Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

Communication Sciences and Disorders (BS)

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, during their senior year, students will enroll in the graduate section of specific courses (see graduate catalog for initial courses) while they complete their BS degree. Following their senior year at Piedmont University, students will fully transition into the master’s program. Students will graduate from Piedmont University with both a bachelor of science degree (BS) in communication sciences & disorders and a master’s degree (MS) in speech-language pathology.

This BS program of study is designed for students who are not eligible for the BS/MS Integrated program or choose not to participate in the BS/MS Integrated Program. It emphasizes free electives so students can enrich their academic program by choosing a minor or concentration in an area of interest concurrent with completing pre-requisite courses in CMSD. These may include, but are not limited to, the following areas: psychology, sociology, education, or mass communication.

Bachelor of Science Degree

 

General Education

Category I: The Individual (10 hours)

IA: Rhetoric

ENGL 1101

           

Rhetoric and Composition

3

IB: Mathematical Reasoning

MATH 1300

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elementary Statistics

3

IC: Critical Thinking 

PSYC 2290

 

 

 

 

 

 

Human Growth and Anatomy

3

ID: Scientific Method

BIOL 1101L

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Biology I Lab

1

Category II: Western Civilization (15 hours)

IIA: Freshman Composition

ENGL 1102

           

Literature and Composition

3

IIB: Speaking

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

IIC: Social and Behavioral Sciences

 

           

Choose course from approved list 

3

IID: Humanities 

 

           

Choose course from approved list 

 3

IIE: Government 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose course from approved list 

3

Category III: World Citizen (12 hours)

IIIA: Modern Language

 

           

Choose sequence from approved list

6

IIIB: History of Other Cultures

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

IIIC: Fine Arts

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

 Category IV: The Natural World (7 hours)

 IVA: Natural Science

BIOL 1101

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Biology I

3

 

BIOL 1102

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Biology II

3

 

BIOL 1102L

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Biology II Lab

1

Category V: Ethical Perspectives (0 hours)

VA: Philosophy, Religion, and Ethics

 

           

Communication Sciences and
Disorders students are exempt
from this requirement.

 

 Category VI: Institutional Requirement (1 hour)

VIA: First-Year Experience

PDMT 1101

           

Introduction to University Life and
the Liberal Arts Tradition

1

Total Credit Hours:45

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

General Electives

General Electives

24

Total Credit Hours:24

Communication Sciences and Disorders Major

EDUC 3355Exceptional Children

3

EDUC 4485Characteristics of Learners with Autism Spectrum Disorder

3

ENGL 3335Technical Writing

3

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

1

CMSD 3000Introduction to Audiology

3

CMSD 3001Neuroscience Fundamentals

3

CMSD 3003Survey of Medical Speech-Language Pathology

3

CMSD 3006Aural Rehabilitation

3

CMSD 3007Research Methods in Communication Sciences and Disorders

3

CMSD 4010Capstone Course

3

CMSD 4010Capstone Course

3

PHYS 1011Physical Science I

4

PSYC 3312Psychology of Adulthood

3

Total Credit Hours:52
Students must take CMSD 4010 twice.

Total Credit Hours: 121

Communication Sciences and Disorders (Minor)

Total Credit Hours:21

Required Courses

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

1

CMSD 3000Introduction to Audiology

3

CMSD 3001Neuroscience Fundamentals

3

Total Credit Hours:21