Suggested Arrangement of Courses, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (BSSLH)
Requirements | Hours | |
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1st Semester | ||
SLH 308K | Perspectives on Deafness (Major) | 3 |
Natural Science and Technology, Part I (Core) 030 | 3 | |
RHE 306 | Rhetoric and Writing (Core) 010 | 3 |
COM 301E | Introduction to Communication Foundations (General Education) | 3 |
UGS 302 | First-Year Signature Course (Core) 090 | 3 |
or UGS 303 | First-Year Signature Course | |
2nd Semester | ||
SLH 306K | Introduction to Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (Major) | 3 |
Statistics course (Core, Major) 020 | 3 | |
Natural Science and Technology, Part I (Core) 030 | 3 | |
Foreign Language (General Education) | 6 | |
3rd Semester | ||
SLH 313L & SLH 113P | Hearing Science and Hearing Science: Laboratory (Major) | 4 |
COM 302E | Interdisciplinary Communication Foundations (General Education) | 3 |
GOV 310L | American and Texas Government (Core) 070 | 3 |
Foreign Language (General Education) | 6 | |
4th Semester | ||
SLH 311K | Phonetic Description of Speech (Major) | 3 |
SLH 312 & SLH 118L | Developmental Language Science and Development Language Science: Laboratory (Major) | 4 |
GOV 312L | Issues and Policies in American Government (Core) 070 | 3 |
Language/Culture course (General Education) | 3 | |
Free elective (Elective) | 3 | |
5th Semester | ||
SLH 315S | Speech Science (Major) | 3 |
Upper-division Elective course (Elective) | 3 | |
U.S. History (Core) 060 | 3 | |
Natural Science and Technology, Part II (Core) 093 | 3 | |
E 316L | British Literature (Core) 040 | 3 |
or E 316M | American Literature | |
or E 316N | World Literature | |
or E 316P | Masterworks of Literature | |
6th Semester | ||
SLH 341 | Principles of Audiology (Major) | 3 |
Upper-division elective (Elective) | 3 | |
Upper-division elective (Elective) | 3 | |
U.S. History (Core) 060 | 3 | |
Social and Behavioral Sciences (Core) 080 | 3 | |
7th Semester | ||
SLH 350 | Language and the Brain (Major) | 3 |
SLH 358 | Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanism (Major) | 3 |
Visual and Performing Arts (Core) 050 | 3 | |
Upper-division elective (Elective) | 3 | |
SLH 158L | Anatomy and Physiology of Speech and Hearing: Laboratory (Major) | 1 |
8th Semester | ||
SLH 367K | Introduction to Speech and Language Disorders Assessment and Treatment in Children (Major) | 3 |
SLH 371 | Introduction to Speech and Language Disorders Assessment and Treatment in Adults (Major) | 3 |
SLH 373 | Principles of Aural Rehabilitation (Major) | 3 |
Upper-division Elective courses (Elective) | 6 | |
Total Hours | 120 |
Four-year degree suggestion (for planning purposes only).
Currently enrolled students should meet with their academic advisor.
Course categories: Core, General Education†, Major, Elective, Opportunity
Core Component Areas: 010 Communication; 020 Mathematics; 030 Natural Science and Technology, Part I; 040 Humanities; 050 Visual and Performing Arts; 060 U.S. History; 070 American and Texas Government; 080 Social and Behavioral Sciences; 090 First-Year Signature Course; 093 Natural Science and Technology, Part II
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