Requirements for the Credential (145-146 units)

In addition to the coursework listed below, all requirements for the Master’s Degree in Communicative Disorders with an option in Speech-Language Pathology, including all required courses, practicum and the comprehensive examination or thesis, are required before a student will be recommended for the credential.

• COMD 400 - Hearing Science (4)
• COMD 401 - Acoustics of Speech and Hearing (4)
• COMD 402 - Audiology and Audiometry (5)
• COMD 420 - Rehabilitative Audiology (5)
• COMD 456 - Development of Verbal Behavior in Childhood (4)
• COMD 458 - Research Methods in Communication Disorders (4)
• COMD 460 - Advanced Language Development (4)
• COMD 461 - Descriptive Phonetics (4)
• COMD 462 - Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism (4)
• COMD 463 - Neuroscience of Communication (4)
• COMD 471 - Speech-Language Pathology I: Language Disorders in Children and Adults (4)
• COMD 472 - Speech-Language Pathology II: Fluency and Articulation/Phonological Disorders (4)
• COMD 473 - Speech-Language Pathology III: Voice, Cleft Palate and Cerebral Palsy (4)
• COMD 475 - Cultural/Linguistic Diversity in Communication Disorders (4)
• COMD 476 - Diagnostic Procedures in Communication Disorders (4)
• COMD 479 - Language, Speech and Hearing Services in the Public Schools (3)
• COMD 480 - Directed Teaching in Communication Disorders (6 – 12) (6)
• **  COMD 490 - Directed Teaching Laboratory (1)
• EDCI 300 - The Teaching Profession: Preparing the Urban Educator (2)

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• EDFN 413 - Psychological Foundations of Education (4)

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• COMD 451 - Psychosocial Considerations in Communication Disorders (3)

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• EDSP 400 - Foundations of Special Education (4)

• **COMD 490 must be taken concurrently with the first quarter of COMD 480.

The Special Class Authorization to Teach Severe Language Handicapped Children requires an additional 20 units:

• COMD 452 - Communication Disorders of the Neurologically Handicapped and Nonverbal Child (3)
• COMD 481 - Directed Teaching in the Aphasia Classroom (6)
• EDEL 400 - Proseminar: Curriculum and Teaching of Reading/Language Arts (4 each)
• EDEL 417 - Proseminar: Curriculum and Teaching of Mathematics (4)
• EDSP 409 - Assessment for Individuals with Exceptional Needs in Diverse Educational Settings (4)