Bachelor of Arts in Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD)

Catalog Term: Fall 2023

The following plan is a semester-by-semester example for students who plan to earn the Bachelor of Arts in CSD. This degree prepares students to apply for Wichita State graduate programs in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology.

FIRST YEAR: FALL SEMESTER
    15
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
CSD 111 Disorders of Human Communication 3
ENGL 101 College English I 3
MATH 111 College Algebra 3
  GEN ED: Social/Behavioral Sciences  3
  First Year Seminar or Electives 3

FIRST YEAR: SPRING SEMESTER
    15
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
ENGL 102  College English II 3
COMM 111 Public Speaking 3
BIOL 106, BIOL 210, BIOL 223, HS 290 GEN ED: Math/Natural Sciences (ASHA BIOL) 3
  GEN ED: Fine Arts 3
  GEN ED: Humanities 3

SECOND YEAR: FALL SEMESTER
    15
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
CSD 270 American Sign Language I 3
PHYS 210 or CHEM Physics of Sound or Chemistry (ASHA) 3
  GEN ED: Fine Arts, Humanities, or Social/Behavioral Sciences 3
  GEN ED: Any Division numbered 300 or higher or Electives 3
  Electives 3

SECOND YEAR: SPRING SEMESTER
    15
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
CSD 304 Early Language Development 3
  GEN ED: Any Division numbered 300 or higher 3
  GEN ED: Any Division numbered 300 or higher 3
  Electives 3
  Electives 3

THIRD YEAR: FALL SEMESTER
    15
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
CSD 251 Auditory Development and Disorders 3
CSD 301 Anatomy and Physiology of Speech and Hearing 3
STAT 370, PSY 301, ECON 231, SOC 313 Statistics (ASHA) 3
  Electives 3
  Electives 3

THIRD YEAR: SPRING SEMESTER
    15
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
CSD 306 Applied Phonetics 3
CSD 351 Auditory Assessment 3
CSD 517  Communication in Aging 3
CSD 518 Deaf Culture 3
  Electives 3

FOURTH YEAR: FALL SEMESTER
    16
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
CSD 504 Aural Rehabilitation 3
CSD 519 Genetic and Organic Syndromes 4
CSD 512 Communication in Special Populations: Children 3
CSD 605  Neuroscience for CSD 3
CJ 407, PSY 311, SOC 312 Research (ASHA) 3

FOURTH YEAR: SPRING SEMESTER
    14
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
CSD 506 Acoustic and Perceptual Phonetics 3
CSD 425 Clinical Processes 2
  Electives 3
  Electives 3
  Electives 3+