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Twin Cities Campus
Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences B.A.Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
College of Liberal Arts
The curriculum examines the physical, biological, and behavioral foundations of human communication. Courses focus on the study of variation in speech, language, and hearing processes, and seek to apply that knowledge to identifying, preventing, and managing disordered speech, language, and hearing.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Admission Requirements
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the
Office of Admissions
website.
General Requirements
All students in baccalaureate degree programs are required to complete general University and college requirements including writing and liberal education courses. For more information about University-wide requirements, see the
liberal education requirements.
Required courses for the major, minor or certificate in which a student receives a D grade (with or without plus or minus) do not count toward the major, minor or certificate (including transfer courses).
Program Requirements
Students are required to complete 4 semester(s) of
any second language.
with a grade of C-, or better, or S, or demonstrate proficiency in the language(s) as defined by the department
or college.
Majors are advised to select additional courses beyond those needed to satisfy the liberal education requirements in the behavioral, biological, cognitive, physical, and social sciences.
Students may earn a B.A. or a minor in speech-language-hearing sciences, but not both.
Beginning fall 2012, all incoming CLA freshman must complete the appropriate First Year Experience course sequence. Specific information about this collegiate requirement can be found at: http://class.umn.edu/degree_requirements/index.html
Major Courses
SLHS 3302 - Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanisms
(3.0 cr)
SLHS 3303 - Language Acquisition and Science
(3.0 cr)
SLHS 3304 - Phonetics
(3.0 cr)
SLHS 3305W - Speech Science
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
SLHS 3306 - The Sense of Hearing
(3.0 cr)
SLHS 4301 - Introduction to the Neuroscience of Human Communication
(3.0 cr)
SLHS 4402 - Clinical Methods in Speech-Language Pathology
(3.0 cr)
SLHS 4801 - Clinical methods in assessing auditory function and disorders
(3.0 cr)
SLHS 4802 - Clinical Methods for Treating Hearing Disorders
(3.0 cr)
SLHS 1301W - Physics and Biology of the Voice
[PHYS, WI]
(4.0 cr)
or
SLHS 1402 - The Talking Brain
[SOCS]
(3.0 cr)
Senior Project
SLHS 3402W - Capstone Project in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
Program Sub-plans
A sub-plan is not required for this program.
Honors UHP
This is an honors sub-plan.
Students admitted to the University Honors Program (UHP) must fulfill UHP requirements in addition to degree program requirements. Honors courses used to fulfill degree program requirements will also fulfill UHP requirements.
Current departmental honors course offerings are listed at: http://www.honors.umn.edu/academics/curriculum/dept_courses_current.html
Honors students complete an honors thesis project in the final year, most often in conjunction with an honors thesis course, or with an honors directed studies or honors directed research course. Students select honors courses and plan for a thesis project in consultation with their UHP adviser and their departmental faculty adviser.
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Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | SLHS 1301W/SLHS 1301V |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | SLHS 1401/SLHS 3401 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | SLHS 1401/SLHS 3401 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | SLHS 3402W/SLHS 3402V |
Grading Basis: | S-N or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |