Undergraduate/Preprofessional Program
Undergraduate/Preprofessional Program
The Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) Program offers two Bachelor of Arts degrees in CSD (Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology).
Specific degree requirements are indicated below:
The educational mission of the Communication Sciences and Disorders Program at Harding University is to prepare highly competent speech-language pathologists in a rigorous academic curriculum with an emphasis on Christian living. The program is designed to reflect the university goal of integrating faith, learning and living in order for the students to function within professional and global communities. The undergraduate program begins this process.
The undergraduate communication sciences and disorders majors are pre-professional in nature and are strongly recommended for students planning to pursue a graduate degree and certification by the Council of Academic Accreditation (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Students receive their clinical experience under the supervision of ASHA certified speech-language pathologists and audiologists. The program supports the ASHA position that the graduate degree should be the minimum requirement for professional certification.
All CSD undergraduate students must select a minor in some related area. Students may choose to use the undergraduate CSD degree as an entry point into graduate education in areas such as Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology, Deaf Education, Special Education, Reading, Second Language Acquisition, or to work as a Speech-Language Pathology Assistant. If students wish to remain at Harding to obtain a graduate degree, they must apply for admission to the Harding graduate program, even if they earned an undergraduate degree from Harding. The application process and requirements are specified elsewhere in this online resource and in the CSD handbook.
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Communication Sciences and Disorders - Clinical
| General Education – 53 hours (proscribed from the Harding liberal arts offerings)
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| CSD Major Specific Courses: - 44 hours (listed below)
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Title
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Hours
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Semester
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| CSD 215
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Normal Language Development
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3
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F/S
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| CSD 230
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Clinical Aspects I
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2
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F/S
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| CSD 250
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Intro. To Comm. Disorders
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3
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F/S/I
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| CSD 276
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Global Comm. Perspectives
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3
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F/S
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| CSD 290
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Phonetics
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3
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F/S
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| CSD 325
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Phon. and Articulation Disorders
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3
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F/S
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| CSD 326
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Language Disorders
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3
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F/S
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| CSD 380
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Clinical Methods, Diagnostics
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3
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F/S
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| CSD 381
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Clinical Methods, Treatment
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3
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F/S
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| CSD 385
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Clinical Aspects II
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1
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F/S
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| CSD 386
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Clinical Aspects III
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1
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F/S
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| CSD 400
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Anatomy and Physiology
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3
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F
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| CSD 401
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Speech and Hearing Science
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3
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S
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| CSD 402
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Audiology
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3
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F
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| CSD 404
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Aural Rehabilitation
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3
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S
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| CSD 421
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Clinical Aspects IV
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4
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F/S
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| Selected Minor – 18 hours (minimum)
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| Remaining Required Bible – 8 hours
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| Electives – 5 hours (minimum)
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| Total – 128 hours
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Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Communication Sciences and Disorders - Non-Clinical To earn a degree with this major, students will need to replace CSD 385, 386 and 421 with at least six additional hours of electives. This option is designed for students who do not need or want the clinical practicum experiences (such as those planning to continue education in audiology, speech and hearing science, or have transferred into the program and do not want to delay graduation in order to complete the five semester clinical practicum sequence. All other aspects of this major remain the same.
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