Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

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

Category I: The Individual (10 hours)

IA: Rhetoric

ENGL 1101

           

Rhetoric and Composition

3

IB: Mathematical Reasoning

MATH 1300

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elementary Statistics

3

IC: Critical Thinking 

PSYC 2290

 

 

 

 

 

 

Human Growth and Anatomy

3

ID: Scientific Method

BIOL 1101L

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Biology I Lab

1

Category II: Western Civilization (15 hours)

IIA: Freshman Composition

ENGL 1102

           

Literature and Composition

3

IIB: Speaking

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

IIC: Social and Behavioral Sciences

 

           

Choose course from approved list 

3

IID: Humanities 

 

           

Choose course from approved list 

 3

IIE: Government 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose course from approved list 

3

Category III: World Citizen (12 hours)

IIIA: Modern Language

 

           

Choose sequence from approved list

6

IIIB: History of Other Cultures

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

IIIC: Fine Arts

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

 Category IV: The Natural World (7 hours)

 IVA: Natural Science

BIOL 1101

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Biology I

3

 

BIOL 1102

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Biology II

3

 

BIOL 1102L

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Biology II Lab

1

Category V: Ethical Perspectives (0 hours)

VA: Philosophy, Religion, and Ethics

 

           

Communication Sciences and
Disorders students are exempt
from this requirement.

 

 Category VI: Institutional Requirement (1 hour)

VIA: First-Year Experience

PDMT 1101

           

Introduction to University Life and
the Liberal Arts Tradition

1

Total Credit Hours:45

Students who enter with fewer than 24 semester credit hours must satisfy the institutional requirement.

Communication Sciences and Disorders/Speech Language Pathology Major

CMSD 1001Survey of Communication Sciences and Disorders

2

CMSD 2001A & P of Speech and Hearing

3

CMSD 2002Speech and Hearing Science

3

CMSD 2003Language Development

3

CMSD 2004Phonetics

3

CMSD 2010Mini-Clinic: Observation and Clinic Procedures

1

CMSD 3000Introduction to Audiology

3

CMSD 3001Neuroscience Fundamentals

3

CMSD 3003Survey of Medical Speech-Language Pathology

3

CMSD 3006Aural Rehabilitation

3

CMSD 3007Research Methods in Communication Sciences and Disorders

3

CMSD 4000Undergraduate Clinical Practicum

3

CMSD 4010Capstone Course

3

CMSD 5001Speech Sound Disorders in Children

3

CMSD 5002Language and Learning Disabilities in School-Age Populations

3

CMSD 5003Voice and Resonance Disorders

3

CMSD 5004Fluency Disorders

3

CMSD 5006Language Disorders in Children

3

CMSD 5101Clinical Practicum (take 4 times)

12

CMSD 5102Research Methods

1

CMSD 5103Current Trends in Professional Practice

1

CMSD 5108Dysphagia

4

CMSD 5109Aphasia

3

CMSD 5110Cognitive-Communication Disorders

3

CMSD 5111Motor Speech Disorders

3

CMSD 5112Grand Rounds (take 2 times)

2

CMSD 5113Augmentative/Alternative Communication

3

CMSD 5114Interprofessional Practice

3

Total Credit Hours:86
 

General Electives

General Electives

18

Total Credit Hours:18

Total Credit Hours: 149