Sample Degree Plan

Communication Disorders and Sciences, B.S. Sample Degree Map

The Communication Disorders and Sciences B.S. degree challenges and inspires students to become competent professionals by developing a foundation of knowledge and effective clinical skills. Students will demonstrate a positive attitude for learning, connect in cooperative relationships with faculty, supervisors, and fellow students, and develop responsibility for ethical and professional behavior in the academic and clinical environments.

The State University of New York at Fredonia is committed to doing our part to provide each student a clear path to graduation. This four-year degree plan is a sample map for fulfilling requirements in the major, the Fredonia Foundations (FF), and other supporting courses. The pathway that you take to your degree may differ somewhat from this illustration, depending on where you start and the detours and side trips you may take along the way. If you are committed to completing your degree in four years, we encourage you to consider signing up for the Fredonia in 4 program. For complete information about this degree program, please consult the university catalog at www.fredonia.edu/catalog

Sample Degree Plan

First Year

Fall Semester

Course Credits
CDS 100 Freshman Seminar in SLP 1
CDS 225 Intro to Language 3
ENGL 100 Craft of Writing 3
FF Course 3
FF Course 3
General Elective 3
TOTAL 16

Spring Semester

Course Credits
CDS 150 Intro to Communication Disorders 3
FF Course 3
FF Course 3
FF Course 3
General Elective 3
 
TOTAL 15

Second Year

Fall Semester

Course Credits
CDS 268 Phonetics 3
CDS 310 Speech and Hearing Mechanism 3
EDU 225 Child Development 3
General Elective 3
General Elective 3
TOTAL 15

Spring Semester

Course Credits
CDS 250 Speech & Lang Development 3
CDS 280 Speech Language Pathology I 3
CDS 316 Speech Science 3
STAT 200+ Course 3
General Elective 3
TOTAL 15

Third Year

Fall Semester

Course Credits
CDS 398 Clinical Methods in Evaluation* 3
FF Course 3
FF Course 3
FF Course 3
General Elective 3
TOTAL 15

Spring Semester

Course Credits
CDS 322 Hearing Problems and Tests 3
CDS 323 Speech Sound and Language Disorders 3
CDS 399 Clinical Methods in Intervention 3
FF Course 3
General Elective 3
TOTAL 15

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

Course Credits
CDS 400 Found. of SLP in Ed Set* 2
CDS 410 Clinical Procedures: Observation & Analysis 3
CDS 418 Speech Language Pathology II 3
CDS 419 Aural Habilitation and Rehabilitation 3
General Elective 3
General Elective 3
TOTAL 17

Spring Semester

Course Credits
CDS 495 Seminar in SLP and Audiology* 3
EDU 303 SAVE/DASA/Fire and Arson* 1
General Elective 3
General Elective 3
General Elective 2
 
 
TOTAL 12

GRAND TOTAL: 120

This Sample Degree Map is based on the requirements published in the University Catalog.

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