Portland-State-University 2015-2016 Bulletin

Speech and Hearing Sciences B.S./B.A.

Requirements

In addition to meeting the general University degree requirements, the speech and hearing sciences major must meet the minimum departmental requirements as follows:

Elective Courses (choose 4 credits)

SpHr 385Autism Spectrum Disorders

4

Core Courses (53 credits)

SpHr 262Voice and Diction

4

SpHr 370Phonetics and Acoustics

4

SpHr 371Anatomy and Physiology of Speech and Swallowing

4

SpHr 372Speech and LanguageDevelopment in Children

4

SpHr 380Language Disorders in Children

4

SpHr 394Guided Observation

1

SpHr 461Neurology of Speech and Hearing

4

SpHr 464Speech Disorders in Children

4

SpHr 465Introduction to Research Methods for Clinical Scientists

4

SpHr 487Hearing Sciences

4

SpHr 488Clinical Audiology

4

SpHr 489Aural Rehabilitation

4

SpHr 495Organic Communication Disorders

4

SpHr 496Introduction to Clinical Management

4

Additional electives may be offered as SpHr 410 courses.

Requirements also include 4 credits of an SpHr elective and 4 credits of Stat 244 or equivalent course covering basic statistical reasoning for the social sciences. In addition, students are strongly encouraged to gain proficiency in a second language.