Speech & Hearing Science: Cultural-Linguistic Diversity, BS
for the degree of Bachelor of Science Major in Speech & Hearing Science, Cultural-Linguistic Diversity Concentration
The Cultural-Linguistic Diversity concentration is designed to examine ways that individual communication differences, including disorders, interface with sociocultural systems, institutions, and practices. Students will take courses in theory and research methods to explore ways in which sociolinguistic differences shape child development, socialization, and identity. This concentration is intended to help provide students with knowledge related to cultural-linguistic differences (race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, neurodiversity) that is needed to serve an increasingly global society concerned with human rights and responsibilities. Such expertise is expected to enhance multiple career paths in education, law, business, and health-related fields. In addition, undergraduates interested in pursuing careers as an audiologist or speech-language pathologist can combine this concentration with pre-certification requirements.
More information about the fields of speech-language pathology and audiology may be found on the American Speech-Language Hearing Association’s website.
for the degree of Bachelor of Science Major in Speech & Hearing Science, Cultural-Linguistic Diversity Concentration
General Education: Students are advised to select their General Education course requirements from the University’s approved list of courses and to work in close consultation with their academic advisor to ensure graduation requirements are addressed.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Communication Skills | ||
| Composition I | ||
| RHET 105 | Writing and Research | 4-6 |
| or CMN 111 & CMN 112 | Oral & Written Comm I and Oral & Written Comm II | |
| Advanced Composition | 3 | |
| One course in Advanced Writing/Composition II from university approved Gen Ed list. | ||
| Quantitative Reasoning I | 3 | |
| Choose one of the following: | ||
| Statistics | ||
| Data Science Discovery | ||
| Statistical Analysis | ||
| Biostatistics | ||
| Quantitative Reasoning II | 3 | |
| One course from the university approved Gen Ed list. | ||
| Humanities and the Arts | 6 | |
| Minimum of two courses from university approved Gen Ed list. | ||
| Social and Behavioral Sciences | 6 | |
| Minimum of two courses from university approved Gen Ed list. | ||
| Natural Sciences and Technology | 6 | |
| Choose one from the following and one from the university approved Gen Ed list. | ||
| Introductory Chemistry | ||
| General Chemistry I and General Chemistry Lab I | ||
| General Chemistry II and General Chemistry Lab II | ||
| Chemistry, Everyday Phenomena | ||
| Accelerated Chemistry I and Accelerated Chemistry Lab I | ||
| Accelerated Chemistry II and Accelerated Chemistry Lab II | ||
| College Physics: Mech & Heat | ||
| College Physics: E&M & Modern | ||
| Physics Made Easy | ||
| How Things Work | ||
| Physics of Societal Issues | ||
| University Physics: Mechanics | ||
| University Physics: Elec & Mag | ||
| Univ Physics: Thermal Physics | ||
| Univ Physics: Quantum Physics | ||
| Cultural Studies | 9 | |
| One course from Western Cultures university approved Gen Ed list. | ||
| One course from Non-Western Cultures university approved Gen Ed list. | ||
| One course from U.S. Minority Cultures university approved Gen Ed list. | ||
| Foreign Language | 0-12 | |
| May be satisfied if had three years of one non-English language in high school or completed the equivalent of three semesters of college level foreign language (through the intermediate level). | ||
| Total Hours | 40-54 | |
Speech and Hearing Science Professional Core Requirements
All students must complete a series of SHS core classes regardless of their area of concentration. Students are advised to work with the undergraduate academic advisor to ensure courses are taken in proper sequential order. One area of concentration (Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology, Neuroscience of Communication, or Cultural-Linguistic Diversity) must be declared prior to the senior year.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SHS 170 | Intro Hum Comm Sys & Disorders | 3 |
| SHS 191 | Freshmen Seminar | 1 |
| SHS 200 | General Phonetics | 3 |
| SHS 240 | Intro Sound & Hearing Science | 3 |
| SHS 300 | Anat & Physiol Spch Mechanism | 4 |
| or LING 300 | Anat & Physiol Spch Mechanism | |
| SHS 301 | General Speech Science | 4 |
| or LING 303 | General Speech Science | |
| SHS 320 | Development of Spoken Language | 3 |
| SHS 385 | Interpreting Clinical Research in Speech & Hearing Science | 3 |
| SHS 450 | Intro Audiol & Hear Disorders | 4 |
| General Education Hours | 40-54 | |
| Professional Core Hours | 28 | |
| Concentration Hours | 19 | |
| Electives | 27-41 | |
| Total Hours | 128 | |
Electives
All students are encouraged to take electives inside and outside the department that will count towards the 128 required hours for graduation (the total number of electives students may take may vary with each individual). Students are encouraged to select electives that will complement their areas of interest and future goals. Areas listed below are only a sampling of possibilities; they are not to be considered as requirements and students are not limited to these choices. All students are responsible for addressing course pre-requisites, and course availability may vary.
Relevant areas include: Anthropology (ANTH), Communications (CMN), Kinesiology and Community Health (KIN, CHLH), Educational Organization and Leadership (EOL), Curriculum & Instruction (CI), Educational Policy Studies (EPS), Educational Psychology (EPSY), English (ENGL), English as a Second Language (ESL), Gender and Women’s Studies (GWS), Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS), Library and Information Science (LIS), Linguistics (LING), Psychology (PSYC), Recreation, Sport, & Tourism (RST), Rehabilitation Counseling (REHB), Special Education (SPED ), Sociology (SOC), Social Work (SOCW). Additional areas to explore may include: courses in a foreign language beyond the completion of the University’s requirement, as well as additional courses in science, such as Biology (IB, MCB), Physics (PHYS), microcomputer applications (e.g. ACE), and courses in cultural studies.
Cultural-Linguistic Diversity Concentration
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SHS 222 | Language & Culture of Deaf Communities | 3 |
| SHS 271 | Communication and Aging | 3 |
| SHS 352 | Hearing Health and Society | 3 |
| SHS 380 | Comm Competence and Disorders | 3 |
| Seven hours from the following: | 7 | |
Up to 6 hours of a language other than English (only courses taken above and beyond those used to satisfy the University's langauage requirement or taken in a different area for elective credit) | ||
| Intro to Intercultural Comm | ||
CHLH 330 | ||
CHLH 407 | ||
| Race and Cultural Diversity | ||
| Exploring Cultural Diversity | ||
LING 111 | ||
| Language History | ||
| Sociolinguistics I | ||
| The Culture of Disability | ||
| Race and Ethnicity | ||
| Research Lab Experience in SHS 1 | ||
| Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders Across Communication Contexts | ||
| Individual Study 1 | ||
| Honors Individual Study 1 | ||
| Prepracticum in SHS | ||
| Total Hours | 19 | |
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No more than 3 credits from SHS 291, SHS 390 and SHS 395 may be counted toward the 7 credits of specified electives.
for the degree of Bachelor of Science Major in Speech & Hearing Science, Cultural-Linguistic Diversity Concentration
This sample sequence is intended to be used only as a guide for degree completion. All students should work individually with their academic advisors to decide the actual course selection and sequence that works best for them based on their academic preparation and goals. The minimum number of hours required for the BS degree is 128. Enrichment programming such as study abroad, minors, internships, and so on may impact the structure of this four-year plan. Course availability is not guaranteed during the semester indicated in the sample sequence.
Students must fulfill their Language Other Than English requirement by successfully completing a third level of a language other than English. This may require up to three semesters of language depending on high school coursework or placement. See the corresponding section on the Degree and General Education Requirements page.
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall Semester | Hours | Spring Semester | Hours |
| SHS 170 | 3 | SHS 200 | 3 |
| SHS 191 | 1 | Language Other than English (3rd level) | 3 |
| Composition I or General Education Course | 3 | Composition I or General Education Course | 3 |
| General Education Course | 3 | General Education Course | 3 |
| General Education Course | 3 | General Education Course | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | Elective | 1 |
| 16 | 16 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall Semester | Hours | Spring Semester | Hours |
| SHS 222 | 3 | SHS 240 | 3 |
| SHS 320 | 3 | SHS 271 | 3 |
| General Education Course - choose Natural Science & Technology course from departmental list | 3 | General Education Course - choose Quantitative Reasoning I course from departmental list | 3 |
| General Education Course | 3 | General Education Course | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | Elective | 3 |
| Elective | 1 | Elective | 1 |
| 16 | 16 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall Semester | Hours | Spring Semester | Hours |
| SHS 300 | 4 | SHS 301 | 4 |
| SHS 450 | 4 | SHS 385 | 3 |
| General Education Course | 3 | SHS 380 | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | Elective | 3 |
| Elective | 2 | Elective | 3 |
| 16 | 16 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall Semester | Hours | Spring Semester | Hours |
| SHS Specified Elective | 3 | SHS 352 | 3 |
| SHS Specified Elective | 3 | SHS Specified Elective | 1 |
| Elective | 3 | Elective | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | Elective | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | Elective | 3 |
| Elective | 1 | Elective | 3 |
| 16 | 16 | ||
| Total Hours 128 | |||
for the degree of Bachelor of Science Major in Speech & Hearing Science, Cultural-Linguistic Diversity Concentration
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