Minor in Speech and Hearing

The Minor in Speech and Hearing Sciences is designed for students interested in exploring topics related to human communication. Coursework provides an overview of the fields of hearing, deafness, language and speech, with opportunities to pursue in-depth study of acoustics, audiology, speech and language disorders or American Sign Language.

This curriculum is especially valuable for students in fields like psychology, education, philosophy‐neuroscience‐psychology (PNP) and linguistics, but students of all majors are encouraged to consider the minor. Coursework completed as part of this minor can also be used to fulfill some prerequisites for graduate studies in audiology, deaf education and speech‐language pathology.

The minor was invaluable in helping create opportunities for me to explore different fields and careers, and also in really understanding the nuances of human communication and the communities within speech and hearing sciences!

Jane Zankman, MSDE (2020), Speech and Hearing Sciences Minor alumna (2018)

Requirements

A minimum of 15 semester hours of coursework is required, three (3) of which must be L12 234 Introduction to Speech and Hearing Sciences. Other coursework may be drawn from the course list below.

• EDUC 2100 Introduction to Speech and Hearing Sciences (3 hours)
• PACS 3000 Acoustics and Speech Perception (3 hours) 
• PACS 3010 Introduction to Audiology (3 hours)
• PACS 3993 Clinical Observation and Methods in Audiology (3 hours)
• PACS 3994 Clinical Observation and Methods in Speech-Language Pathology (3 hours)
• PACS 4000 Anatomy and Physiology of Speech and Hearing (2-3 hours)
• PACS 4050 Sign Language I (2 hours)
• PACS 4051 Sign Language II (2 hours)
• PACS 4052 Sign Language III (2 hours)
• PACS 4060 Typical Language Development (3 hours)
• PACS 4080 Speech and Language Disorders (3 hours)
• LING 1600 Introduction to Linguistics (3 hours)
• LING 3050 Phonetics (3 hours)

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