Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

Communication Sciences and Disorders/Speech Language Pathology (BS/MS)

The integrated BS-MS Communication Sciences and Disorders/Speech Language Pathology program is designed for students to graduate from Piedmont University with both a Bachelor of Science degree (BS) in Communication Sciences and Disorders and a Master of Science degree (MS) in Speech Language Pathology. As a CMSD major, students can apply to Piedmont University’s integrated BS-MS Speech-Language Pathology program by February 1st of their junior year. If accepted, students take graduate coursework beginning their fourth year at Piedmont University and transition directly into the graduate program.

Bachelor of Science/Master of Science Degree

 

General Education

I. Communication (9 hours)

Rhetoric and Composition

 

ENGL 1101*

           

Rhetoric and Composition

3

                     
Literature and Composition 
ENGL 1102*             Literature and Composition 3

Communication 

               

Choose course from approved list

3

II. Humanities and Fine Arts (15 hours)

Modern Languages

               

Choose sequence from approved list

6

                     

English Literature

 

 

            Choose one 2000-level English Literature course
(ENGL 2225 and ENGL 2226 may NOT be used)

3

                     

Philosophy and Religion

                Choose one PHIL or RELG course at the
1000-2000 level

3

                     

Fine Arts

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list 

 3

III. History and Social Sciences (9 hours)

World History

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

Government

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

                     
Social Science   PSYC 2290             Human Growth and Development 3

IV. Mathematics and Natural Sciences (11 hours)

                     
Mathematics    MATH 1300*             Elementary Statistics 3
                     
Natural Science    BIOL 1101             General Biology I 3
    BIOL 1101L              General Biology I Lab 1
    BIOL 1102             General Biology II 3
    BIOL 1102L              General Biology II Lab 1
                     

V. Ethics (0 hours)

                     
Ethics                  Communication Sciences and Disorders
students are exempt from this requirement. 
                     

VI. Institutional Requirement (1 hour)

First-Year Experience

 

*Grade of C or higher required.

 

PDMT 1101

           

Introduction to University Life and
the Liberal Arts Tradition

 

1

Total Credit Hours:45-46

Students who enter with fewer than 24 semester credit hours must satisfy the institutional requirement.

Communication Sciences and Disorders/Speech Language Pathology Major

CMSD 1001Survey of Communication Sciences and Disorders

2

CMSD 2001A & P of Speech and Hearing

3

CMSD 2002Speech and Hearing Science

3

CMSD 2003Language Development

3

CMSD 2004Phonetics

3

CMSD 2010Mini-Clinic: Observation and Clinic Procedures

3

CMSD 3000Introduction to Audiology

3

CMSD 3001Neuroscience Fundamentals

3

CMSD 3003Survey of Medical Speech-Language Pathology

2

CMSD 3006Aural Rehabilitation

3

CMSD 3007Research Methods in Communication Sciences and Disorders

3

CMSD 4000Undergraduate Clinical Practicum

3

CMSD 4010Capstone Course

3

CMSD 5001Speech Sound Disorders in Children

3

CMSD 5002Language and Learning Disabilities in School-Age Populations

3

CMSD 5003Voice and Resonance Disorders

3

CMSD 5004Fluency Disorders

3

CMSD 5006Language Disorders in Children

3

CMSD 5101
Clinical Practicum (take 4 times)

12

CMSD 5102Research Methods

1

CMSD 5103Current Trends in Professional Practice

1

CMSD 5108Dysphagia

4

CMSD 5109Aphasia

3

CMSD 5110Cognitive-Communication Disorders

3

CMSD 5111Motor Speech Disorders

3

CMSD 5112
Grand Rounds (take 2 times)

2

CMSD 5113Augmentative/Alternative Communication

3

CMSD 5114Interprofessional Practice

3

Total Credit Hours:87
 

General Electives

General Electives

18

Total Credit Hours:18

Total Credit Hours: 150-151