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To be awarded the degree of Bachelor of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders, the candidate must complete 120 semester hours of coursework and must fulfill the University's General Requirements for graduation, the Core Curriculum requirements, the college graduation requirements, the requirements and policies listed in Academic Policies and Procedures, and the requirements given in Prescribed Work, Major Requirements, and Special Requirements of the Major, below.

Special Emphases in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Students majoring in communication sciences and disorders may specialize in speech/language pathology, audiology, or education of the deaf/hearing-impaired. After completing the necessary undergraduate coursework, they may seek the graduate degrees that are required for professional accreditation by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (for those in speech/language pathology and audiology) or the Council on Education of the Deaf (for those in education of the deaf/hearing-impaired). Students in speech/language pathology and audiology who wish to practice in Texas must be licensed by the Texas Department of State Health Services; those in education of the deaf/hearing-impaired must be certified by the Texas State Board for Educator Certification.

Major Requirements

Students specializing in speech/language pathology or audiology must complete at least 35 semester hours of coursework in communication sciences and disorders; those specializing in education of the deaf/hearing-impaired must complete at least 36 hours. No more than 48 semester hours of coursework in communication sciences and disorders may be counted toward the degree. The course requirements for each track are as follows:

Speech/language pathology: Communication Sciences and Disorders 118L, 113P, 306K, 308K, 311K, 312, 313L, 315S, 341, 350, 367K, 371, and 373.

Audiology: Communication Sciences and Disorders 118L, 113P, 306K, 308K, 311K, 312, 313L, 315S, 341, 350, 367K, 371, and 373.

Education of the deaf/hearing-impaired: Communication Sciences and Disorders 118L,113P, 308K, 311K, 312, 313L, 331E, 341, 360M, 364, 367K, 373, and four hours of 175N.