BS in Communication Disorders
(51 hours*)
This is a limited-enrollment program requiring departmental acceptance. Please see the college advisement center for information regarding requirements for
application to this major.
Program Requirements | View MAP
- Complete the following pre-major courses:
COMD 133 : Introduction to Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology.
(2:2:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Overview of communication disorders, assessment strategies, and treatments. |
STAT 121 : Principles of Statistics.
(3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | Independent Study also; Honors also. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| RECOMMENDED: | MATH 110 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Stemplots, boxplots, histograms, scatterplots; central tendency, variability; confidence intervals and hypothesis testing involving one and two means and proportions; contingency tables, simple linear regression. |
: Honors Principles of Statistics.
- Apply for and be admitted to the major.
- After admission to the major, complete the following:
ASL 101 : Conversation ASL, Part 1.
(4:4:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Basic ASL skills, both receptive and expressive. Basic conversation skill, emphasizing vocabulary building and pragmatics. Introduction to deafness and ASL. |
| NOTE: | Intended for students with little or no experience in ASL. |
COMD 330 : Language Development.
(3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Overview of how children learn language, including its relationship to cognitive, neural, and social development; language development in bilingual, minority, and handicapped persons. |
COMD 332 : Language Science.
(3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Morphology, syntax, and semantic roles in language of children and adults; uses both manual and computer-assisted methods. |
COMD 350 : Language Impairment.
(3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | COMD 330 & COMD 332 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Causes and characteristics of language impairment; techniques for diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of language disorders. |
COMD 351 : Disorders of Articulation and Phonology.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | COMD 331 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Causes and characteristics of phonological disorders; techniques for diagnosis, assessment, and treatment. |
COMD 421 : Speech Science.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | COMD 331 & COMD 334 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Laboratory investigation of scientific bases of normal and disordered speech perception and production; for audiologists and speech language pathologists. |
COMD 430 : Medical Speech Pathology.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | PDBIO 220 & COMD 320 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Genetic, gestational, and neurogenic factors related to communication disorders in children and adults; role of the speech-language pathologist in medical teams. |
COMD 442 : Aural Rehabilitation.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | COMD 438 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Basic principles of hearing assessment and aural rehabilitation in children from birth to eight years. |
COMD 450 : Professional Practices.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | COMD 350 |
| RECOMMENDED: | ComD 351. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Overview of issues related to clinical practice in public schools and other settings. |
MATH 110 : College Algebra.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | Math 97 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Functions, polynomials, theory of equations, exponential and logarithmic functions, matrices, determinants, systems of linear equations, permutations, combinations, binomial theorem. |
*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.