Northern Arizona University

CSD APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Please read the CSD Application Frequently Asked Questions and the Program Information Frequently Asked Questions on the Prospective Students web page at http://csd.nau.edu/prospective_students.php for additional program and admission application information.

NAU requires two distinct admission applications: the Centralized Application Service (CSDCAS) e-application, and the NAU Graduate College online application. Please note that these distinct applications have different closing dates and application fees. Information on both applications can be entered and saved in stages; this allows you to complete the applications in multiple sittings. For more information, read the application timeline.

It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that all supporting application documents (e.g., official transcripts, letters of reference, GRE scores) are submitted to CSDCAS and/or the NAU Graduate College no later than January 15. Be sure to request these documents early to allow time for processing.

Part I. Apply online to CSDCAS at https://portal.csdcas.org/.

E-submit your completed CSDCAS application; applications open on September 7 and close at 12:00 PM midnight EST (10:00 PM Arizona Time) on January 15. Carefully read the CSDCAS instructions and their Frequently Asked Questions and be prepared to submit the following:

• GRE test results: When/if available, enter your unofficial GRE scores on the CSDCAS application
• Personal essay: Submit in electronic format
• 3 letters of reference: (paper or electronic)
• Official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended: have them sent directly to CSDCAS
• Submit: After all information has been entered, applicants must pay with a credit card and press the "Submit" button in order for their application to be processed.

It is the applicant’s responsibility to read the CSDCAS Frequently Asked Questions and to monitor the status of their CSDCAS application. Continue to monitor your CSDCAS application status until it says "completed" and "verified". (Admission Status Terms Used by CSDCAS.) If you have questions, contact CSDCAS directly through https://portal.csdcas.org/.

Part II. Apply to the NAU Graduate College at www.nau.edu/gradcol.

E-submit your completed NAU Graduate College application; applications open on September 7 and close at 12:00 PM midnight EST (10:00 PM Arizona Time) on January 15. The NAU Graduate College application requires the following:

• Campus: If you are applying to the Full-Time track, select Flagstaff Mt.; if you are applying to the Summers-Only track, select Online
• Program choice: Select Speech Pathology, Clinical-MS
• Program Track: Indicate one of the following:
  (a) Full-Time Regular (b) Full-Time Leveler (c) Summers-Only.
  Read about our program tracks at: http://csd.nau.edu/graduate/
• Official transcripts: Have all of your previous colleges or universities send transcripts directly to the NAU Graduate College, PO Box 4125, Flagstaff AZ 86011.
• GRE test results: Your official GRE scores must be electronically submitted directly from GRE to the NAU Graduate College; GRE information link
• Prerequisite Courses: A listing of classes you have completed that meet our undergraduate course prerequisite requirements. See our Prerequisites Courses link at http://csd.nau.edu/graduate/prerequisites.php. Applicants admitted into Full-Time or Summers-Only program tracks will be required to submit a course description or class syllabus for each prerequisite course listed. Deficiencies in undergraduate courses do not preclude admission to the Full-Time or Leveler tracks; rather, such courses can be built into the graduate program of study for those students.
• Submit: After all information has been entered, applicants must pay with a credit card and press the “Submit” button in order for their application to be processed.

Applications will not be considered until both the CSDCAS portion and the NAU Graduate College portion have been submitted with all supporting documentation received by the respective deadlines. An email from our department indicating your admission status will be sent to you by the end of the last week in March.

Applicants accepted into the Summers-Only track will be required to submit verification of employment status according to program requirements as outlined at http://csd.nau.edu/graduate/summer/.