Sample Degree Plan
Communication Disorders and Sciences, B.S. Sample Degree Map
The Communication Disorders and Sciences B.S. degree challenges and inspires students to become competent professionals by developing a foundation of knowledge and effective clinical skills. Students will demonstrate a positive attitude for learning, connect in cooperative relationships with faculty, supervisors, and fellow students, and develop responsibility for ethical and professional behavior in the academic and clinical environments.
Sample Degree Plan
First Year
Fall Semester
Course | Credits | |
CDS 100 | Freshman Seminar in SLP | 1 |
CDS 225 | Intro to Language | 3 |
ENGL 100 | Craft of Writing | 3 |
FF | Course | 3 |
FF | Course | 3 |
General Elective | 3 | |
TOTAL | 16 |
Spring Semester
Course | Credits | |
CDS 150 | Intro to Communication Disorders | 3 |
FF | Course | 3 |
FF | Course | 3 |
FF | Course | 3 |
General Elective | 3 | |
TOTAL | 15 |
Second Year
Fall Semester
Course | Credits | |
CDS 268 | Phonetics | 3 |
CDS 310 | Speech and Hearing Mechanism | 3 |
EDU 225 | Child Development | 3 |
General Elective | 3 | |
General Elective | 3 | |
TOTAL | 15 |
Spring Semester
Course | Credits | |
CDS 250 | Speech & Lang Development | 3 |
CDS 280 | Speech Language Pathology I | 3 |
CDS 316 | Speech Science | 3 |
STAT 200+ | Course | 3 |
General Elective | 3 | |
TOTAL | 15 |
Third Year
Fall Semester
Course | Credits | |
CDS 398 | Clinical Methods in Evaluation* | 3 |
FF | Course | 3 |
FF | Course | 3 |
FF | Course | 3 |
General Elective | 3 | |
TOTAL | 15 |
Spring Semester
Course | Credits | |
CDS 322 | Hearing Problems and Tests | 3 |
CDS 323 | Speech Sound and Language Disorders | 3 |
CDS 399 | Clinical Methods in Intervention | 3 |
FF | Course | 3 |
General Elective | 3 | |
TOTAL | 15 |
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
Course | Credits | |
CDS 400 | Found. of SLP in Ed Set* | 2 |
CDS 410 | Clinical Procedures: Observation & Analysis | 3 |
CDS 418 | Speech Language Pathology II | 3 |
CDS 419 | Aural Habilitation and Rehabilitation | 3 |
General Elective | 3 | |
General Elective | 3 | |
TOTAL | 17 |
Spring Semester
Course | Credits | |
CDS 495 | Seminar in SLP and Audiology* | 3 |
EDU 303 | SAVE/DASA/Fire and Arson* | 1 |
General Elective | 3 | |
General Elective | 3 | |
General Elective | 2 | |
TOTAL | 12 |