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Communication Sciences and Disorders

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Undergraduate Program Description & Application Process

Communication Sciences & Disorders Careers: Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology

In keeping with the standards of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), the undergraduate program in Communication Sciences & Disorders (CSD) is considered a pre-professional degree program for both speech-language pathology (SLP) and audiology. In order to meet Kentucky licensure and American Speech-Language-Hearing Association certification requirements, it is necessary to complete the Master’s degree for SLP certification or the clinical doctorate (AuD) to receive certification in audiology. The Master’s degree is considered the entry-level point for professional speech-language pathologists, while the AuD is needed to become a practicing audiologist.  Undergraduate students intent on majoring in CSD while at UK should plan on 6 years to complete both the Bachelor of Health Sciences and Master of Science/Arts programs, and 7-8 years to complete the Bachelor of Health Sciences and the AuD in audiology.

Application to the Pre-Professional CSD Program at the University of Kentucky

The CSD undergraduate program at UK has selective admissions. Applicants must have completed a minimum of 42 credit hours at the time of application. The only specific course requirement needed before entering the program is having completed Introductory to Psychology or General Psychology by the conclusion of the previous Fall Semester. Students are admitted to the pre-professional program on a competitive basis. Admission is based on cumulative grade-point average, ACT or SAT scores, three letters of recommendation, relevant personal experiences, and a personal letter of application. All applications will be evaluated during the Spring semester, with newly accepted students beginning the program in the following Fall semester. The application deadline each year is February 1. Please note that successful admission to the University of Kentucky’s undergraduate CSD program does not guarantee nor indicate admission to the CSD graduate program.

To be considered for admission to the undergraduate program in Communication Sciences & Disorders, the student must complete the online application procedure for the CSD program and the admission procedure to the University of Kentucky according to established time lines. If already enrolled on the UK Lexington campus, the student does not have to re-apply for admission to the University, but must complete the Communication Sciences & Disorders Program Application. The online application for CSD should be submitted between January 1 and February 1 during the Spring semester of the applicant’s sophomore year. The deadline for submitting all elements of the CSD program application is February 1.  

Communication Sciences & Disorders Undergraduate Course Work

In order to receive a Bachelor's degree from the University of Kentucky in Communication Sciences & Disorders, a student must complete courses that fulfill the UK CORE requirements (http://www.uky.edu/ukcore/) and all required CSD courses. There are four required program courses that may be taken prior to being admitted to the CSD program at the University of Kentucky. These are:

CD 277  - Intro. to Communication Sciences & Disorders (Fall only)

CD 285  - Applied Phonetics (Fall only)

EDS 375 - Intro. To Education of Exceptional Children

One "Related Studies Course" (see related course list below).

Requirements for the Undergraduate Program in CSD

A.  BASIC SCIENCE PRINCIPLES (REQUIRED BY ASHA)*

One 3-credit course in the Biological Sciences (Biology)

One 3-credit course in the Physical Sciences (Physics or Chemistry)             

One 3-credit course in Social Sciences

PSY 100 - Intro to Psych (4 cr.) or PSY 110 - Intro to Psych (3 cr.)                             

Any 3-credit Statistics course (such as STA 210)

B. CSD MAJOR COURSES

Fall Semester - Junior Year

CD 277 - Intro. to CSD  (3 cr.)  - May be taken prior to admission

CD 285 - Applied Phonetics  (3 cr.)  - May be taken prior to admission

CD 378 - Anatomy & Phys. of Speech  (3 cr.)               

Spring Semester - Junior Year

CD 402 - Speech Sciences  (3 cr.)               

CD 484 - Intro. to Diagnostics  (3 cr.)   

Fall Semester - Senior Year

CD 420 - Audiology  (3 cr.)

CD 571 - Neural Bases of Speech  (3 cr.)

CD 482 - Clinical Management I  (3 cr.)

Spring Semester - Senior Year

CD 410 - Language Development  (3 cr.)

CD 483 - Clinical Management II  (3 cr.)

CD 591 - Aural Rehabilitation  (3 cr.)

CD 481 - Clinical Experience  (3 cr.)

Any Semester - Junior or Senior Years

EDS 375 - Intro to Ed. of Exp Child.**  (3 cr.) - May be taken prior to admission

EDS 516 - Behavior Management**  (3 cr.)

C. RELATED STUDIES REQUIREMENT

One 3-credit course in Linguistics – (such as LIN 210, 211, 221 212, 310, 317, 318, 319, 509)

D. ADDITIONAL COURSES REQUIRED FOR KY TEACHER CERTIFICATION ONLY

EDP 202 - Human Dev. & Learn.***  (3 cr.)               

EPE 301 - Ed. In Amer. Cult.*** (3 cr.)                           

Oral Comm. (COM 181, 252, etc.) ^***  (3 cr.)

Written Comm. (ENG 101, ENG 102) ^***   (3 cr.)

*UK CORE Requirements will usually satisfy the ASHA basic sciences standards*. Please see the Director of Undergraduate Studies for exact details and specifics of these major requirements. 

*ASHA Standard III.A. The student must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of biological sciences, physical sciences, mathematics, and the social/behavioral sciences.  Applicants must have transcript credit (can include course work, advanced placement, CLEP, or examination of equivalency in each of these areas).

** Courses required for the CSD Program and for Teacher Certification

***Optional courses for the CSD Program but required for Teacher Certification

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