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Speech Pathology and Audiology - B.S. Program Requirements PDFDownload to print

Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; ELR Experiential Learning; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity, writing-intensive and the experiential learning requirements.

I. DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE (1 credit)
Type Course Title Credits
  US 10097 Destination Kent State: First Year Experience 1
II. MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (49 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Type Course Title Credits
  ENG 31001 Fundamentals of English Grammar 3
  PSYC 21621 Quantitative Methods in Psychology I 3
    31043 Basic Learning Processes 3
  SPA 33101 Hearing Science* 3
    34102 Applied Phonetics 3
    34103 Anatomy and Physiology of Speech 3
    34104 Speech and Language Development 3
    34106 Articulatory and Phonological Disorders 3
    34107 Language Disorders in Children and Adolescents 3
    43402 Clinical Audiometry 3
    43404 Aural Rehabilitation 3
    43492 Clinical Preparation in Audiology 2
    44110 Speech Science 3
    44111 Neural Processes 3
    44112 Age-related Changes in Communication 3
    44310 Clinical Procedures 3
WIC
ELR		   44492 Clinical Preparation in Speech-Language Pathology* 2
III. ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (71 credits)
Type Course Title Credits
KBS BSCI 10001 Human Biology 3
KSS
DD		 PSYC 11762 General Psychology 3
KAD
DD		   20651 Child Psychology 3
  Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories) 3
  Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include a laboratory)** 3-4
  Kent Core Composition 6-8
  Kent Core Humanities or Fine Arts (minimum one course from each) 9
  Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning 3-5
  Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines) 3
  General Electives*** 35
MINIMUM TOTAL 121

*A minimum C (2.000) grade must be earned. A minimum C (2.000) grade must be earned to fulfill writing-intensive requirement.
**Must be a Physical Science for National Certification.
***Maximum 12 credit hours may be used from the M.A. program for those students accepted into the combined B.S./M.A. program.
 

Master of Arts

 

 DEGREE REQUIREMENTS (40-43 credits)
Course Title Credits
SPA 64098

64199
 Research (Non-Thesis Option) (3)
or
Thesis (6)		 3-6
  64301 Aphasia and Apraxia 3
  64302 Language Assessment and Intervention in Early Childhood 3
  64303 Disorders of Articulation and Phonology 3
  64304 Cognitive-Communicative Disorders 2
  64305 Fluency Disorders 3
  64306 Voice Disorders 2
  64307 Dysarthria 1
  64308 Language Assessment and Intervention with School-Age Populations 3
  64354 Maxiofacial Anomalies 1
  64356 Dysphagia 3
  64391 Seminar: Articulation and Phonology 1
  64500 Language Science 3
  64504 Experimental Phonetics 3
  64600 Research Methods in Speech Pathology and Audiology 3
  64891 Seminar: Communication Modalities and Assistive Technologies 3
TOTAL 40-43