College Level Requirements

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State Mandated Common Course Prerequisites

Students entering the university with fewer than 60 semester hours of acceptable credit must meet the University's entering freshman requirements including ACT and SAT test scores, GPA, and course requirements. Students intending to transfer to USF should complete an A.A. degree at the community college. Some courses required for the major may also meet the USF General Education Requirements. Transfer students must comply with the immunization, foreign language, and continuous enrollment policies of the University.

The State of Florida has identified common course prerequisites for the concentration in Language-Speech-Hearing. All state mandated prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of B- or better prior to the first semester in which courses are taken in the major. (Note that national certification in Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology through the Council of Academic Accreditation of the American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association requires that sufficient competency be demonstrated in coursework in the Social/Behavioral, Biological and Physical Sciences, and Mathematics.) If the courses are not transferred in, the course(s) may be taken at USF but may delay taking major coursework in prescribed sequence.

Students must complete one course (3 credit hours) from each of the following areas:

• STA XXXX Statistics
• BSC XXXX or APK XXXX or ANT X511 Biological Science
• PHY XXXX or CHM XXXX or PSC XXXX Physical Science
• PSY XXXX or EXP XXXX or CLP XXXX or DEP XXXX or SYG XXXX or SYD XXXX or SYO XXXX or SYP XXXX or FYC XXXX or FAD XXXX Social/Behavioral Sciences

Total Major Hours: 46 Hours

Concentration Core

Coursework is sequenced for the Language-Speech-Hearing (LSH) concentration in Communication Sciences & Disorders. All students must complete study in basic knowledge of the communication sciences and in basic knowledge of communication disorders. Upon admission to the concentration, each student will be assigned an advisor to provide guidance in academic planning.

Concentration Core Courses - 46 Hours

• SPA 3002 Introduction to Disorders of Speech and Language
• SPA 3030 Introduction to Hearing Science
• SPA 3101 Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanism
• SPA 3112 Applied Phonetics in Communication Disorders (CR: SPA 3112L)
• SPA 3112L Applied Phonetics Laboratory (CR: SPA 3112)
• SPA 3004 Introduction to Language Development and Disorders
• SPA 3011 Introduction to Speech Science (PR: SPA 3030, SPA 3112/L)
• SPA 3310 Introduction to Disorders of Hearing (PR: SPA 3030)
• SPA 3261 Language Science for Communication Sciences & Disorders
• SPA 4104 Neuroanatomy for Speech, Language and Hearing (PR: SPA 3101)
• SPA 3/4XXX SPA elective (consult with advisor for approval)
• SPA 4321 Introduction to Audiologic Rehabilitation (PR: SPA 3310)
• SPA 4050 Introduction to the Clinical Process [also meets Capstone exit requirement] (PR: SPA 3004, SPA 3310)
• SPA 4250 Introduction to Speech Disorders (PR: SPA 3101)
• SPA 4257 Adult Communication Disorders (PR: SPA 4104)
• SPA 4510 Introduction to Clinical Methods and Counseling in CSD (PR: SPA 3004, SPA 3310)

Additional Major Information

Major Faculty

Chairperson: J. Lister; Professors: R. Huntley Bahr, M. Bourgeois, T. Chisolm, D. Eddins, H. Goldstein, J. Lister, J. Walton; Associate Professors : G. Donaldson, A. Eddins, , S. Frisch, J. Krause, N. Maxfield, C. Rogers; Assistant Professors: M. Barker, M. Brea-Spahn, E. Plowman; Instructors: M. Arnold, K. Betancourt, K. Buckley, P. Carr, W. Clements, A. Davis, S. Diehl, C. Ford, D. Freeman-LeVay, M. Hite, F. Matias, N. Muscato, C. Paul, K. Sills, A. Smith, S. Surrency, T. Teegardin; Emeritus Professors: J. Crittenden, J. Hinckley, R. Hurley, E. R. Silliman.

Concentration Other Information

Effective July 1989, the academic requirements for employment in the public school system for Speech-Language Pathologists is a Master's degree.

Students in the LSH concentration are encouraged to join the USF chapter of the National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association. This group is affiliated with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and has many membership benefits.

All incoming students will be will be classified as pre-CSD until they have completed the state mandated pre-requisites for their desired concentration with a B- or better. All students must register to become a CSD major the semester prior to being qualified (i.e., the semester in which they are finishing their last state mandated pre-requisite courses). Note: DST does not have any mandated pre-requisites, so those students will be converted to CSD majors upon entry.