Baccalaureate Program Requirements
University Requirements
Minimum of 120 units
- Core GE - 39 units
- SJSU Studies (formerly Advanced GE) - 12 units
- American Institutions - 6 units
- A complete major
- 2.0 (C) GPA required to graduate, though [3.0 (B) is the minimum required for consideration for admission to graduate schools in CDS]
- 30 units of residence credit
- At least 40 units in upper division
- No more than 4 units total of special studies and/or directed reading (180 & 184 courses)
Communicative Disorders and Sciences Pre-Professional Program
These courses are prerequisite and are typically fulfilled by lower division GE requirements:
- Biological Science (typically biology or physiology or zoology)
- Physical Science (typically physics or chemistry or astronomy or geology)
- Behavioral Science (typically psychology or sociology)
- Mathematics (can be satisfied by statistics)
These courses are required to complete the major:
- Speech-language pathology - EDSP 110, 111, 112, 113, 120, 124, 161, 162, and 177 (speech-language practicum)
- Audiology - EDAU 115, 170, 172, and 177 (hearing testing practicum)
- Special Education - EDSE 102 (special section created for CDS Majors only)
- Writing requirement - 100W
- A course in child development, taken during the sophomore year (choose ONE from CHAD 60, Psych 102 or HS 15)
- Statistics, may be taken during sophmore year
Suggested electives:
- EDSE 112 - Sign language
- Courses in linguistics, and psychology
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