ORPAS – Program Requirements Overview

2025 Positions: 15

2024 Applicants: 39

Prerequisites:

• 3 units (1 half-year course) in intermediate-level quantitative statistics or research methods
• 3 units (1 half-year course) in human physiology or anatomy
• 3 units (1 half-year course) in acoustics, or sound/speech analysis
• 3 units (1 half-year course) in psychology in a relevant field (e.g., child development, aging, perception)
• 3 relevant units (1 half-year course) in linguistics, preferably in general phonetics or phonetics/phonology
  • Note: It is understood that these units must be recognized as units in the study of language in the context of contemporary linguistics, and not in study of a particular language (including the phonology/phonetics of the language in question), or literature, writing, culture or folklore, regardless of the department in which they were offered.

List of accepted course equivalencies for the audiology program.

Minimum Academic Requirements:

• Hold an honours bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) with an average of at least B (70%) or
• be in the process of successfully completing 3 years, at a recognized Canadian university, with the equivalent of 15 units per term (i.e., 5 courses of 3 units per fall and winter terms) in an honours 4-year bachelor’s degree program (or equivalent) with a minimum cumulative grade point average of A (85%) after the winter term of the third year or
• hold a CEGEP diploma and a minimum of 2 years (60 units) of university study in an equivalent program in Q\uebec at the equivalent of 15 units per term (i.e., 5 courses per fall and winter terms) with a minimum cumulative grade point average of A (85%) after the winter term of the second year.

References: Not required

Transcripts Required: University

Other requirements:

• CV
• Complete the Casper exam (the Casper exam can be taken in French or English, depending on your preference)
• Complete a language proficiency test, in the other official language than the language of your undergraduate degree. This test is administered by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute (OLBI) at the University of Ottawa.
  • If English was the language of instruction in your undergraduate program, you will need to take a French proficiency test.
  • If French was the language of instruction in your undergraduate program, you will need to take an English proficiency test.
  • If the language of instruction in your undergraduate program was neither English nor French, you will have to take both language proficiency tests (English and French).
  • If you have completed multiple university degrees, including at least 1 in French and 1 in English, you can request an exemption from the language test by emailing healthsc@uottawa.ca. Please note that the language test requirement will remain in place unless you receive confirmation of this exemption.

The cost of the examination and the tests is the responsibility of the candidate.