Bachelor of Arts in Communicative Disorders

There are 12 core courses required for the major, constituting 36 units. The Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Communicative Disorders (CD) is designed to provide students with the prerequisite knowledge necessary to apply to graduate study leading to the completion of a master’s degree in speech-language pathology or doctoral study in audiology. The BA degree in CD also provides a strong foundation for a variety of careers and graduate programs in education, health and social services, such as special education, education, rehabilitation counseling, psychology and many other related fields. Undergraduates enter the program in their junior year, usually after having completed most or all of the general education requirements for a Bachelor's degree. Students who have questions regarding general education requirements need to contact a general education advisor in the Advising Center. All undergraduate students must complete 120 units to graduate from the university. Undergraduate students may (upon advisement) take up to 6 units of CD graduate coursework, beyond the 120 units required for graduation, during their final semester as an undergraduate Required Academic Courses (36 Units) CD651 Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism CD652 Audiology CD653 Fluency and Voice Disorders CD654 Audiometry CD656 Diagnosis of Communicative Disorders CD658 Communication Development and Disorders CD659 Articulatory and Phonological Disorders CD660 Communicative Disorders CD661 Neurolinguistics CD663 Augmentative and Alternative Communication CD668 Language Acquisition and Development CD664 Clinical Phonetics.