Speech-language pathology is a unique profession with roots in both education and health. Speech-language pathologists evaluate and treat speech, language, cognition, voice, swallowing, fluency, and related disorders of communication. They may also work with individuals who are hearing impaired or those who have oral-motor problems that cause speech, eating, and swallowing difficulties resulting from neurological compromise. The major prepares students for a graduate program in Speech-Language Pathology or to obtain a Texas Speech-Language Pathology Assistant License.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Students will evaluate the importance of ethics and evidence-based practice as it relates to the field of speech-language pathology.
- Students will demonstrate knowledge of considerations for culturally and linguistically diverse populations.
- Students will identify areas within the scope of practice for speech-language pathologists and audiologists.
- Students will be able to define and describe communication disorders.
- Students will be able to differentiate delayed/disordered communication from typical communication.
- Students will be able to identify and explain anatomy, physiology, and neurology as it relates to communication
- Students will gain exposure to clinical practice by completing 25 observation hours.
Courses
- ENGL 1301 Rhetoric and Composition I (3 hours)
- ENGL 1302 Rhetoric and Composition II (3 hours)
- Sophomore Literature (3 hours)
- Fine Arts (3 hours)
- CHRM 1301 Introduction to the Bible (3 hours)
- CHRM 3352 Christian Ethics (3 hours)
- History (3 hours)
- POSC 2305 Federal Government (3 hours)
- PSYC 2301 Introduction to Psychology (3 hours)
- KINE 1238 Lifetime Fitness (2 hours)
- BIOL 2401 Anatomy and Physiology (4 hours)
- CHEM 1305/1105* Chemical Concepts and lab (4 hours)
- MATH 1342* Elementary Statistics or MATH 1329 Between the Lines: Stats and Baseball and 3 other hours) (6 hours)
- Communication 1311, 1315, or 1318 (3 hours)
Major area of study (see below) (48 hours total)
Minor (optional) (18 hours total)
Electives (to total 120 hours)
Total: Minimum one hundred twenty (120) semester hours
Completion of forty-eight (48) semester hours:
- PSYC 2314 Development Through the Lifespan
- PSYC 3301 Dynamics of the Counseling Process
- SPLP 1301 Introduction to Communication Disorders
- SPLP 1302 Introduction to Audiology
- SPLP 2302 Anatomy and Physiology of Speech and Hearing
- SPLP 2303 Speech and Language Acquisition
- SPLP 3301 Language Disorders
- SPLP 3302 Phonetics
- SPLP 3303 Aural Rehabilitation
- SPLP 3304 Programming in the Schools
- SPLP 4301 Articulation Disorders
- SPLP 4302 Communication Science
- SPLP 4303 Clinical Methods & Observations in Speech-Language Pathology
- SPLP 4304 Neural Basis of Communication
- SPLP 4305 Capstone in Speech-Language Pathology
Three (3) semester hours from the following:
- PSYC 3309 Cognition
- PSYC 3311 Health Psychology
- EDUC 3317 Behavior Intervention for Students with Special Needs
- EDUC 3353 Survey of Exceptionalities
- PSYC/SOCI 3340 Death and Dying