Concentration Courses

One area of concentration must be declared prior to the senior year.
For course descriptions, see the course catalog.

Concentration for Speech-Language Pathology: 16 hours

NOTE: Students must take SHS 199A & 451 plus a minimum of 11 hours of SHS electives from approved list.

• SHS 199—Undergraduate Open Seminar
• LEC A—Pre-practicum in Speech Pathology (for seniors only)—2 hours
  Offered Fall and Spring.
• SHS 451—Aural Rehabilitation of Children to Adults—3 hours for undergraduates—Offered Fall only. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

PLUS
choose a minimum of 11 hours of SHS electives

• eight hours from the approved list

AND
at least one three hour class in disordered communication from the recommended courses listed courses below:

• SHS 410—Introduction to Stuttering—3 hours for undergraduates
  Offered Spring only through Spring 2007; Fall only beginning Fall 2007
  Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
• SHS 411—Introduction to Voice Disorders—3 hours for undergraduates
  Fall only.
• SHS 473—Augmentative and Alternative Communication—3 hours (if taken for undergraduate credit)
  Offered Spring only. For seniors and graduate students in SHS only.

Concentration for Audiology: 17 hours

NOTE: Students must take SHS 199, SHS 451 & SHS 121 plus a minimum of 9 hours of SHS electives from approved list.

• SHS 199—Undergraduate Open Seminar
• LEC B—Pre-practicum in Audiology (for seniors only)—1 hour
  Offered Fall and Spring.
• SHS 121—American Sign Language (formerly SHS 199Q) —4 hours
  Offered Fall only.
• SHS 451—Aural Rehabilitation of Children to Adults—3 hours for undergraduates
  Offered Fall only.
  Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

PLUS
choose a minimum of nine hours of SHS electives

• eight hours from the approved list

AND
at least one three hour class in disordered communication from the recommended courses listed courses below:

• SHS 411—Introduction to Voice Disorders—3 hours for undergraduates
  Offered Fall only.
• SHS 473—Augmentative and Alternative Communication —3 hours (if taken for undergraduate credit)
  Offered Spring only. For seniors and graduate students in SHS only.

*NOTE: 25 hours of clinical observation are required for those pursuing graduate studies in Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology and should be completed and recorded prior to graduation (any hours not completed prior to the pre-practicum may be done while serving as a senior clinical participant).

Concentration for Human Communication Science : 24 hours

The Human Communication Science concentration offers broad-based communications degree that allows students to pair an interest in communication disorders with other areas. Students interested in the Human Communication Science concentration should work closely with the SHS undergraduate academic advisor to develop and file a plan prior to their senior year which identifies specific courses proposed for their correlate area of interest (minimum of 24 hours required). Other areas include:

Areas of concentration list

• American Sign Language
• chiropractics
• education
• health occupations
  Dentistry
  Medicine
  Nursing
  Occupational Therapy
  Physical Therapy
  Physician's Assistant
  
• law
• linguistics
• neuroscience
• pharmacy
• physiology
• psycholinguistics
• special education
• speech communication