Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in Communication Disorders and Sciences: Fall Admissions (Freshman and Transfers) are advised into the BA, Starting Fall 2006
Requirements may differ according to date of enrollment. Current students should check their 
college catalog.
| Course Number | Title | Credit Hours |
| SPA 250 | Speech and Language Development | 3 |
| SPA 268 | Phonetics | 3 |
| SPA 280 | Speech Pathology I | 3 |
| SPA 310 | The Speech and Hearing Mechanism | 3 |
| SPA 316 | Speech Science | 3 |
| SPA 322 | Hearing Problems and Tests | 3 |
| SPA 323 | Phonological and Language Disorders | 3 |
| SPA 328 | Clinical Methods, Speech and Hearing | 3 |
SPA 400
| Foundations of Speech Pathology in an Educational Setting
| 2
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| SPA 418 | Speech-Language Pathology II | 3 |
| SPA 419 | Aural Habilitation and Rehabilitation | 3 |
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A two-course sequence in two different academic departments by advisement. (12)
(44 credit hours)
Any 200 level statistics course from SUNY Fredonia or approved transfer course from another institution.
To meet ASHA's 2005 Standards
1 Biology
1 Physical Science (physics or chemistry preferred) Recommended for Future Certification (9) |
| EDU 215 | Education in American Society | 3 |
| EDU 225 | Developmental Psychology | 3 |
| EDU 276 | Foundations of Literacy & Integration | 3 |
| EDU 301 | Child Abuse & Child Abduction: CAW (or equivalent) | 1 |
| EDU 302 | Alcohol, Tobacco & Drug Abuse | 1 |
| EDU 303 | Safety Ed/Fire & Arson/Violence: SAVE (or equivalent) | 1 |
The New York State Education Department requires a Child Abuse Seminar (CAW)as well as a Violence Prevention Seminar (SAVE) for all students being recommended for teaching certification; Childhood Education, Early Childhood Education, Adolescence Education, and Speech Pathology/Audiology. These students must successfully complete the New York State Teacher Examination Program.
Students are required to demonstrate competence in a foreign language. This requirement may be satisfied in any one of the following four ways: (1) completion of course work at the 116 level at Fredonia, or (2) transferring of two successful college semesters, or (3) scoring at the 50th percentile or higher on the CLEP exam, or (4) completion of three years of high school language with a passing score on the Regent’s examination (passing = 65) The College Core Curriculum (CCC) foreign language requirement differs from the certification requirements and must be satisfied for degree conferral. |