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Speech Pathology and Audiology Major (SPAU)
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Degree: Bachelor of Science
Required: 122 semester hours, to include at least 36 hours at or above the 300 course level
AOS Code: U143

The Speech Pathology and Audiology Major, offered by the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, provides a preprofessional program for those preparing for graduate study in speech-language pathology and audiology. The major is designed to satisfy some requirements for the N.C. license in Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology, although no license is awarded until completion of the Master's degree. Instruction is designed to meet American Speech-Language-Hearing Association standards. Transfer students may require an additional semester to complete the undergraduate degree program.

Requirements

I General Education Core Requirements (GEC)
See complete GEC requirements and approved course listings for all categories.
Students may select courses for:
Sem hrs
Literature (GLT) 3
Fine Arts (GFA) 3
Philosophical, Religious, Ethical Principles (GPR) 3
One additional GLT, GFA, or GPR course

3

Historical Perspectives on Western Culture (GHP) 3
Mathematics (GMT) 3
Natural Sciences (GNS)
one must be a laboratory course; each must have a different departmental prefix
6-7
Reasoning and Discourse (GRD)
ENG 101 or FMS 115 or RCO 101, and one additional GRD course
6

Department specifies courses for:

Social and Behavioral Sciences (GSB)
Required: PSY 121 and one other GSB course
6


II General Education Marker Requirements
See details and courses. It is possible to meet all GE Marker Requirements while completing the GE Core requirements or courses required by the major/concentration.

Department specifies courses for:
Global/Global-Nonwestern Perspectives (GL/GN)
6 hrs of a foreign language through the 102 level, and two additional GL/GN courses, one of which must carry the GN marker
Students may select courses for:
One Speaking Intensive (SI) Course
In addition to this SI Marker requirement, students must also complete a second SI course within the major. All programs have identified at least one course among their major requirements which is taught as Speaking Intensive.
One Writing Intensive (WI) Course
In addition to this WI Marker requirement, students must also complete a second WI course within the major. All programs have identified at least one course among their major requirements which is taught as Writing Intensive.


III Major Requirements
1. Admission Requirements
a. Students must be formally admitted to the Speech Pathology and Audiology Major. Only students with a written acceptance will be permitted to enroll in required courses at the 300 level or above.
b. Applicants for admission to the Speech Pathology and Audiology major may apply only after completion and/or transfer of 55 semester hours and must apply before enrollment in any required courses at or above the 300 level in the major. Applicants must have an overall grade point average of at least 2.7 to be admitted to the major.
c. The grade point average (see b. above) is a minimum requirement and simple compliance does not automatically imply admission. In all cases, admission is competitive and limited by space available in the program.
d. Students seeking admission to the Speech Pathology and Audiology Major should proceed as follows:

(1) Secure an official transcript(s) of undergraduate coursework completed at colleges and universities other than UNCG, and an unofficial transcript from UNCG;
(2) Secure an application from the Communication Science and Disorders Program Office at 300 Ferguson Building;
(3) Deliver both the transcripts and the completed application to the Program Office in 300 Ferguson Building.
(4) In some cases the Program may require additional information or an interview, so the application process should be initiated immediately after completion of 55 semester hours.


2. Criteria for Continuing in the Speech Pathology and Audiology Major
a. Maintenance of a minimum overall grade point average of 2.7
b. Minimum grade point average of 2.7 in CSD 306, 307, 308, and 309, with no grades in these courses below C-
c. No grades below C- in any course in the major
d. Demonstration of high quality oral and written communication
e. Compliance with all University regulations including the Academic Honor Policy


3. Major and Related Area Requirements
Minimum 24 semester hours above the 100-level.
a. All majors are required to take:

  • CSD 306, 307, 308, 309, 334, 336, 337 and 556; PSY 121*; SES 135
  • one additional GSB course (in addition to the 6 hrs required by GEC)
  • one additional GNS course (in addition to the 6-7 hours required by GEC)
  • 6 hours of a foreign language through the 102 level*

    *PSY 121 satisfies one GSB; 6 hours of a foreign language satisfy two GL requirements

b. Students preparing for graduate study in speech-language pathology are required to take: CSD 338, 339, 550 and 588
c. Students preparing for graduate study in audiology are required to take: CSD 588; MAT 150, 151

 
 
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