Communication Disorders and Sciences - B.S. Degree
Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences
Office: W123 Thompson Hall
(716) 673-3202
Email: communicationdisorders.sciences@fredonia.edu
Website: http://home.fredonia.edu/commdisorders
Major Requirements
Core courses:
| CDS 225 | Introduction to Language | 3 |
| CDS 250 | Speech and Language Development | 3 |
| CDS 268 | Phonetics | 3 |
| CDS 280 | Speech-Language Pathology I | 3 |
| CDS 310 | Speech and Hearing Mechanism | 3 |
| CDS 316 | Speech Science | 3 |
| CDS 322 | Hearing Problems and Tests | 3 |
| CDS 323 | Speech Sound and Language Disorders | 3 |
| CDS 398 | Clinical Methods in Evaluation | 3 |
| CDS 399 | Clinical Methods in Intervention | 3 |
| CDS 410 | Clinical Procedures: Observation and Analysis | 3 |
| CDS 418 | Speech-Language Pathology II | 3 |
| CDS 419 | Aural Habilitation and Rehabilitation | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 39 |
NOTE:
- Other course content (usually taken in an undergraduate program) required for application for ASHA certification: biology, chemistry or physics, statistics, social science or psychology.
- Other course content required for application for New York State Department of Education initial certification for TSSLD certificate: Literacy acquisition, 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, 4) school violence protection, and 5) DASA.
- A student may retake any departmental course once if they earned a D+ or lower and gain the instructor's permission.
Total Credit Hours: 39