DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIVE DISORDERS

Faculty: Scott Bradley, Patricia Casey, Roxanne DePaul, Giuliana Miolo, Lou Tomes and Mary Ward.

The major of communicative disorders prepares speech-language pathologists for graduate work in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. Speech-language pathologists and audiologists are specialists in human communication, its normal development, and disorders. They are professionally prepared to identify communication disorders in educational, medical and related settings and to offer assistance to persons with speech, language and/or hearing disorders. Specifically, speech disorders may be characterized by difficulty in producing speech sounds (articulation), maintaining speech rhythm or fluency, and controlling voice production. Language disorders may be characterized by an inability to appropriately use speech sounds, words and their meanings, and/or grammatical patterns.
 
 

MAJORS

COMMUNICATIVE DISORDERS (BA)

 1.   COMDIS 270, COMDIS 272 AND COMDIS 278
 2.   COMDIS 375 AND COMDIS 380
 3.   COMDIS 371, COMDIS 376 AND COMDIS 483
 4.   COMDIS 424, COMDIS 426 AND COMDIS 481
 5.   SELECT  6  UNITS  FROM  COURSE  COMDIS 210  OR  3  UNITS FROM COMDIS 210  AND 3 UNITS FROM COMDIS 460 WITH PERMISSION   OF   DEPT.

UNIQUE REQUIREMENT - 15 UNITS
 1.   PSYCH 303 OR PSYCH 424 OR SPECED 466
 2.   ENGLISH 281 OR  ENGLISH 274  OR ENGLISH 372 OR ENGLISH 381
 3.   SELECT 0 - 6  UNITS  FROM  HUMANITIES
 4.   SELECT 0 - 3  UNITS  FROM  ARTS  COURSES
 5.   SELECT  3  UNITS  FROM  RACE  &  ETHNIC  CULTURES

COMMUNICATIVE DISORDERS (BS)

 1.  COMDIS 270, COMDIS 272 AND COMDIS 278
 2.  COMDIS 375 AND COMDIS 380
 3.  COMDIS 371, COMDIS 376 AND COMDIS 483
 4.  COMDIS 424, COMDIS 426 AND COMDIS 481
 5.  SELECT  6  UNITS  FROM  COURSE  COMDIS 21 0 OR  3  UNITS FROM COMDIS 210 AND 3 UNITS FROM COMDIS 460 WITH PERMISSION  OF  DEPT.

UNIQUE   REQUIREMENT - 15 UNITS
 1.  PSYCH 303 OR PSYCH 424
 2.  PSYCH345 or PSYCH 451
 3.  SELECT  3 - 6 UNITS  FROM   SCIENCE   OR
      MATH   142   THRU   499
 4.  SELECT  3 UNITS   FROM   RACE   &   ETHNIC   CULTURES
 5.  SELECT  0 - 6  UNITS   FROM  PSYCHOLOGY  OR  SOCIOLOGY

COMMUNICATIVE DISORDERS (BSE)

 1.  COMDIS 210 AND SPECED 205
 2.  EDFOUND 222 OR EDFOUND 478
 3.  EDFOUND 243 AND COMDIS 450
 4.  EDFOUND 424 OR EDFOUND 425
 5.  C&I READING 360 OR SECNDED 466

MAJOR - 57 UNITS
 1.  COMDIS 270, COMDIS 272 AND COMDIS 278
 2.  COMDIS 371, COMDIS 375, COMDIS 376, COMDIS 380,
      COMDIS 381 AND COMDIS 483
 3.  COMDIS 424, COMDIS 426, COMDIS 472, COMDIS 481
      AND COMDIS 482
 4.  EDFOUND 482 OR MATH 230 OR PSYCH 215
 5.  EDFOUND 481 OR PSYCH 303 OR PSYCH 424
 6.  EDFOUND 212 OR PSYCH 345 OR PSYCH 451
      OR SPECED 466
 7.  SELECT  6  UNITS  FROM  COURSE  COMDIS 210  OR  3  UNITS FROM COMDIS 210  AND  3  UNITS  FROM  COMDIS 460  WITH PERMISSION  OF  DEPT.
 

Writing Proficiency Requirement:
See chairperson for course(s) that satisfy this requirement.

 Additional Licensure Requirements:
For state licensure and national certification a prospective speech-language pathologist must have completed a master's degree in communicative disorders with undergraduate training totaling at least 60 semester credit hours and at least 30 credits in courses taken for graduate credit.
 
 

MINOR

COMMUNICATIVE DISORDERS

1. DECLARATION OF THE MINOR AND SELECTION OF THE 22 REQUIRED CREDITS MUST BE DONE IN CONSULTATION WITH AN ADVISOR FROM COMMUNICATIVE DISORDERS

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