Communication Disorders, B.A.

Communication Disorders

CRITICAL REQUIREMENTS

SEMESTER 1: “C” or better in ENGL 1001 .
SEMESTER 2: First course in Foreign Language Sequence.
SEMESTER 3: COMD 2050 ; Second course in Foreign Language Sequence; Admission to the College.
SEMESTER 4: COMD 2081 ; COMD 3150 .
SEMESTER 5: COMD 4250 ; ENGL 2000 .

Admission to a curriculum in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders requires that a student be admissible to the College of Humanities & Social Sciences and have a GPA of 2.50 or above on all work taken within the LSU System and on all work taken overall. Majors in Communication Disorders are required to take the following courses: BIOL 2160 , EXST 2201 , COMD 2050 , COMD 2081 , COMD 3150 , COMD 4153 , COMD 4190 , COMD 4250 , COMD 4380 , COMD 4381 , COMD 4382 , and COMD 4383 . Prospective students who have not attained a 2.50 average may petition the Department’s Committee of Undergraduate Advisors for a waiver of the 2.50 requirement based on special circumstances.

Consult “Degree Requirements of the College ” in this section of the catalog for specific instructions regarding electives and the general education life and physical sciences, literature, mathematics, and social sciences requirements.

Semester 1

CRITICAL: “C” or better in ENGL 1001 .
ENGL 1001 English Composition (3)
First Course in Foreign Language Sequence (4)
General Education course - Natural Sciences (3)¹
General Education course - Arts (3)
MATH 1021 College Algebra (3)

Total Semester Hours: 16

Semester 2

CRITICAL: First course in Foreign Language Sequence.

General Education course - Humanities (3)
Second Course in Foreign Language Sequence (4)
General Education course - Natural Sciences (3)¹
General Education course - Social Sciences (3)
Approved Elective (0-2)

Total Semester Hours: 13-15

Semester 3

CRITICAL: COMD 2050 ; Second course in Foreign Language Sequence; Admission to the College.
BIOL 2160 Human Physiology (3)
COMD 2050 Introduction to Language (3)
Third Course in Foreign Language Sequence (4-3)
General Education course - Natural Sciences (3)¹
General Education course - Humanities (3)

Total Semester Hours: 16-15

Semester 4

CRITICAL: COMD 2081 ; COMD 3150 .
COMD 2081 Introduction to Communication Disorders (3)
ENGL 2000 English Composition (3)
EXST 2201 Introduction to Statistical Analysis (4)
COMD 3150 Phonetics (3)
Fourth Course in Foreign Language Sequence (4-3)

Total Semester Hours: 17-16

Semester 5

CRITICAL: COMD 4250 ; ENGL 2000 .
COMD 4250 Anatomy and Physiology of Speech and Hearing (3)
COMD 4380 Speech and Language Development (4)
General Education course - Humanities (3)
Approved Elective (3)

Total Semester Hours: 13

Semester 6

Total Semester Hours: 16

Semester 7

COMD 4383 Basic Fluency Disorders (3)
Approved Electives (11)

Total Semester Hours: 14

Semester 8

Approved Electives (15)

Total Semester Hours: 15

120 Total Sem. Hrs.

¹- For students planning to attend an accredited graduate program for Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology, we strongly recommend taking BIOL 1001 & BIOL 1002 plus one of the following: PHSC 1001 or PHYS 2001 or CHEM 1001 . If two course sequence is taken in the natural sciences, the additional three-hour course must be taken from the life sciences, and vice versa.