Bachelor of Science in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
The Bachelor of Science degree in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences helps students improve understanding and inspire innovative treatment for speech, language, and hearing challenges throughout the entire lifespan of human development.
The Bachelor of Science in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences degree comprises 120 credit hours.
Core Curriculum
A specific combination of coursework in English, Government, American History, Math, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, and Fine Arts.
Major requirements
- Each student must complete one of the following tracks: Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology, or Deaf Education.
- A minimum of 39 and a maximum of 54 hours of major-specific coursework in the department (or for Deaf Education track students, a minimum of 36 and a maximum of 54).
- 3 hours of coursework in introductory statistics from a list of approved courses (see degree checklist).
Moody College of Communication requirements
- Foreign Language Requirement
- 6 hours of Communication Foundations: COM 301E and COM 302E, taken in fall semester of first and second years of enrollment.
The Bachelor of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders degree comprises 120 credit hours. Note that starting in Fall 2020, all former CSD courses will be offered under the field of study Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (SLH).
Core Curriculum
A specific combination of coursework in English, Government, American History, Math, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, and Fine Arts.
Major requirements
- Each student must complete one of the following tracks: Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology, or Deaf Education.
- A minimum of 35 and a maximum of 48 hours of major-specific coursework in the department (or for Deaf Education track students, a minimum of 36 and a maximum of 48).
- 3 hours of coursework in introductory statistics from a list of approved courses (see degree checklist).
Moody College of Communication requirements
- Foreign Language Requirement
- 6 hours of Communication courses outside your major
- 3 additional hours of English or Rhetoric (E or RHE)
- 3 hours Communication and Culture coursework (CSD/SLH 308K fulfills the Communication and Culture requirement.)
View the 2018-2020 Degree Checklist
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Enrollment
SLH students may not take more than 60 hours in the College of Communication.
Flags
Students should choose courses in the core curriculum and in the major requirements that also fulfill their major department's Flag requirements. The Flags required for all degrees from Moody College are:
- Writing: three courses required; one must be outside of the core curriculum
- Cultural Diversity in the United States: one course required
- Ethics: one course required
- Global Cultures: one course required
- Independent Inquiry: one course required
- Quantitative Reasoning: one course required
Electives
- Bring a student's total hours to 120
- Electives frequently taken by Communication students
- Students can also fill elective hours by declaring a minor. Students may declare only one minor or certificate to supplement their Moody major(s) and must declare their minor/certificate intentions before they have completed 65% of their degree requirements.