Communication Disorders and Sciences Bachelor of Science degree

Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Communication Disorders and Sciences:

Required Courses

CDS 250Speech and Language Development

3

CDS 268Phonetics

3

CDS 280Speech-Language Pathology I

3

CDS 310Speech and Hearing Mechanism

3

CDS 316Speech Science

3

CDS 322Hearing Problems and Tests

3

CDS 323Speech Sound and Language Disorders

3

CDS 398Clinical Methods in Evaluation

3

CDS 399Clinical Methods in Intervention

3

CDS 410Clinical Procedures: Observation and Analysis

3

CDS 418Speech-Language Pathology II

3

CDS 419Aural Habilitation and Rehabilitation

3

CDS 410: Capstone experience

Other course content (usually taken in an undergraduate program) required for application for ASHA certification: biology, physical science, statistics, social science or psychology.

Other course content required for application for New York State Department of Education initial certification for TSSLD certificate:

Literacy, a foreign language other than English, language acquisition, and in learning processes of motivation, communication and classroom management of students with disabilities and autism. Seminars in 1) child abuse reporting and abduction prevention, 2) alcohol, tobacco and drug abuse prevention, 3) fire safety and 4) school violence protection.

A College Core Curriculum (CCC) foreign language requirement for a B.S. program is a three credit course or passing with an 85 percent on a New York State regents exam. Departmental recommendation is for students to complete a minimum of three credits of a foreign language course to meet the TSSLD certificate.

Students must earn a minimum grade of C- in the following prerequisite courses to continue with the sequence of course work: CDS 250, CDS 268, CDS 310.

A course within the program (other than the above three prerequisite courses) is allowed to be retaken under the following conditions:

  1. A student earned a D+ or lower grade and must have permission of the course instructor;
  2. A student may retake the class one time only.