Oct 07, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Communication Sciences, Minor


Return to: 3030.30 Interdisciplinary Studies   

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.

The prerequisite courses for admission into graduate programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders follow the requirements set by the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA) for the SLP certification. This includes lower-division coursework in biological sciences, chemistry or physics, social/behavioral sciences, and statistics. 

  • Coursework in Biological Sciences: BIOL 1103K Introductory Biology I (BIOL 1103 + BIOL 1103L)
  • Coursework in Statistics: MATH 1401 Elementary Statistics
  • Coursework in Physical Sciences: 1000- or 2000-level course in PHYS or CHEM
  • Coursework in Behavioral/Social Sciences: 1000- or 2000-level course in PSYC or SOCI
  • SCOM 1000 Human Communication
  • SCOM 1500 Public Speaking

Minor Requirements


Students pursuing the interdisciplinary minor in Communication Sciences must complete 15 hours of coursework as described below. No more than two of the courses counting towards the minor can have the same course prefix.

Required Courses (6 Credit Hours)


Elective Courses (9 Credit Hours)


Choose 3 courses from the following list to complete 15 hours.

Speech Communication majors using the elective SCOM courses listed below towards their Area G can apply 3 CSD courses towards the minor.

Clinical Observation Hours


Students are encouraged to obtain clinical observation experiences to strengthen their graduate school application. This document provides specific guidelines for obtaining and documenting clinical observation hours. 


Students can use this form to log their observation hours.
 

Audiology Courses


CSD 4480 and CSD 4490 also count towards the Audiology Assistant Certificate Program. This link contains more information about this certificate: https://admissions.gsu.edu/program/audiology-assistant-certificate/.