About Communication Sciences and Disorders (CMSD)

Loma Linda University is a small private university located about 70 miles east of Los Angeles. It is operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders is relatively small. It has six full-time faculty members, additional contract faculty, and approximately 50 to 60 students. This student-teacher ratio allows for personal contact with faculty members.

Speech Language Pathology is a great profession for individuals who want to work in a helping profession. Typically, students choosing this profession have good academic abilities, compassionate personalities, and positive interpersonal skills.

Clinical education is a strength of this department. Clinical experience is available in areas such as child and adult language, fluency, swallowing, and articulation phonology. Our clinical settings range from hospital to schools to private clinics. Our undergraduate students get their first introduction to clinic in a faculty supervised setting. This is a valuable experience and allows students to know if this career is for them.

Loma Linda University offers three programs of study

The Bachelor of Science program (BS in CMSD)

• Begins autumn quarter of the junior year.
• Applications are accepted October 1st through June 30th.
• For students who have completed two years of required general education at an accredited college other than Loma Linda University. 
• The program has a minimum GPA requirement of 3.0; however, to be competitive a 3.3 GPA is recommended.

The Transitional Master's program (TMS in CMSD)

• Thjs is a three year program.
• Begins autumn quarter.
• Applications are accepted October 1st through March 1st.
• For students who have an undergraduate degree in a profession other than speech-language pathology.
• Students are accepted into the graduate program, but must maintain a minimum GPA requirement of 3.3 in the first year; in order to advance to the graduate level.
• Prerequisite undergraduate courses comprise the first year of study.
• Applicants are required to take the GRE.  A score of 1000 on the verbal and quanitative sections combined and an analytical writing score of 4.0 or higher is recommended.

The Master of Science program (MS in CMSD)

• This is a two year program (seven quarters)
• Begins autumn quarter.
• Applications are accepted October 1st through February 1st.
• For students who have an undergraduate degree in speech-language pathology or communication sciences and disorders.
• The program has a minimum GPA requirement of 3.0; however, to be competitive a 3.3 GPA is recommended.    
• Applicants are required to take the GRE.  A score of 1000 on the verbal and quanitative sections combined and an analytical writing score of 4.0 or higher is recommended.

Apply online at www.llu.edu.

Contact information

Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
School of Allied Health Professions
Loma Linda University
Nichol Hall Room A506
Loma Linda Ca 92350

Toll free phone: (800) 422-4558-1-4
Department phone: (909) 558-4998
Fax: (909) 558-4305
Email: cmsd@llu.edu