Undergraduate Program
The undergraduate program in Communicative Sciences and Disorders is designed to disseminate existing knowledge of speech, language and hearing disorders, and to provide clinical experience in the recognition, prevention, assessment/diagnosis, and treatment of speech, language and hearing disorders. The undergraduate program ultimately prepares students for graduate study in speech-language pathology or audiology.
In the undergraduate program, students engage in a wide range of preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic experiences under the direct supervision of ASHA certified faculty and clinical staff. These experiences include mass screenings, public education, individual case management (assessment and treatment), group therapy, and diagnostic evaluations. Through the Hampton University Speech, Language and Hearing clinic students are given the opportunity to serve children and adults with diverse communication disorders, such as articulation and phonological disorders, fluency disorders language delays, language disorders associated with cognitive impairments, language disorders associated with cognitive impairments, and speech and language disorders associated with hearing impairments. Students may also gain experience with providing dialect and accent reduction services.
Admissions Procedures
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Degree Plan Bachelor of Arts Communicative Sciences and Disorders
| First Year | Semester |
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| 1st | 2nd | |
| English 101-102 | 3 |
3 |
| Mathematics 109, 110 | 3 |
3 |
| University 101 | 1 |
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| History 105 or 107, 106 | 3 |
3 |
| P.E. Activity | 1 |
1 |
| Biology 103 | 4 |
- |
| Comm. Dis. 201 | 3 |
|
| CSC 120 | 3 |
|
| Total Semester Credits: | 15 |
16 |
| Second Year | Semester |
|
1st |
2nd |
|
| Physical Science elective | 3 |
|
| Health Education 200 | 2 |
|
| Psychology 203 | 3 |
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| Special Education 307 | 3 |
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| Oral Communication 103 | 3 |
|
| Comm. Dis. 224 | 3 |
|
| Comm. Dis. 227 | 3 |
|
| Comm. Dis. 228 | 3 |
|
| Comm. Dis. 300 | 3 |
|
| Humanities 201, 202 | 3 |
3 |
| Total Semester Credits: | 15 |
17 |
| Third Year | Semester | |
1st |
2nd |
|
| Comm. Dis. 301 | 3 |
|
| Comm. Dis. 310 | 1 |
|
| Comm. Dis. 311 | 1 |
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| Comm. Dis. 315 | 3 |
|
| Comm. Dis. 316 | 3 |
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| Psychology 346 | 3 |
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| *Foreign Language | 3 |
3 |
| Psychology 311 | 3 |
|
| Comm. Dis. Elective | 3 |
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| Comm. Dis. 332 | 3 |
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| Comm. Dis. 331 | 3 |
|
| Total Semester Credits: | 16 |
16 |
| Fourth Year | Semester |
|
1st |
2nd |
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| Comm. Dis. Elective | 3 |
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| Comm. Dis. 425 | 4 |
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| Comm. Dis. 429 | 3 |
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| Comm. Dis. 426* | 4 |
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| Comm. Dis. 432 | 3 |
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| Comm. Dis. 436 | 3 |
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| Comm. Dis. Elective | 3 |
|
| Social Sciences elective | 3 |
3 |
Total Semester Credits: |
16 |
13 |
*Students are to take 6 credits of a foreign language beginning at the level indicated by placement testing.
**Successful completion requires one hundred clock hours of supervised clinical experience.
Undergraduate Course Electives
CDS 305 – Language Development II – Spring offering
CDS 431 – Neuroscience for Students in Communicative Sciences and Disorders –Fall offering
CDS 438 – Introduction to Speech Science –Spring offering
CDS 499 – Independent Study – Offered every semester
CDS 500 – Introduction to Scientific and Professional Communication – Fall offering
CDS 501 – Research Design in Communication Sciences and Disorders Fall - Spring offering
CDS 507 – Stuttering and Other Fluency Disorders – Spring offering