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Program Description
Communication is vital to all aspects of life and is fundamental to human development, health, and wellness. Communication differences and disorders occur across the lifespan and may impact the ways in which people participate in educational, vocational, health-care, community, and social activities. The Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) minor helps students appreciate the wide variety of communication differences and disorders that exist in the field of Communication Sciences and Disorders. This may include working with individuals in areas such as speech, voice, language, and hearing.
Students who minor in Communication Sciences and Disorders are better prepared to identify and support individuals with speech, language, and hearing differences and disorders across the life span.
Note: This minor does not by itself prepare students for admission to graduate programs in speech-language pathology or audiology.
You Might Like This Program If…
- You are interested in a future career in education or health care settings where you are working with individuals with communication differences or disorders.
- You are planning a future career in speech language pathology, audiology, psychology, linguistics, neuroscience, or education.
Program Requirements
| Requirement | Credits |
|---|---|
| Requirements for the Minor | 18 |
Requirements for the Minor
A grade of C or better is required for all courses in the minor, as specified by Senate Policy 59-10. In addition, at least six credits of the minor must be unique from the prescribed courses required by a student's major(s).
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Prescribed Courses | ||
| Prescribed Courses: Require a grade of C or better | ||
| CSD 146 | Introduction to Communication Sciences and Disorders | 3 |
| CSD 269 | Deaf Culture  | 3 |
| Additional Courses | ||
| Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better | ||
| Select 3 credits from the following: | 3 | |
| Vocal Health for Life | ||
| Preventing Hearing Loss | ||
| Introduction to Audiology | ||
| Supporting Communication Through The Performing Arts | ||
| Child Language Development | ||
| Clinical Phonetics | ||
| Anatomy and Physiology for Speech and Hearing | ||
| Supporting Courses and Related Areas | ||
| Supporting Courses and Related Areas: Require a grade of C or better | ||
| Select 3 credits in Developmental and Biological Aspects of Communication and Language: | 3 | |
| Introduction to Language, Culture, and Social Interaction | ||
| Neurological Bases of Human Behavior | ||
| Introduction to Audiology | ||
| Child Language Development | ||
| Clinical Phonetics | ||
| Anatomy and Physiology for Speech and Hearing | ||
| Neuroanatomical and Neurophysiological Foundations of Communication Disabilities | ||
| Aural Rehabilitation | ||
| An Introduction to Augmentative and Alternative Communication | ||
| Clinical Bases of Language Disorders | ||
| Infant and Child Development | ||
| Adult Development and Aging | ||
| Language, Life and Society | ||
| Foundations of Linguistics | ||
| Introduction to Developmental Psychology | ||
| Introduction to Cognitive Psychology | ||
| Neurological Bases of Human Behavior | ||
| Select 6 credits in Interdisciplinary Connections to Communication Sciences and Disorders: | 6 | |
| Theory: Second Language Acquisition | ||
| Neuroanatomical Bases for Disorders of Behavior and Health | ||
| Functional and Integrative Neuroscience | ||
| Molecular Basis of Neurological Diseases | ||
| Functional and Integrative Neuroscience | ||
| Neuroanatomical and Neurophysiological Foundations of Communication Disabilities | ||
| Aural Rehabilitation | ||
| Introduction to Disorders of Articulation and Phonology | ||
| Introduction to Organic Disorders of Speech and Language | ||
| An Introduction to Augmentative and Alternative Communication | ||
| Clinical Bases of Language Disorders | ||
| Infant Development | ||
| Advanced Child Development | ||
| Development Throughout Adulthood | ||
| Phonology I | ||
| Language and Thought | ||
| Psychology of Language | ||
| Nursing Care of the Adult Client with Complex Health Problems: Part A | ||
| Cognitive Development | ||
| Development Throughout Adulthood | ||
| Language and Thought | ||
| Cognitive Neuroscience | ||
| Psychology of Language | ||
| Medical Aspects of Disability | ||
| Technologies for Persons with Disabilities | ||
Academic Advising
The objectives of the university's academic advising program are to help advisees identify and achieve their academic goals, to promote their intellectual discovery, and to encourage students to take advantage of both in-and out-of class educational opportunities in order that they become self-directed learners and decision makers.
Both advisers and advisees share responsibility for making the advising relationship succeed. By encouraging their advisees to become engaged in their education, to meet their educational goals, and to develop the habit of learning, advisers assume a significant educational role. The advisee's unit of enrollment will provide each advisee with a primary academic adviser, the information needed to plan the chosen program of study, and referrals to other specialized resources.
READ SENATE POLICY 32-00: ADVISING POLICY
University Park
Courtney Wozetek
Academic Adviser Communications Liaison, Communications Sciences and Disorders
308 Ford Building
University Park, PA 16802
cmk176@psu.edu
Jenna Eldreth, M.Ed.
Academic Adviser, Communications Sciences and Disorders
308G Ford Building
University Park, PA 16802
jme5033@psu.edu
Contact
University Park
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS
308 Ford Building
University Park, PA 16802
814-865-3584
csdinfo@psu.edu