Departmental Major Requirements
CDS 389 General and Speech Acoustics
CDS 390 Audiology: Diagnosis and Management
CDS 301 Language Development in Children
CDS 387 Psychoacoustic Science
CDS 388 Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism
CDS 444 Phonological Disorders: Diagnosis & Management
*CDS 480 Clinical Observation and Participation
*CDS 482 Diagnostics in Communicative Disorders
*CDS 484 Aural Rehabilitation
*These courses are for SHS majors only.
Technical Skills:
Statistics Course (3 credits or more) - Choose ANY 1 of the following courses:
- PSY 207 Psychological Statistics
- SOC 294 Basic Statistics for Social Sciences
- SSC 225 Statistics for Social Sciences
- STA 119 Statistical Methods
- CEP 207 Introduction to Statistics and Computing
Computer Course (4 credits) - Choose ANY 1 of the following courses:
- CSE 101 Computers: A General Intro
- MGQ 201 Introduction to Computers and Statistics
Human Biology Requirement:
Choose ANY 1 below for a total of 3 credits or more:
- BIO 129 LEC Perspectives in Human Biology
- BIO 130 LEC Perspectives in Human Biology
- BIO 200 Evolutionary Biology
- ES 207 Fundamentals of Human Form and Function
- SW 101 The Social Context and Human Biology
- PAS 313 Human Anatomy
Physical Science Requirement:
Choose ANY 1 below for a total of 3 credits or more:
- any 3 credit Chemistry course (CHE)
- any 3 credit Physics course (PHY)
Math Requirement:
Choose ANY 1 below for 3 credits or more
- MTH 115 Survey of Algebra and Trigonometry
- MTH 121 Survey of Calculus and Its Applications
- MTH 141 College Calculus 1
- ULC 148 Pre-Calculus Intermediate Algebra and Trigonometry
Linguistics Requirement:
Choose 1 of the following (3 credits) OR an upper level 300 or 400 LIN course other than LIN 355 and LIN 496.
- LIN 205 Introduction to Linguistic Analysis
- LIN 207 Language, Society and the Individual
Human Behavior: (9 credits)
PSY 101 Introductory Psychology
AND ANY TWO of the following:
Transfer course(s) may be used to waive certain major requirements.
Courses for New York State Certification: Teacher of Students with Speech and Language Disabilities (complete A and B) (graduate degree required for certification)
CDS 485 Speech Pathology in the Schools
Choose ANY TWO of the following:
- CEP 400 Educational Psychology
- ELP 405 Sociology of Education
- LAI 205 Introduction to Child Development and Learning
- PSY 336 Developmental Psychology