Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

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

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.

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

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 4010Capstone Course

3

CMSD 4010Capstone Course

3

PHYS 1011Physical Science I

4

PSYC 3312Psychology of Adulthood

3

Total Credit Hours:53
Students must take CMSD 4010 twice.

Total Credit Hours: 122-123

Communication Sciences and Disorders (Minor)

Total Credit Hours:23

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

3

CMSD 3000Introduction to Audiology

3

CMSD 3001Neuroscience Fundamentals

3

Total Credit Hours:23