Communication Disorders
Arkansas State University - Jonesboro
Degree:  Bachelor of Science
Major:  Communication Disorders
2006-2007
Students requiring developmental course work based on low entrance exam scores (ACT, SAT, ASSET, COMPASS) may not be able to complete this program of study in eight (8) semesters.  Developmental courses do not count toward total degree hours.  Students having completed college level courses prior to enrollment will be assisted by their advisor in making appropriate substitutions.   In most cases, general education courses may be interchanged between semesters.    A minimum of 45 hours of upper division credit (3000-4000 level) is required for this degree.  Mandatory state and institutional assessment exams will be required during your degree program.  Failure to participate in required assessments may delay graduation.
Year 1					Year 1
Fall Semester					Spring Semester
Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed		Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed
HP 1913	Making Connections / FYE	3			SCOM 1203	Oral Communication	3	X
ENG 1003	Composition I	3	X		ENG 1013	Composition II	3	X
MATH 1023	College Algebra	3	X		HIST 2763 or 2773 or POSC 2103	US to 1876 or US since 1876 or Intro to US Government	3	X
NURS 2203	Basic Human Nutrition	3	X		ART 2053 or MUS 2053 or THEA 2053	Fine Arts Visual or Fine Arts Musical or Fine Arts Theatre	3	X
BIOL 1003 or 1033 or  1043 or 1063	Biological Science or Biology of Sex or Plants and People or People and the Environment	3	X		ZOOL 2003	Human Anatomy and Physiology I	3	X
BIOL 1001	Biological Sciences Lab	1	X		ZOOL 2001	Human Anatomy and Physiology I Lab	1	X
Total Hours		16			Total Hours		16
Year 2					Year 2
Fall Semester					Spring Semester
Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed		Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed
ENG 2003 or ENG  2013	Introduction to Literature I or II	3	X		Arts & Humanities	(See Gen Ed List- select one not  previously taken)	3	X
ENG 3013 OR ENG 3043	Practical Writing or Technical Writing	3			PSY 2013	Intro to Psychology	3	X
CHEM 1013 or PHSC 1203 or GEOL 1003 or PHYS 1003 or PHYS 2034 or PHYS 2054	Gen Chemistry I or Physical Science or Environmental Geology or Intro to Space Science or University Physics I or General Physics I	3	X		ANTH 2233 or GEOG 2613 or HIST 1013 or 1023	Intro to Cultural Anthropology or Intro to Geography or World Civilization to 1660 or World Civilization since 1660	3	X
CHEM 1011 or PHSC 1201 or GEOL 1001 or PHYS 1101	Gen Chem I Lab or Physical Science Lab or Environmental Geology Lab or Space Science Lab (Physics courses include lab)	1	X		CD 2104	Anatomy & Physiology of Speech	4
CD 2203	Phonetics	3			CD 3402	Intro to Manual Communication	2
CD 2653	Intro to Communication Disorders	3			ELSE 3023	Characteristics of Disabilities	3
Total Hours		16			Total Hours		18
Year 3					Year 3
Fall Semester					Spring Semester
Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed		Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed
CD 3113 or NRS 3353 or SOC 4353	Aging in Communication or Aging and the Older Adult or Sociology of Aging	3			ELSE 4683 or SCOM 4403 or PSY 4053	Methods for Working with Families or Seminar in Health Communication or Today's Families: Interdisciplinary Approaches	3
PSY 3103 and 3101 or SCOM 3363 or STAT 3233 or SOC 3383 and 3381	Quantitative Methods & Lab or Human Communication Research or Applied Statistics or Social Statistics and Lab	3 or 4			PSY 3403, 3413, 3453, 3703, 4343, or 4363	Child Psychology, Adolescent Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Educational Psychology, Learning Processes, or Cognitive Psychology	3
CD 3003	Speech and Hearing Science	3			PSY 3403, 3413, 3453, 3703, 4343, or 4363 (must not duplicate previous selection)	Child Psychology, Adolescent Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Educational Psychology, Learning Processes, or Cognitive Psychology	3
CD 3303	Normal Language Development	3			ELSE 4033	Behavioral Intervention & Consultation	3
CD 3503	Audiology	3			ECON 2313 or 2333 or POSC 1003  or SOC 2213	Prin of Macroeconomics or Economic Issues and Concepts or Intro to Politics or Intro to Sociology or gen ed social science not selected previously	3	X
Total Hours		15 or 16			Total Hours		15
Year 4					Year 4
Fall Semester					Spring Semester
Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed		Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed
CD 3803	Service Delivery in CD	3			CD 4751	Clinical Practicum I	1
CD 4093	Neurological Bases of Communication	3			CD 4254	Intro to Neurogenic Disorders	4
CD 4703	Articulation and Phonology	3