Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences
California State University Northridge
Policy on Repeating Pre-Clinical Phase Classes for Department
Undergraduate and Pre-CDS Majors
The SOLAR system will block registration if a student seeks to enroll in a class that has been
previously attempted. The University policy allows students to request enrollment for a repeated
class by permission number only on or after the first day of instruction.
In the Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences, a grade of A or B in the pre-clinical
phase block of courses (i.e., CD 405, 410, 415, and 442) is one of the requirements in order for a
student to be awarded clinical privileges. Holding clinical privileges is necessary for a student to
be eligible to take any advanced course that involves client contact (i.e., CD 469O, CD 465, CD
566, and CD 469B).
Under the present circumstances of significantly reduced budget for instruction at CSUN and a
very high demand for pre-clinical phase classes by first-time students, the department will not
offer permission numbers to any student requesting a repeat of any pre-clinical phase course for
the Fall 2011 term.
For an undergraduate major in Communication Disorders and Sciences who is not eligible for the
clinical phase due to a grade of less than a B in a pre-clinical phase class, the option is to
continue taking the remainder of the courses in the major without taking any of the client contact
classes. This is called a “non-clinical major”. It allows a student the opportunity to complete the
major requirements of the BA degree by substituting or waiving CD 469O, CD 465, CD 566, and
CD 469B. Course substitution will be considered if the student needs additional classes to meet
graduate requirements; otherwise, the clinical contact classes will be waived. Students who find
themselves in the situation of not having a satisfactory grade in a pre-clinical phase class to
advance to clinical privileges should contact their department academic advisors for assistance.
Pre-CDS majors are post-graduate students who are enrolled in a specific course of study to
qualify for admission to a graduate program in Speech-Language Pathology. The same rules on
access to a repeat class apply to Pre-CDS majors, in that permission numbers will not be
available for the Fall 2010 term for repeating a pre-clinical phase class. However, as graduate
students, pre-CDS majors will not be allowed to progress any further in the program until the lessthan-satisfactory grade in a pre-clinical phase class is resolved by a grade of B or better in some
future semester.
At a future term, if conditions permit, it may be possible to relax the restriction on repeating preclinical phase classes. At any point, if a student repeats a class and earns a grade of B or better,
that class would be counted toward fulfill of the academic requirements for clinical privileges.
Finally, the department will not accept a class taken at another university as a substitute for a
course taken in the pre-clinical phase with a grade of less than a B. In other words, the only
acceptable repeated course is one taken in the same academic program as the original course.