Degree Requirements

 

B.A. WITH MAJOR IN COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS

Required 125 credits (36 of which must be numbered 300 or above and 60 of which must
be from a 4-year institution) including:

I. Essential Studies Requirements (see University ES listing).
(Laboratory science requirement to be met by 4 credits of anatomy, biology or
physics)

II. The Following Curriculum
A. Major Course Requirements
CSD 223 ....... Phonetics ............................................................................. (3)
CSD 231 ....... Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanism ...... (4)
CSD 232 ....... Survey of Communication Disorders ........................................... (3)
CSD 235 ....... Speech and Hearing Science .................................................... (4)
CSD 333 ....... Articulation and Phonological Development and Disorders ............... (3)
CSD 340 ....... Normal Language Structure ...................................................... (3)
CSD 343 ....... Language Development ........................................................... (3)
CSD 343L ..... Language Development Laboratory ............................................. (2)
CSD 422 ....... Neuroanatomy ....................................................................... (3)
CSD 425 ....... Language, Multiculturalism and Communication Disorders................. (3)
CSD 431 ....... Introduction to Audiology ......................................................... (3)
CSD 434 ....... Aural Rehabilitation ................................................................. (3)
CSD 438 ....... Craniofacial Anomalies ............................................................. (2)
CSD 440 ....... Language Disorders I ............................................................... (3)
CSD 441 ....... Language Disorders II .............................................................. (3)
CSD 461 ....... Senior Capstone...................................................................... (3)
CSD 484 ....... Clinical Practicum I: Speech-Language Pathology .......................... (3)
CSD 485 ....... Clinical Practicum II: Speech-Language Pathology ......................... (3)
                                                                                         Total Credit Hours 54

B. Major courses not required for the B.A., but recommended:
Comm 110 ..... Fundamentals of Public Speaking ............................................... (3)
                                                                                         Total Credit Hours 3

C. Courses required in other departments:
Psyc 241 ...... Introduction to Statistics .......................................................... (4)
Psyc 250 ...... Developmental Psychology ......................................................... (4)
Psyc 270 ...... Abnormal Psychology ................................................................ (3)
Engl 209 ...... Introduction to Linguistics .......................................................... (3)
Math 103 ...... College Algebra (or above) ........................................................ (3)

A course in gerontology is required of all undergraduate majors in CSD. The
following are suggested: Psyc 355, Soc 352.
                                                                                         Total Credit Hours 20

D. Courses Required for Teacher Certification
IS 121 ........... Introduction to Indian Studies .................................................. (3)
Or
T&L 433 ....... Multi-Cultural Education ............................................................ (3)

One course from the following:
T&L 310 ....... Introduction to Early Childhood Education ..................................... (3)
T&L 311 ....... Observation and Assessing Children ............................................. (3)
T&L 313 ....... Language Development and Emerging Literacy ............................... (3)
T&L 315 ....... Education of the Exceptional Student .......................................... (3)
T&L 319 ....... Inclusive Strategies ................................................................. (3)
T&L 330 ....... Infant and Toddler.................................................................... (3)

The Teacher Certification sequence for future speech-language pathologists
also includes:
CSD 400* ..... School Programs in Speech-Language-Hearing ............................... (3)
CSD 585 ....... Practicum in the School Setting (graduate students only) .............. (10)

* CSD 400 must be completed before taking CSD 585