Aug 07, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

Speech-language Pathology, B.S.S.P.


Learning Outcomes

  1. Demonstrate knowledge of normal processes in the development of speech and language comprehension and production that approaches the standard of achievement outlined by ASHA, by recognizing and recalling facts and understanding what the facts mean.
  2. Demonstrate knowledge of communication and swallowing disorders that approaches the standard of achievement outlined by ASHA, by recognizing and recalling facts and understanding and applying the facts, concepts, and ideas as related to persons with communication and swallowing disorders.
  3. Demonstrate knowledge of clinical methods, clinical skills and ethics related to intervention with clients who are diagnosed with communication and swallowing disorders that approaches the standard of achievement outlined by ASHA, by recognizing and recalling facts and understanding and applying the facts, concepts, and ideas as related to persons with communication and swallowing disorders.

Tulsa Curriculum and First Year Experience (38 hours)


General Curriculum (25 hours)


  • Block I Aesthetic Inquiry and Creative Experience (6 hours)
  • Block II Social and Historical Interpretation (12 hours)
    • CDSP 2073  Culturally Responsive Practices in Education and Healthcare
    • Choose 3 additional Block II courses
  • Block III Scientific Investigation (7 hours)

Speech-language Pathology Major Requirements (64 hours)


Major Electives or Minor Program (12 hours)


Students may complete a minor program of at least 12 hours or complete 12 hours from the following list of select courses:

General Electives (6 hours)


Total: 120 hours


Speech-language Pathology, B.S.S.P., Additional Requirements


All CDSP and CDAU courses must be completed with a grade of C or higher. Courses may be repeated, if necessary, to meet this requirement.

Students with a GPA lower than 3.0 in major specific courses may have difficulty with admittance to graduate school programs. If academic grades in the major are consistently below 3.0, it will be recommended that the student select a different program for their major.

Students with a GPA lower than 3.0 in speech-language pathology courses will enroll in clinical practicum only if recommended by faculty. Failure to pass the practicum course will result in non-recommendation for graduate study in speech-language pathology.