Speech Pathology and Audiology
Chairperson: Kim L. Tillery
W123 Thompson Hall
(716) 673-3202
SpeechPathology.Audiology@fredonia.edu
NOTE: Requirements may differ according to date of enrollment.
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Requirements for the B.S. Ed. in Speech and Language Disabilities, and Initial Certification  (Note: The B.S.Ed. is not accepting new applications and is supported only for students already enrolled. The program graduates its last class in 2009. All new students are admitted into the B.A. program)

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Course Number Title Credit Hours
SPA 250 Speech and Language Development 3
SPA 268 Phonetics 3
SPA 280 Speech-Language 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 329 Clinical Practice (co-requisite SPA 331) 3
SPA 331 Lecture and Staffing Clinical Practice (co-requisite SPA 329) 1
SPA 400 Foundations of Speech Language Pathology in Educational Settings 2
SPA 418 Speech-Language Pathology II 3
SPA 419 Aural Habilitation and Rehabilitation 3
SPA 432 Student Teaching of the Speech and Hearing Handicapped
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Total: 46 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)


Requirements for Initial Certification: (9 credit hours)
EDU 215 Education in American Society or equivalent 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.