Bachelor of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Prescribed Work

1. Three semester hours in English or rhetoric and writing in addition to the courses required by the core curriculum.
2. ​Three courses with a writing flag; one course with a quantitative reasoning flag; one course with a global cultures flag; one course with a cultural diversity in the United States flag; one course with an ethics flag; and one course with an independent inquiry flag. The same course cannot be used to satisfy the global cultures and cultural diversity flags even if the course carries both flags. Courses that fulfill flag requirements are identified in the Course Schedule. They may also be used to fulfill other degree requirements.
3. Three semester hours of coursework in the Moody College of Communication dealing with the study of communication issues concerning at least one minority or non-dominant group within the United States. Courses that fulfill this requirement may also be used to fulfill other degree requirements. A complete list is available on the college’s Student Advising website before registration for each semester and summer session.
4. ​Students must satisfy a foreign language and culture requirement in one of the following ways: (a) Demonstrating intermediate proficiency in a single foreign language; (b) Taking two consecutive courses in one language and one approved culture course in a culture that is relevant to the language. A list of approved culture and language courses and combinations will be posted on the Student Advising website before registration for each semester and summer session. 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 with an academic adviser for information on testing.
5. At least six semester hours of coursework must be taken in the Moody College of Communication but outside the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders.
6. ​At least 35 (36 for students in education of the deaf/hearing-impaired) but no more than 48 semester hours of communication sciences and disorders, as described in Major Requirements, below.
7. Three semester hours of coursework in introductory statistics. Courses that fulfill this requirement include Educational Psychology 308, 371; Statistics and Data Sciences 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 328M. Courses that fulfill this requirement may also be used to fulfill other degree, core curriculum, and flag requirements.
8. ​Enough additional coursework to make a total of 120 semester hours.

Special Emphases in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Students majoring in communication sciences and disorders may specialize in speech/language pathology, audiology, or education of the deaf/hearing-impaired. After completing the necessary undergraduate coursework, they may seek the graduate degrees that are required for professional accreditation by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (for those in speech/language pathology and audiology) or the Council on Education of the Deaf (for those in education of the deaf/hearing-impaired). Students in speech/language pathology and audiology who wish to practice in Texas must be licensed by the Texas Department of State Health Services; those in education of the deaf/hearing-impaired must be certified by the Texas State Board for Educator Certification.

Major Requirements

Students specializing in speech/language pathology or audiology must complete at least 35 semester hours of coursework in communication sciences and disorders; those specializing in education of the deaf/hearing-impaired must complete at least 36 hours.  No more than 48 semester hours of coursework in communication sciences and disorders may be counted toward the degree. The course requirements for each track are as follows:

1. Speech/language pathology: Communication Sciences and Disorders 118L, 113P, 306K, 308K, 311K, 312, 313L, 315S, 341, 350, 367K, 371, and 373.
2. Audiology: Communication Sciences and Disorders 118L, 113P, 306K, 308K, 311K,  312, 313L, 315S, 341, 350, 367K, 371, and 373.
3. Education of the deaf/hearing-impaired: Communication Sciences and Disorders 118L,113P, 308K, 311K, 312, 313L, 331E, 341, 360M, 364, 367K, 373, and four hours of 175N.

Order and Choice of Work

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, visual and performing arts, 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.
   4. ​Courses that meet flag requirements.
2. Enough additional coursework to raise the student’s course load to 15 or 16 hours each semester. Courses should be chosen with the guidance of a college adviser.

Second Year

1. The student must take three courses from the following group each semester; four are recommended:
   1. English 316L, 316M, 316N, or 316P, 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, visual and performing arts, and science and technology requirements of the core curriculum.
   3. ​​​Courses in the foreign language, unless the language requirement has been fulfilled.
   4. Courses that meet flag requirements.
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 15 or 16 hours each semester.

Third and Fourth Years

1. Any remaining courses in the core curriculum and the prescribed work.
2. The remaining courses listed as major requirements.
3. Enough additional coursework to raise the student’s course load to 15 or 16 hours each semester.