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Communication Disorders Department Office

1513 West Science

Phone: 906-227-2125

Fax: 906-227-2178

 

E-mail Address

commdis@nmu.edu

 

Web page

www.nmu.edu/comm
dis/comdis.htm

 

Department Head

Roger L. Towne

rtowne@nmu.edu

 

Faculty

Helen J. Kahn

Susan C. Landess-Towne

Roger L. Towne

 

Student Organizations

• National Student Speech, Hearing, and Language Association

 

Department Facilities

Facilities include the NMU Speech, Language and Hearing Clinic which serves the clinical needs of the university and community and provides clinical practice experience to students in Communication Disorders. Departmental laboratories are equipped with instrumentation that supports course work in normal speech production and speech acoustics.

 
 
 2003-2004
Undergraduate Bulletin

 
 
 

Communication Disorders

 

 

Communication Disorders at NMU

The Communication Disorders Department is committed to offering the course work and clinical practice experiences that will qualify students graduating with their master's degree to meet the academic and clinical requirements for the Certification of Clinical Competency in Speech-Language Pathology granted by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.  The department emphasizes clinical and research aspects of the profession and requires all students to demonstrate their ability to understand normal communicative processes, diagnose communicative disorders, and treat individuals with speech and language disorders.

 

Communication Disorders Programs

The department offers both an undergraduate bachelor of science degree in communication disorders.  The undergraduate program is considered to be pre-professional providing students with the necessary academic preparation for successful graduate training at a graduate program accredited by the CAA of ASHA.

 

Department/Program Policies

All undergraduate majors in communication disorders are required to also have a 20 credit hour minor as part of their academic program.  While a student can choose a minor from many departments on campus, it is recommended that students take a minor in a related area, such as psychology or sociology. The department does not have undergraduate grade point average requirements that are different from the university's.  However, the necessity for graduates to be accepted into a graduate program requires that an overall grade point average of 3.0 be maintained.  Therefore, all students are assigned a faculty advisor who will carefully monitor a student's progress through the program.

 

Baccalaureate Degree Program

Communication Disorders Major

Total Credits Required for Degree

124

Liberal Studies

30-40*

Health Promotion

2

Major

48

CD 150 Survey of Communication Disorders

4

CD 160 Anatomy of the Speech and Hearing Mechanism

4

CD 200 Phonetics

3

CD 210 Introduction to Voice and Articulation

3

CD 220 Speech and Voice Science

3

CD 351 Audiology I

3

CD 355 Language Development

3

CD 356 Language Disorders

3

CD 357 Fluency Disorders

3

CD 359 Organic Disorders of Communication

4

CD 370 Observation

2

CD 400 Phonological Disorders

3

CD 459 Neuroscience for Communication Disorders

4

CD 464 Methods of Diagnosis

4

CD 465 Methods of Treatment

2

Other Required Courses

4

PY 305 Psychological Statistics (or equivalent)

4

Minor

20

 

*Complete information on the liberal studies requirements and additional graduation requirements, including the health promotion requirement is in the “Liberal Studies Program and Graduation Requirements” section of this bulletin.

 

Minor Program

Communication Disorders Minor

Total Credits Required for Minor

20

CD 150 Survey of Communication Disorders

4

CD 200 Phonetics

3

CD 351 Audiology I

3

CD 355 Language Development

3

CD 356 Language Disorders

3

CD 359 Organic Disorders of Communication or

4

CD 456 Language and Learning Disabilities

 

 

Courses in the communication disorders minor should be completed in the numbered sequence as specified above.


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