Bachelor of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders

In addition, a student with a major in communication sciences and disorders must have a grade of at least C in each course taken in the College of Communication that is counted toward the degree; if the course is offered on the pass/fail basis only, the student must have the symbol CR.

1. Three semester hours in English or rhetoric and writing in addition to the courses required by the core curriculum.
2. Two courses with a writing flag. Courses that fulfill this requirement are identified in the Course Schedule . They may also be used to fulfill other degree requirements.
3. Three semester hours of coursework in the College of Communication dealing with the study of communication issues concerning at least one minority or nondominant group within the United States. Courses that fulfill this requirement may also be used to fulfill other degree requirements. A partial list of these communication and culture courses is given in the Communication and Culture Requirement  section under the College of Communication's Degrees and Programs section; a complete list is available in the college’s Student Advising Office before registration for each semester and summer session. The courses are also identified in the Course Schedule .
4. Students must demonstrate fourth-semester-level proficiency, or the equivalent, in a foreign language. Courses taken to meet this requirement may not be taken on the pass/fail basis.

   Students who enter the University with a foreign language deficiency must take the first two semesters in a foreign language without degree credit to remove the deficiency.

   The usual course sequence is 406 or 506, 407 or 507 or 508K, 312K, and 312L. For some languages, different course numbers are used; such courses may be counted toward this requirement if they are designed to provide first-semester-level through fourth-semester-level proficiency. Coursework in American Sign Language may be used to fulfill this requirement. Credit may be earned by examination for any part of the sequence.

   An extensive foreign language testing program is available at the University. Students with knowledge of a language are encouraged to take appropriate tests both to earn as much credit as possible and to be placed at the proper level for further study. Students should consult the Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment or the department concerned for information on testing.

5. At least thirty-six semester hours of upper-division coursework.
6. No more than twelve semester hours of transfer credit in communication sciences and disorders may be counted toward the degree.
7. Enough additional coursework to make a total of 120 semester hours. No more than thirty-six semester hours in one field of study may be counted toward the degree.

1. Students specializing in speech/language pathology must complete at least thirty-seven semester hours of coursework in communication sciences and disorders; those specializing in audiology must complete at least thirty-seven hours; those specializing in education of the deaf/hearing-impaired must complete at least thirty-two hours. For students in all three specializations, fifteen hours of this coursework must be upper-division. No more than forty-three semester hours of coursework in communication sciences and disorders may be counted toward the degree. The following courses are required:
   
   1. Speech/language pathology: Communication Sciences and Disorders 306K, 308K, 311K, 313L, 318K, 118L, 341, 350, 358, 358S, 367K, 371, and 373.
   2. Audiology: Communication Sciences and Disorders 306K, 308K, 311K, 313L, 318K, 118L, 341, 350, 358, 358S, 367K, 371, and 373.
   3. Education of the deaf/hearing-impaired: Communication Sciences and Disorders 308K, 311K, 313L, 314L, 318K, 118L, 341, 360M, 367K, 373, and four hours of 175N.
2. At least six semester hours of coursework must be taken in the College of Communication but outside communication sciences and disorders. However, no student may count toward the degree more than forty-nine semester hours (including transfer credit) in College of Communication coursework.
3. No College of Communication course to be counted toward the degree may be taken on the pass/fail basis, unless the course is offered only on that basis.

First Year

1. The student must take three courses from the following group each semester:
   
   1. Rhetoric and Writing 306.
   2. Courses to be counted toward the American history, American and Texas government, social and behavioral sciences, mathematics, and science and technology requirements of the core curriculum.
   3. Courses in a foreign language. Students in education of the deaf/hearing-impaired are encouraged to take American Sign Language.
2. Enough additional coursework to raise the student’s course load to fifteen or sixteen hours each semester. Courses should be chosen with the guidance of a college adviser.

First-year students may not take two beginning foreign language courses in the same semester. First-year students may not take more than eight semester hours in one department.

Second Year

1. The student must take three courses from the following group each semester; four are recommended:
   
   1. English 316K and any three-semester-hour course in English or rhetoric and writing.
   2. Courses to be counted toward the American history, American and Texas government, social and behavioral sciences, mathematics, and science and technology requirements of the core curriculum.
   3. Courses in the foreign language, unless the language requirement has been fulfilled.
2. Communication Sciences and Disorders 306K (for students in speech/language pathology or audiology) or 308K (for students in education of the deaf/hearing-impaired) and other lower-division courses in communication sciences and disorders recommended by the student’s adviser.
3. Enough additional coursework, if needed, to raise the student’s course load to fifteen or sixteen hours each semester.

Third and Fourth Years

1. Two courses with a writing flag.
2. Any remaining courses in the core curriculum and the prescribed work.
3. The remaining courses listed as major requirements.
4. Enough additional coursework to raise the student’s course load to fifteen or sixteen hours each semester.