Mar 29, 2024  
2020-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2020-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Communication Sciences and Disorders, B.H.S.


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In keeping with the standards of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, the undergraduate program in communication sciences and disorders is considered to be a preprofessional degree program. In order to meet Kentucky licensure and American Speech-Language-Hearing Association certification requirements, it is necessary to complete the master’s degree. Students pursuing this program should plan on six years to complete both the Bachelor of Health Science and Master of Science programs.

Admission to the Professional Program

The Communication Sciences and Disorders undergraduate program admits students to the major on a selective and competitive basis. Students are required to have completed a minimum of 42 college credit hours prior to application to the major. Applicants also need a minimum of a 3.0 cumulative GPA and a 21 ACT score (or equivalent SAT score) to be considered for admission. Completion of CSD 277  and PSY 100  (or equivalent) is also required prior to application to the major. Admissions are conducted using a holistic evaluation approach using (1) the applicant’s cumulative GPA from all higher education institutions attended, (2) ACT or SAT scores, (3) three letters of recommendation, (4) professionally-related experiences (including observations and professional interest activities), (5) community service/leadership activities, and (6) an essay authored by the student based on a question prompt. New students are admitted only for the fall semester. The application deadline is February 1.

For additional information, visit: https://www.uky.edu/chs/communication-sciences-and-disorders.

Or contact:

Richard Andreatta, Ph.D.
Director of Undergraduate Studies in Communication Sciences and Disorders
richard.andreatta@uky.edu
859-218-0523

or
Heather Hardesty, M.S.
Academic Advisor
heather.hardesty@uky.edu
859-218-0546

or
Sarah Sheff, Ph.D.
Academic Advisor
sarah.sheff@uky.edu
859-218-0491

UK Core Requirements


See the UK Core section of this Bulletin for the complete UK Core requirements . The courses listed below are (a) recommended by the college, or (b) required courses that also fulfill UK Core areas. Students should work closely with their advisor to complete the UK Core requirements.

I. Intellectual Inquiry in Arts and Creativity


II. Intellectual Inquiry in the Humanities


III. Intellectual Inquiry in the Social Sciences


IV. Intellectual Inquiry in the Natural, Physical, and Mathematical Sciences


V. Composition and Communication I


VI. Composition and Communication II


VII. Quantitative Foundations


one of the following:

VIII. Statistical Inferential Reasoning


IX. Community, Culture and Citizenship in the USA


X. Global Dynamics


UK Core hours: minimum of 32


Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement (GCCR)


Subtotal: Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement hours (GCCR): 9


Premajor Requirements


Subtotal: Premajor hours: minimum of 46


Subtotal: Related Studies hours: 3


Subtotal: Major hours: 41


Must be taken to partially fulfill the GCCR requirement.
* May be taken as a pre-CSD course prior to the junior year.
** LIN 221  is the preferred and recommended course to fulfill this requirement.

Electives


Electives should be chosen by the student to lead to the minimum total of 120 hours required for graduation.

TOTAL HOURS: 120


Curriculum


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