Communication Disorders and Sciences Bachelor of Science

Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Communication Disorders and Sciences:

Required courses:

CDS 250	Speech and Language Development	3
CDS 268	Phonetics	3
CDS 280	Speech-Language Pathology I	3
CDS 310	Speech and Hearing Mechanism	3
CDS 316	Speech Science	3
CDS 322	Hearing Problems and Tests	3
CDS 323	Speech Sound and Language Disorders	3
CDS 398	Clinical Methods in Evaluation	3
CDS 399	Clinical Methods in Intervention	3
CDS 410	Clinical Procedures: Observation and Analysis	3
CDS 418	Speech-Language Pathology II	3
CDS 419	Aural Habilitation and Rehabilitation	3
Total Credit Hours:		36

NOTE:

• Other course content (usually taken in an undergraduate program) required for application for ASHA certification: biology, physical science, statistics, social science or psychology.
• Other course content required for application for New York State Department of Education initial certification for TSSLD certificate:
• Literacy, a foreign language other than English, language acquisition, and in learning processes of motivation, communication and classroom management of students with disabilities and autism. Seminars in: 1) child abuse reporting and abduction prevention, 2) alcohol, tobacco and drug abuse prevention, 3) fire safety, and 4) school violence protection.
• A College Core Curriculum (CCC) foreign language requirement for a B.S. program is a three credit course or passing with an 85 percent on a New York State regents exam. Departmental recommendation is for students to complete a minimum of three credits of a foreign language course to meet the TSSLD certificate requirement.
• A course within the program (other than the above three prerequisite courses) is allowed to be retaken under the following conditions:
  • A student earned a D+ or lower grade and must have permission of the course instructor;
  • A student may retake the class one time only.

Total Credit Hours: 36