Students Majoring in Communication Disorders, Health & Human Performance:
After your initial advisement, use this Academic Map as the written semester-by-semester guide completed by your advisor to check your
progress each semester. Be sure to see your advisor regularly. Turn in your upper division and intent to graduate forms on schedule! See your
advisor if in any semester you are unable to enroll in the recommended Communication Disorders course. You may need to enroll through
“Permission of Department” (POD). Your advisor will assist you.
Health and Human Performance Department
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
Academic Map/Extended Course of Study (120 hours degree)
(August 2012)
Students who have limited time for attending classes and studying outside class may choose to complete the Communication Disorders major through an
extended course of study. This program sequences the Communication Disorders courses the same as the regular course of study but spreads the
sequence over 5 years. Students sometimes need additional time to focus, build knowledge, and improve or maintain good grades. Students may choose to
start the extended program when personal circumstances may prevent them from being successful in the regular program, or they may change to the
extended program. When enrolling in fewer Communication Disorders courses in a given semester, students must be careful to sequence courses
appropriately so that prerequisites are met. Academic advisement each semester is important. Students should check their lottery scholarship qualifications
regularly.
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Baccalaureate Degree - minimum 120 hours
General Education - 41 hours
Communication Disorders Major - 42 hours academic and clinical coursework
Minor - 18 hours (hours vary; check each minor and have minor advisor)
Guided Electives - 12 hours (see list of options)
General Electives - 7 hours
Students who make lower than B- in ENGL 1010 or 1020 and students who demonstrate poor writing skills in course work,
as assessed by two faculty members, will be required to take an additional English course that focuses on writing.
Students who may benefit from an extended program will follow the following Course of Study (add general education and minor coursework):
YEAR 1 or 2
Fall
CDIS 3050 or
YEAR 3
Fall
CDIS 3260/3450
YEAR 5
Fall
CDIS 4560
CDIS 4850
Guided Elec.
Spring
CDIS 3050
Spring
CDIS 3260/4800
CDIS 3350
YEAR 2
Fall
CDIS 3150
Spring
CDIS 3200
YEAR 4
Fall
CDIS 3300
CDIS 3400
Guided Elec.
Spring
CDIS 4500
CDIS 4550
Guided Elec.
Spring
CDIS 4570/4600/4650
CDIS 4900
Guided Elec.
Prerequisites for CD Courses (To enroll in any CDIS course, a minimum grade of C is required for prerequisites.)
CDIS 3200
CDIS 3050 & 3150
CDIS 3300
CDIS 3050, 3150,3200,3260,2.6 overall GPA, 2.8 GPA in Major (see current catalog)
CDIS 3350
CDIS 3050
CDIS 3400
CDIS 3050
CDIS 3450
CDIS 3050
CDIS 4400
CDIS 3050, 3300, 3400
CDIS 4500
CDIS 3050, 3260, 3350
CDIS 4550
CDIS 3300, application, criteria standards & faculty approval
CDIS 4560&4570
CDIS 4550, 4560 respectively, application, standards & faculty approval
CDIS 4580*
CDIS 4570, application, standards & faculty approval
CDIS 4600
CDIS 4550, 4560, application & faculty approval
CDIS 4650*
CDIS 4550, 4560, application & faculty approval
CDIS 4700*
CDIS 3350 & 4550 or permission of instructor
CDIS 4710, 4720, 4730*
CDIS 4700, 4710, 4720 respectively
CDIS 4750*
CDIS 3300, 3350 or permission of instructor
CDIS 4850
CDIS 3400 & 4550 or permission of instructor
CDIS 4900
CDIS 4550 or permission of instructor
CDIS 4950*
CDIS 3300 or permission of instructor
*May receive Guided Elective credit (see back for additional Guided Elective courses)
Writing Requirement
Students who make lower than B- in ENGL 1010 and 1020 and students who demonstrate poor writing skills in course work, as assessed by two faculty
members, will be required to take an additional English course that focuses on writing.
(Extended)
Application for Clinical Practicum (prior to CDIS 4550)
Prior to enrollment in clinical practicum, students must meet academic and professional eligibility criteria established by the faculty and published
in the clinic manual. Academic criteria include a minimum overall GPA of 2.60 in 60 credit hours or 3.00 in the last 30 credit hours, a minimal
GPA of 2.80 in the major, a minimal grade of C in each prerequisite course, and competence in speaking and writing. Students make application for Clinical
Practicum while enrolled in CDIS 3300 the prior semester to enrolling in Clinical Practicum.
Guided Electives (12 hours required in addition to major/minor courses)
ANTH 3410 Anthropological Linguistics
3 hours
CDFS 3340 Life-span Human Development
3
CDIS 3250 Speech and Language Development
3
(Students who have declared a CD major may not take this course for a guided elective credit)
CDIS 4400 Introduction to Neurogenic Communication Disorders
3
CDIS 4580 Practicum in Speech-Language Pathology I-D
3
CDIS 4650 Practicum in Speech-Language pathology III
3 (1/2 of the 6-hour course may apply)
CDIS 4700-4730 Audiology Practicum A-B-C
1-3
CDIS 4750 Advanced Audiology
3
CDIS 4950 Special Topics in Communication Disorders-Research
3
CDIS 4950 Special Topics in Communication Disorders-Neuro.
3
COMM 3560 Intercultural Communication
3
FOED 1110 Education as a Profession
3
FOED 2110 Educational Psychology
3
MATH 1530 Applied Statistics
3
MATH 2050 Probability and Statistics
3
PSY 2300 Developmental Psychology
3
PSY 3250 Perspectives on Black Psychology
3
PSY 4030 Psychology of Sensation and Perception
3
QM 2610&3620 Statistical Methods
3-6
SOC 4020 Sociology of Aging
3
SPED 3010 Survey of the Exceptional Child
3
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