit.
  • CMD 321 - SLHS 3248.
  • CMD 418 - Generic Credit.
  • CMD 420 - Generic Credit.
  • CMD 461 - SLHS 4335.

*Material covered in one class at UConn is sometimes covered in multiple courses at other institutions. As such, courses indicated with an “*” require all courses listed to receive UConn credit. If students do not have all specified courses they will receive generic credit for the course(s) they transfer in.