Department of Special Education - Communicative Disorders

The Bachelor of Arts in Communicative Disorders (CD) is designed to provide students with the prerequisite knowledge necessary to apply to graduate study leading to the completion of a master’s degree in speech--language pathology or doctoral study in audiology. While the BA degree in CD does not qualify the student to practice speech- language pathology or audiology, there are related fields open to the BA graduate that include teacher’s assistant, classroom aide, child development worker, and speech-language pathology assistant with additional intern experience beyond the undergraduate degree.

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
Other requirements necessary to complete the Bachelor's degree are described in the university bulletin.

Academic Requirements
CD 651: Anatomy and Physiology 3
CD 652: Audiology 3
CD 653: Fluency and Voice Disorders 3
CD 654: Audiometry 3
CD 656: Diagnosis of CD 3
CD 658: Communicative Development and Disorders 3
CD 659: Articulatory and Phonological Disorders 3
CD 660: Communicative Disorders 3
CD 661: Neurolinguistics 3
CD 663: Augmentative & Alternative Communication 3
* CD 668: Language Acquisition and Development 3
CD 664: Clinical Phonetics 3

ADVISING

All students must have course requests approved by an advisor and recorded on their advising card. Advising occurs each semester during "advising week.” However advising may be done at any time throughout the semester. For undergraduate advising please consult the Communicative Disorders
faculty list.

ENROLLMENT PRIORITY:
Priority for upper division coursework for the undergraduate major is granted in the following rank order: conditional graduates admitted to the major; B.A. majors with senior graduating status, then juniors; Second-baccalaureate majors; and Open University students on a space available basis.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
Undergraduates enter the program in their junior year, usually after having completed all or most of the general education requirements for a Bachelor's degree. Students who have questions regarding general education requirements need to contact a general education advisor in the Advising Center (415) 338-2101. All undergraduate students must complete 124 units to graduate from the university. Undergraduate students may (on advisement) take up to 6 units of CD graduate coursework beyond the 124 units required for graduation during their final semester as an undergraduate.

CHANGE OF MAJOR
Undergraduate students who are entering the program from a different undergraduate major are required to complete a "Change of Major" card. Approval must be obtained from the Communicative Disorders Program Coordinator or major advisor.

ADMISSION TO THE GRADUATE PROGRAM
Although we encourage undergraduates to apply for admission to our graduate program, acceptance is not automatic. Acceptance into the graduate program is competitive. Undergraduate courses closely follow ASHA requirements for human communication processes and professional coursework; your undergraduate program should result in meeting the undergraduate academic requirements of most other ASHA accredited training programs in CD.

CLINIC SPACE
The CD Clinic is located on the ground floor of Burk Hall (BH 114). A central feature is the Interdisciplinary Clinic. This is a space that the Communicative Disorders Program shares with the School of Nursing and Department of Counseling. The clinic complex offers unique opportunities for student clinicians to interact with students and faculty from other disciplines. Observation and recording facilities are state-of-the-art.