Oct 04, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, B.S.


Department of Health and Human Performance  
615-904-8541
Kathryn Blankenship, program coordinator
Kathryn.Blankenship@mtsu.edu

The Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology major focuses on diagnosis and intervention for those who have speech or hearing problems. It provides a foundation for students who wish to continue study at the graduate level to become certified as speech-language pathologists or audiologists or who wish to pursue other careers related to communication disorders.

Prior to enrollment in clinical methods (CDIS 3300 ), students must achieve a minimum overall GPA of 2.60 in 60 credit hours or 3.00 in the last 30 credit hours, a minimum GPA of 2.80 in the major, and a minimal grade of C in each prerequisite course. To enroll in and continue clinical practicum, students must meet academic and professional eligibility criteria established by the faculty and published in the clinic manual. Academic criteria include GPA standards, mastery of phonetic features and transcription, mastery of morpheme analysis, and competence in speaking and writing. Students who do not receive a grade of B- or higher in ENGL 1010  will be required to retake ENGL 1010  to improve writing proficiency.

Academic Map


Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Speech/Language Pathology and Audiology, B.S., Academic Map  

Degree Requirements


True Blue Core (TBC) 41 hours
Major Requirement 54 hours*
Auxiliary Courses 14 hours
Electives 11-25 hours
TOTAL 120 hours

* This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If courses for this program are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours may increase.

True Blue Core (41 hours)


True Blue Core (TBC)  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following courses required by the program meet True Blue Core requirements:

Electives (11-25 hours)


Curriculum: Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology


Freshman


Subtotal: 29 Hours


Sophomore


Subtotal: 31 Hours


Subtotal: 30 Hours


Senior


Subtotal: 30 Hours