School of Education

Major and Related Courses: Communicative Disorders

Advisors: Students are required to make an appointment with an advisor in the Department of Communicative Disorders, Goodnight Hall, 1975 Willow Drive, to discuss program requirements in detail. Appointments can be made by calling 608/262-3951. Students not yet admitted to this program should consult with advising staff at Education Academic Services (EAS), Rust-Schreiner Halls, 115 North Orchard Street, 262-1651.

Major Requirements

Complete all the courses listed below. Students must complete Com Dis 201, 202, 240—the "gateway courses" (starred below)—to be eligible for admission. At least 15 credits of upper level major course work (courses number 300-699) must be taken in residence on the UW-Madison campus for graduation. Students must contact a Communicative Disorders advisor to plan the sequencing of major requirements and to obtain authorization for course registration in the major. Find course descriptions and course prerequisites in the Communicative Disorders Department Handbook. Courses listed below are Communicative Disorders (Com Dis) unless otherwise indicated.

201 Speech Science, 3*
202 Normal Aspects of Hearing, 3*
210 Speech and Language Functions of the Brain, 3
240 Language Development in Children and Adolescents, 3*
303 Speech Acoustics and Perception, 3
315 Speech Pathology I, 3
318 Speech Pathology II, 4
320 Introduction to Audiology, 3
371 Pre-Clinical Observation of Children and Adults, 2
425 Auditory Rehabilitation, 3
440 Child Language Disorders, Assessment and Intervention, 3
631 Introduction to Augmentative Communication, 3 (cross-listed as RPSE 631 and TS 631), or approved substitute

Important notes:

• 390 Practicum in Communicative Disorders, 2, is no longer required as of May, 2007.
• A number of students have elected to take additional course work in the Department of Communicative Disorders, particularly 424 and 434, Manually Coded English I and II. Please be aware that students must not exceed 40 credits in the major to graduate with 120 credits (see 40-Credit Rule under "Additional Graduation Requirements"). American Sign Language, offered through the Department of Rehabilitation Psychology & Special Education during most summer sessions, will not impact the 40-Credit Rule.

Related Courses

The Communicative Disorders program requires both major and related course work. Related course work is mandatory but not considered part of the major or calculated into the major grade point average. This course work may be used to satisfy Liberal Studies requirements, if appropriate.

Note: Content from these courses may need to be documented in the future for Wisconsin State licensing. Students should save materials from their studies.

• RP & SE 300 Individuals with Disabilities, 3
• Any college level statistics course. Recommended courses include Psych 210, 410; Stats 201, 301; Ed Psych 360, 760.

Students beginning as new freshmen on any campus in fall 1999 and after must also complete one course from each of the following three areas. These courses may also be applied to Liberal Studies requirements.

• Select one Humanities course: Linguistics 101, 301; History of Science 205.
• Select one Ethnic Studies course: Anthropology 104; Asian American Studies 101; Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies 201; Sociology 134, 220.
• Select one Science course: Anthropology 105; Physics 103, 109; Gender and Women's Studies 103; Biology 101.