Speech and Hearing Minor

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The Speech and Hearing minor, which is especially valuable for students majoring in education, special education, linguistics, or the health-care professions, provides the student with a foundation in the study of the developmental and normative aspects of speech, language, and hearing. Students must earn 18 credits in SPH coursework.

Required courses include:

SPH 228 - Phonetics
SPH 229 - Speech & Language Development Or
SPH 349 - Speech and Language Development for Majors
SPH 231 - Introduction to Communication Disorders
SPH 232 - Introduction to Audiology

Two additional courses are to be selected from the following:

SPH 351 - Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanism
SPH 431 - Basic Speech-Language Disorder
SPH 438 - Dialect Differences in Schools
SPH 481 - Aural Rehabilitation
SPH 482 - Audiometry
SPH 485 - Speech & Hearing Science

Note(s):

Students must discuss with their adviser whether it is appropriate to enroll in SPH 229 - Speech & Language Development or SPH 349 - Speech and Language Development for Majors for majors. SPH 349 is advantageous for students who expect to enroll in a graduate program in speech-language pathology and pursue professional practice.