Communication Sciences Minor

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Program Coordinator: Luciana Lessa Rodrigues (lrodrigues@gsu.edu)

The Interdisciplinary Minor in Communication Sciences is designed to offer undergraduate students an organized set of classes that will enhance their major coursework and prepare them to apply for graduate programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD).

The goal of the Interdisciplinary Minor in Communication Sciences is to support the completion of courses that are required by Master’s programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders nationally. By completing this minor, students will be able to obtain knowledge in a variety of disciplines that are required for acceptance in a graduate program in CSD.

Recommended Courses for Area A-F

Students should enter the Communication Sciences minor having taken course prerequisites needed for entrance into their planned program of study. Below is a list of courses that are prerequisites for courses included as options in the Communication Sciences minor. Students should plan their desired program of study and identify which prerequisites they need to fulfill.

BIOL 1103 - Introductory Biology I 3 Credit Hours
and
BIOL 1103L - Introductory Biology I Lab 1 Credit Hours
MATH 1401 - Elementary Statistics 3 Credit Hours
PHYS 2030 - Physical Science: Physics of Music and Speech 3 Credit Hours
PSYC 1101 - Introduction to General Psychology 3 Credit Hours
SCOM 1010 - Improving Voice and Articulation 3 Credit Hours

Required Courses for the Interdisciplinary Minor (15-18)

Students pursuing the interdisciplinary minor in Communication Sciences must take five courses. No more than two of the courses counting towards the minor can have the same course prefix.

Choose two of the following:

CSD 3360 - Anatomy and Physiology of Communication 3 Credit Hours
PSYC 4400 - Psychology of the Atypical Child 3 Credit Hours
SCOM 4410 - Communication Disorders 3 Credit Hours

Choose three of the following:

AL 3041 - Introduction to Second Language Acquisition 3 Credit Hours
EXC 4020 - Characteristics and Instructional Strategies for Students with Disabilities 3 Credit Hours
EXC 4370 - Assessment in Deaf Education 3 Credit Hours
CSD 3360 - Anatomy and Physiology of Communication 3 Credit Hours
CSD 4320 - Introduction to Language Disorders 3 Credit Hours
CSD 4480 - Introduction to Hearing Science and Disorders 3 Credit Hours
CSD 4490 - Audiologic Rehabilitation 3 Credit Hours
GERO 4475 - Communication and Aging 3 Credit Hours
GERO 4610 - Psychology of Aging 3 Credit Hours
PSYC 4400 - Psychology of the Atypical Child 3 Credit Hours
PSYC 4610 - Psychology of Aging 3 Credit Hours
PSYC 4040 - Developmental Psychology 3 Credit Hours
SCOM 3000 - Phonetics 3 Credit Hours
SCOM 4400 - Development of Communication and Language Across the Lifespan 3 Credit Hours
SCOM 4410 - Communication Disorders 3 Credit Hours
SCOM 4440 - Speech Science 3 Credit Hours
SCOM 4800 - Communication and Diversity-CTW 3 Credit Hours
SCOM 4980 - Internship 1 to 6 Credit Hours
Any of the courses listed in Area F above (BIOL 1103/BIOL 1103L, MATH 1401, PHYS 2030, PSYC 1101, or SCOM 1010) can count towards the minor if not already counted in core curriculum Areas A-F.