Communication Disorders Comprehensive Major -
Bachelor of Science in Education
ED BSE 2903
Note: Licensure, teacher certification, and ASHA certification require a
Master of Science in Education degree with a Speech-Language Pathology Major.
- Minimum General Studies = 45
- including General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education and endorsement
- English Language minimum = 9 including:
- ENG 101GS, Expository Writing I - 3 hours (Prereq:
ENG 100A or English ACT score of 15 or above)
- ENG 102GS, Expository Writing II - 3 hours
(Prereq: ENG 101GS or
ACT English score of 30 or above)
- SPCH 100GS, Fundamentals of Speech Communication - 3 hours
- Humanities minimum = 12 including:
- Take 1 course from:
- HIST 210GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
- HIST 211GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
- HIST 212GS, Non-Western World History - 3 hours
- HIST 215GS, Introduction to Latin America - 3
hours
- Take 1 course from:
- HIST 250GS, American History - 3 hours
- HIST 251GS, American History - 3 hours
- Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3
- Natural Sciences minimum = 7
- Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9 including:
- PSCI 110, Introduction to American Politics - 3 hours
- Take any Economic Perspective GS course - 3 hours
- PSY 203GS, General Psychology - 3 hours
- Personal Development minimum = 3
- PE 160GS, Healthful Living - 3 hours
- Professional Sequence =
15:
- TE 100,
Teaching in a Democratic Society - 3 hours
- TE 204,
Typical/Atypical Growth and Development - 4 hours
- TE 206,
Instructional Technology and the Preservice Teacher - 3 hours
- TE 319,
Management and Assessment in K-12/Secondary Classrooms - 2 hours
(must be taken concurrently with
CDIS 311 and
CDIS 312)
- TE 320,
Field Experience in Secondary Classroom - 1 hour
- Students must apply for admission to all Teacher Education
programs.
- Major = 56
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 116
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program =
9
- Minimum total hours required for BSE in Communication Disorders Comprehensive Major =
114
- All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for
all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above
taken at a 4-year college or university.
A. Communication Disorders Core Requirements (18 hours required) - Take all of the following:
- CDIS 215, Introduction to Phonetics - 3 hours
- CDIS 336, Anatomy & Physiology of the
Speech Mechanism - 3 hours
- CDIS 352, Normal and Disordered Language: 6-12
Years - 3 hours
- PSY 230GS, Human Development - 3 hours
- Take one of the following:
- PSY 313, Physiological Psychology - 3 hours
- PSY 430, Memory and Cognition - 3 hours
- PSY 470, Neuropsychology - 3 hours
- Take one of the following three options:
- Take 1 course:
CDIS 250, Introduction to Speech and Hearing
Science - 3 hours
OR take 1 course:
BIOL 215GS, Human Physiology - 4 hours
OR take 2 courses:
BIOL 225, Anatomy and Physiology - 4 hours
(Prereq: CHEM 145 or CHEM 150 or CHEM
160)
BIOL 226, Anatomy and Physiology - 4 hours
B. Speech/Language Pathology-Special Professional Courses (32 hours required) - Take all of the following:
- CDIS 210, Survey of Communication Disorders - 3
hours
- CDIS 311, Orientation to Practicum - 3 hours
- CDIS 312,
Field Experience in Communication Disorders - 1 hour
- CDIS 354, Early Communicative Development - 3
hours
- CDIS 356, Communication Disorders of the
Adolescent - 3 hours
- CDIS 362, Remediation of Articulation Disorders
- 3 hours
- CDIS 413, American Sign Language I - 3 hours
- CDIS 418, Diagnosis of Communication Disorders
- 3 hours
- CDIS 485, Fluency Disorders - 3 hours
- CDIS 488,
Senior Seminar - 3 hours
- Take 4 to 6 hours from:
- CDIS 480A,B,C, Clinical Practicum in
Speech/Language Pathology - 4-6 hours
C. Audiology-Professional Specialized Courses (6 hours required) - Take the following:
- CDIS 410, Introduction to Audiology - 3 hours
- CDIS 415, Audiologic Rehabilitation - 3 hours
