Undergraduate Program

Bachelor of Arts in General Communication Disorders

The Bachelor of Arts in General Communication Disorders provides pre-professional preparation in speech pathology. Students will receive instruction in the identification, diagnosis, process and therapeutic intervention of communication disorders including articulation, language, learning, voice and fluency. The program is designed to prepare students for graduate work leading to state and national certification and state licensure as a speech clinician.

Required Program Courses:

• SPCH 203 Voice & Diction (3)

• SPCH 351 Introduction to Communication Disorders (3)

• SPCH 352 Introduction to Phonetics (3)

• SPCH 355 Anatomy  and Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanisms (3)

• SPCH 360 Articulation & Phonological Disorders (3)

• SPCH 410 Introduction to Audiology (3)

• SPCH 425 Stuttering (3)

• SPCH 458 Language:  Perspectives in Acquisition and   Development (3)

• SPCH 460 Principles of Speech Pathology (3)

• SPCH 465 Language Disorders (3)

• SPCH 469 Adult Aphasia and Related Language Disorders

• SPCH Electives (3)
  

• Subtotal Hours 36

Students must maintain a cumulative grade-point average of 2.00 or better in Winthrop courses, including the 36 required program semester hours and the minor. A minimum of 12 semester hours of SPCH courses must be taken at Winthrop University. Within the 124 semester hours required for this degree, the student must also include a minimum of 40 semester hours in courses numbered above 299.

Majors must attain a GPA of 2.5 or better in SPCH 351, 352, and 355.  Majors must attain a GPA of 2.0 or better in SPCH 360, 410, 425, 458, 460, 465, and 469.  Students are encouraged to repeat courses resulting in a grade of less than C in the above course sequence.

No more than three hours of Cooperative Education Experience can count toward the major.