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B.S. Communication Sciences & Disorders

We recommend students in this major take a minor; however, it is not required.

Major Requirements

Policy for Admission to Upper Division COMDIS Courses

Policy for Admission to Upper Division COMDIS Courses

1. Admission by cohort, limited to acceptance of 30 students per academic year with formal admission in the Fall Semester of each academic year.
2. Application for admission allowed during semester of completion of a minimum of 45 credits (for most students this will be at the end of their first semester, Sophomore year).
3. Completion of a Physics course (130, 212, or 240) with a minimum grade of C- and completion of a Biology course with a minimum grade of C-. One of these two courses must be designated as a lab course.
4. Completion of COMDIS 270.
5. A minimum combined cumulative GPA of 2.75
6. An average GPA of 3.0 at least in the following courses:
   • COMDIS 278 Anatomy & Physiology of Human Communication
   • COMDIS 272 Phonetics and Its Related Processes
   • COMDIS 240 Hearing and Speech Science

*Meeting all minimum requirements does not guarantee admittance to upper division courses. When all admittance criteria are met by the applicant, the combined GPA will serve as the determining factor for admission to the upper division COMDIS courses in terms of filling the limit of 30 students being enrolled per year.

Major & Writing (42 Credits)  

·         COMDIS 240: Hearing and Speech Science

·         COMDIS 270: Introduction to Human Communication and Disorders

·         COMDIS 272: Phonetics and its Related Processes

·         COMDIS 278: Anatomy and Physiology of Human Communication

·         COMDIS 371: Introduction to Clinical Practicum in Communicative Disorders

·         COMDIS 380: Speech and Language Development

·         COMDIS 426: Neural Bases of Speech and Language

·         COMDIS 481: Language Disorders in Children

·         COMDIS 482: Audiometry

·         COMDIS 483: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

·         COMDIS 484: Aural Rehabilitation

·         COMDIS 485: Senior Seminar  OR

·         COMDIS 460: Practicum in Communicative Disorders

 

·         COMDIS 424: Communicative Disorders Across the Life Span  OR

·         COMDIS 477: Disorders of Speech Production

 

English/Writing

•  ENGLISH 281: Introduction to Language Study

Choose one:

• ENGLISH 370: Advanced Composition  OR
• ENGLISH 371: Writing in the Sciences  OR
  
• ENGLISH 372: Technical and Scientific Writing

 

Unique Requirements (18 Credits)

• PSYCH 211: Introductory Psychology

Choose one:

• MATH 230: Introductory Statistics  OR
• PSYCH 215: Basic Statistical Methods  OR
• EDFOUND 482: Educational Statistics  OR
• SOCIOLOGY 295: Basic Social Statistics

Choose one:

• EDFOUND 222: Child Development  OR
• EDFOUND 230: Introduction to Human Development  OR
• PSYCH 331: Psychology of Childhood  OR
• PSYCH 332: Psychology of Adolescence

Choose one:

• PSYCH 303: Learning and Conditioning  OR
• PSYCH 351: Cognitive Psychology  OR
• EDFOUND 481: Human Abilities and Learning

Choose one:

• EDFOUND 243: Foundations of Education in a Pluralistic Society  OR
• SOCIOLOGY 265: Race and Ethnic Relations

Choose one:

• SPECED 205: Psychology of the Exceptional Child  OR
• SPECED 376: Medical Aspects of Disability  OR
• PSYCH 345: Abnormal Psychology  OR
• SOCIOLOGY 315: Sociology of Disability