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.	0
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 1001	Survey of Communication Sciences and Disorders	2
CMSD 2001	A & P of Speech and Hearing	3
CMSD 2002	Speech and Hearing Science	3
CMSD 2003	Language Development	3
CMSD 2004	Phonetics	3
CMSD 2010	Mini-Clinic: Observation and Clinic Procedures	3
CMSD 3000	Introduction to Audiology	3
CMSD 3001	Neuroscience Fundamentals	3
CMSD 3003	Survey of Medical Speech-Language Pathology	2
CMSD 3006	Aural Rehabilitation	3
CMSD 3007	Research Methods in Communication Sciences and Disorders	3
CMSD 4000	Undergraduate Clinical Practicum	3
CMSD 4010	Capstone Course	3
CMSD 5001	Speech Sound Disorders in Children	3
CMSD 5002	Language and Learning Disabilities in School-Age Populations	3
CMSD 5003	Voice and Resonance Disorders	3
CMSD 5004	Fluency Disorders	3
CMSD 5006	Language Disorders in Children	3
CMSD 5101	Clinical Practicum (take 4 times)	12
CMSD 5102	Research Methods	1
CMSD 5103	Current Trends in Professional Practice	1
CMSD 5108	Dysphagia	4
CMSD 5109	Aphasia	3
CMSD 5110	Cognitive-Communication Disorders	3
CMSD 5111	Motor Speech Disorders	3
CMSD 5112	Grand Rounds (take 2 times)	2
CMSD 5113	Augmentative/Alternative Communication	3
CMSD 5114	Interprofessional Practice	3
Total Credit Hours:		87

 

General Electives

	General Electives	18
Total Credit Hours:		18

Total Credit Hours: 150-151