The Department of Speech & Hearing Science offers both a major and a minor to undergraduates. Majors will pursue a Bachelor of Science degree consisting of 40 credit hours of speech and hearing science courses emphasizing the developmental and scientific aspects of language, speech, and hearing. Students choosing a minor will complete 24 credit hours. Students are strongly encouraged to visit an advisor from the Department of Speech and Hearing Science at ASU.

In addition, a concentration in speech and hearing science is available under the Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies (B.I.S.) degree, a program intended for the student who has academic interests that might not be satisfied with existing majors. Building on two academic concentrations (or one double concentration) and an interdisciplinary core, students in the B.I.S. program take active roles in creating their educational plans and defining their career goals. For more information, see the General Course Catalog.

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The master's degree program in speech-language pathology is accredited by the Council for Academic Accreditation (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).

The Master of Science degree in Communication Disorders provides academic and clinical course work needed to meet the ASHA clinical certification requirements in Speech-Language Pathology. A minimum of 39 semester hours of credit, excluding practicum and internships, is required. Students may pursue this degree as either a thesis or nonthesis option. Students in the nonthesis option will complete additional coursework in lieu of the thesis. The typical length of the program is 24 months.

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The AuD degree program has received interim accreditation, pending final decision by the Council for Academic Accreditation (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).

The AuD degree program is designed to prepare audiologists for autonomous clinical practice. The clinical doctorate model at ASU stresses the integration of academic classroom learning and practical experience across a broad spectrum of clinical specialties and practice environments. The AuD program is designed for full-time students over a period of 45 months, including four fall and four spring semesters, and three summers. The four-year course of study includes both academic and clinical practicum components. The AuD program requires a minimum of 103 semester credit hours, of which 67 are required academic credits provided through the Department of Speech and Hearing Science, and 36 are required clinical credits.

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The department implemented its doctoral program in Speech and Hearing Science in the fall of 1991. Students may be admitted to the Ph.D. program subsequent to receipt of a bachelor's, master's or Au.D. degree. The program has strong affiliations with psychology, human development, and relevant professionals in linguistics, bio-engineering, and other disciplines (e.g., nursing, early childhood education, special education, school psychology). This degree has primary emphasis on the human nervous system and its relationship to normal and impaired communication. For this program, 84 semester hours (54 beyond the master's degree) are required, including a core curriculum and a predissertation sequence of programmatic research.

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