Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Major with Early Childhood Licensure

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A major in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) provides a sound background for candidates pursuing careers in education, health care, and vocational rehabilitation. Graduates in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences who complete the SLHS major will have prerequisite coursework to pursue a graduate degree in speech-language pathology or audiology, which opens up possible careers in schools, community clinics, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and private practice. The Childhood Communication concentration within the SLHS major will provide early childhood and elementary educators with an option to concentrate their study of communication science in the area of language from birth to age 18. The Childhood Communication concentration does not provide all required coursework to prepare students for graduate school admission in speech-language pathology or audiology or for the SLPA Certificate.

Students must earn a grade of “C-” or better in all courses required for the major in order to progress through the program. Courses with grades lower than “C-” will need to be repeated in order for the student to progress to courses requiring that course as a prerequisite. Students should note that programs differ in the minimum grade required.

Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Major

General Studies Exception for Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Major with Early Childhood Licensure (without the Childhood Communication Concentration):

Students must take BIO 1080 and BIO 1090 instead of SCI 2620. Students may substitute MTH 1610 and MTH 1620 for MTH 1110 prerequisite for SLHS 2530 if they also pass a logarithm/exponent assessment administered by SLHS.

Required Prerequisite Courses

Required prerequisite courses may be used to fulfill General Studies requirements.

Total: 11

Required Courses

Subtotal: 37

^*Course has additional prerequisites that must be satisfied.

Additional Courses (Select at least 1 hour)

Students who do not complete the all the requirements for licensure in Early Childhood Education must select at least 6 hours of electives. See Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Program in this catalog.

Totals:

Major Total for SLHS Major	38
General Studies Total (includes Math total)	40
Licensure Total	45
Grand Total	123

The American Speech-language-Hearing Association recommends undergraduates take a course in:
a) statistics, b) physics, and c) human development. MSU Denver equivalents are: a) MTH 1210 Introduction to Statistics or PSY 2310 Introduction to Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences, b) PHY 1000 Introduction to Physics or PHY 3620 Physics of Sound and Music, and c) PSY 2210 Psychology of Human Development.

Childhood Communication Concentration

General Studies Exception for Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences Major with Childhood Communication Concentration and Early Childhood Licensure

Required Prerequisite Courses

Required prerequisite courses may be used to fulfill General Studies requirements. Students may substitute MTH 1610 and MTH 1620 for the MTH 1110 prerequisite for SLHS 2530 if they also pass a logarithm/exponent assessment administered by SLHS.

Required Courses

Subtotal: 33

Additional Courses (Select at least 3 hours)

Students who do not complete all of the requirements for licensure in Early Childhood Education must select at least 9 hours of electives. See Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences department for details.

Totals:

Major Total for SLHS major with Childhood Communication Concentration	36
Required Prerequisite Total	3
General Studies Total (includes Math total)	39
Licensure Total	45
Grand Total	123