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This preprofessional degree helps you prepare to pursue graduate education in speech-language pathology or audiology. Careers in these fields allow you to work with children and adults who have speech, language, swallowing, or hearing disorders. You will offer professional assistance to enhance our most distinctive human ability - communication.
The curriculum offers courses and practical experiences that prepare you to work with people who have communication disorders in settings such as schools, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, clinics, and private practices. These practicum courses offer services through the Communication Disorders Clinic to the campus and surrounding community.
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this degree, students will:
- acquire basic knowledge of the normal nature and development of speech.
- acquire basic knowledge of language and hearing.
- acquire basic knowledge of assessment, treatment and prevention of speech, language and hearing disorders.
- demonstrate basic clinical skills of assessment.
- demonstrate basic skill in the design and implementation of appropriate treatment plans.
- acquire oral and written communication abilities and interpersonal skills needed for the assessment and treatment of speech, language and hearing disorders.
Program Delivery:
- This program is available on-campus
Declaring this Major:
General Requirements:
Program Requirements:
- A GPA of 2.00 or higher for all major department courses taken
- A grade of C- or better for all CSD courses taken is required
Program Recommendations:
- You may wish to consider elective courses that fulfill requirements for a minor that supports preparation of CSD majors.
To earn a B.S. with a major in Communication Sciences and Disorders, you must fulfill the following requirements in addition to the General Requirements noted above:
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