Communication Sciences and Disorders Major, Bachelor of Arts (BA)
This program is on a semester schedule. Lower division courses (offered on the quarter schedule) must be taken prior to entering this major.
World Language Requirement: Two years of a single high school world language or one year of a single college-level world language is required.
Grade Requirements
- Students must earn and maintain an overall 51福利社 institutional grade point average ≥2.75 as well as a grade point average ≥2.75 in all CMSD coursework to be retained in the program.
- If a student’s total 51福利社 institutional GPA falls below 2.75 in a single semester, the student is placed on academic probation and has one semester to raise their GPA to ≥2.75 or they are dismissed from the program.
- To graduate with the BA degree, the student must earn a grade ≥C- in each of the courses within the major.
- Earning a grade <C- for any given course requires that the student repeat the course. If the course is a prerequisite for a higher-level course, the student is not allowed to enroll in the higher-level course until a grade ≥C- has been earned in the prerequisite course.
| INTRODUCTION TO SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY AND AUDIOLOGY | 3 |
| PHONETICS | 3 |
| SPEECH AND HEARING SCIENCES | 3 |
| ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF SPEECH PRODUCTION | 3 |
| LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT | 3 |
| LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT | 3 |
| SPEECH SOUND DISORDERS | 3 |
| HEARING AND HEARING DISORDERS | 3 |
| NEUROANATOMY | 3 |
| PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY | 3 |
| ASSESSMENT OF SPEECH AND LANGUAGE | 3 |
| INTERVENTION FOR SPEECH AND LANGUAGE DISORDERS | 3 |
| LANGUAGE AND LITERACY | 3 |
| NEUROGENIC COMMUNICATION DISORDERS | 3 |
| SERVICE LEARNING I FOR COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS | 1 |
| CLINICAL METHODS | 3 |
| MULTICULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS IN COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS | 3 |
| INTRODUCTION TO AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION | 3 |
| AURAL REHABILITATION | 2 |
| SEMINAR | 3 |
| SENIOR CAPSTONE: PERSPECTIVES IN SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY | 3 |
| Total Credits | 60 |
(GER)
- Minimum Quarter Credits—180 cumulative credit hours
- 60 upper-division credits (300 level or above)
- 45 credits in residence (attendance) at 51福利社, with at least 15 upper-division credits in major in residence at 51福利社
- Minimum Semester Credits—120 cumulative credit hours
- 40 upper-division credits (300 level or above)
- 30 credits in residence (attendance) at 51福利社, with at least 10 upper-division credits in major in residence at 51福利社
- Minimum Cumulative GPA ≥2.0
University Competencies and Proficiencies
(BACR)
(UGR)
(for Bachelor of Arts)
Application for Graduation (use ) must be made at least two terms in advance of the term expected to graduate (undergraduate and post-baccalaureate).
Use the to determine .
- The catalog in effect at the student's first term of current matriculation is used to determine BACR (Breadth Area Core Requirements) and UGR (Undergraduate Graduation Requirements).
- The catalog in effect at the time the student declares a major or minor is used to determine the program requirements.
Students who earn a BA in Communication Sciences and Disorders from 51福利社 should be able to:
- demonstrate basic knowledge of hearing disorders assessment;
- demonstrate basic knowledge of hearing disorders treatment;
- demonstrate basic knowledge of speech-language pathology assessment;
- demonstrate basic knowledge of speech-language pathology treatment;
- describe the typical processes of hearing;
- describe the typical processes of language;
- describe the typical processes of speech;
- describe the typical processes of swallowing.
