Minor in Communication Sciences and Disorders
The Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) minor helps students appreciate the wide variety of communication differences and disorders that exist in the field of communication sciences and disorders.
This program prepares students to support individuals with speech, language, and hearing differences and disorders across the life span in educational, vocational, health care, and community settings.
It is important to note that the CSD minor may not provide sufficient preparation for admission to graduate programs in speech-language pathology or audiology.
Requirements
The CSD minor is interdisciplinary in nature. It requires at least nine credits of coursework in communication sciences and disorders and up to nine credits in related areas of study.
Check the University Bulletin for course descriptions and required prerequisites.
Prescribed Courses (6 credits)
Complete all of the following:
- CSD 146: Introduction to Communication Sciences and Disorders
- CSD 269: Deaf Culture (GS)
Additional Courses (3 credits)
Select three credits from:
- CSD 100: Vocal Health for Life (GHW)
- CSD 111: Preventing Hearing Loss (GHW)
- CSD 230: Introduction to Audiology
- CSD 240: Supporting Communication Through the Performing Arts (GS)
- CSD 300: Developmental Considerations in the Assessment and Treatment of Language Disorders
- CSD 311: Clinical Phonetics
- CSD 331: Anatomy and Physiology for Speech and Hearing
Supporting Courses - Developmental and Biological Aspects of Communication and Language (3 credits)
Select three credits from:
- APLNG 200: Introduction to Language, Culture, and Social Interaction (GH; IL)
- BBH 203: Neurological Bases of Human Behavior
- CSD 230: Introduction to Audiology
- CSD 300: Developmental Considerations in the Assessment and Treatment of Language Disorders
- CSD 311: Clinical Phonetics
- CSD 331: Anatomy and Physiology for Speech and Hearing
- CSD 431: Neuroanatomical and Neurophysiological Foundations of Communication Disabilities
- CSD 433: Aural Rehabilitation
- CSD 451: An Introduction to Augmentative and Alternative Communication
- CSD 462: Clinical Bases of Language Disorders
- HDFS 229: Infant and Child Development (GS)
- HDFS 249N: Adult Development and Aging (GS/GHW Interdomain)
- LING 1: Language, Life and Society (GS; US, IL)
- LING 100: Foundations of Linguistics (GS; US, IL)
- PSYCH 212: Introduction to Developmental Psychology (GS)
- PSYCH 256: Introduction to Cognitive Psychology (GS)
- PSYCH 260: Neurological Bases of Human Behavior
Supporting Courses - Interdisciplinary Connections to Communication Sciences and Disorders (6 credits)
Select six credits from:
- APLNG 491: Theory of Second Language Acquisition
- BBH 468: Neuroanatomical Bases for Disorders of Behavior and Health
- BBH 470: Functional and Integrative Neuroscience
- BIOL 467: Molecular Basis of Neurological Diseases
- BIOL 470: Functional and Integrative Neuroscience
- CSD 431: Neuroanatomical and Neurophysiological Foundations of Communication Disabilities
- CSD 433: Aural Rehabilitation
- CSD 442: Introduction to Disorders of Articulation and Phonology
- CSD 444: Introduction to Organic Disorders of Speech and Language
- CSD 451: An Introduction to Augmentative and Alternative Communication
- CSD 462: Clinical Bases of Language Disorders
- HDFS 428: Infant Development
- HDFS 429: Advanced Child Development
- HDFS 445: Development Throughout Adulthood
- LING 404: Phonology I
- LING 429: Language and Thought
- LING 457: Psychology of Language
- NURS 405A: Nursing Care of the Adult Client with Complex Health Problems: Part A
- PSYCH 413: Cognitive Development
- PSYCH 416: Development Throughout Adulthood
- PSYCH 426: Language and Thought
- PSYCH 455: Cognitive Neuroscience
- PSYCH 457: Psychology of Language
- RHS 403: Medical Aspects of Disability
- SPLED 418: Technologies for Persons with Disabilities
