Audiology and Speech-Language Sciences B.S.
College of Natural and Health Sciences
Contact: Tamara Nickelson, Administrative Assistant
Location: Gunter 1400
Telephone: 970.351.2734
Website: www.unco.edu/NHS/asls
Advising Information:
Students must consult with their assigned major advisor each semester prior to registering.
Assigned advisor is available through the Ursa login; ursa.unco.edu; under Student tab Academic Profile channel and is term specific. If no advisor is listed, contact the major program for advisor information.
The program consists of three parts:
- Liberal Arts Core (LAC) Credits
- Required Major Credits
- University-Wide Credits
Program Description:
In this comprehensive pre-professional program, students take academic courses and observe and participate in supervised clinical practica. These activities are designed to provide a strong base for entry into a professional certifying degree program at the master's degree level in speech-language pathology or at the doctoral degree level in audiology. This degree program does not lead to certification of any type. Students cannot find employment as an audiologist or as a speech-language pathologist with only the bachelor’s degree in audiology and speech-language sciences; however, positions can be found as audiology technicians and/or speech-language pathology assistants.
The degree program can be modified to serve as an excellent undergraduate foundation for entry into the master's degree program in Severe Needs: Hearing (Deaf Education). Students interested in pursuing this option should see their advisor.
Program Admission Requirements:
Academic Good Standing
Program Requirements:
- In addition to fulfilling the specified major requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree in Audiology and Speech-Language Sciences, a grade of “C-” or better must be earned in all of the Required Major Credit and Specified LAC Credit courses in order for the courses to count toward the major.
- In addition, the University requirement of a UNC cumulative grade point average of at least 2.00 for graduation must also be met.
Degree Requirements — 120 Credits
Degree Requirements
1. Required Specified LAC — 22-25 credits
LAC area 1.b. — Intermediate Composition
Choose one of the following courses:
LAC area 2 — Mathematics
Choose one of the following courses:
LAC area 5.c. — Human Behavior and Social Systems
| ASLS 160 | Introduction to Human Communication and Its Disorders | 3 |
| | One course with either a PSY or SOC prefix | |
LAC area 6 — Physical and Life Sciences
| BIO 101 | Biological Perspectives | 4 |
| | or | |
| BIO 110 | Principles of Biology | 4 |
| | One course with either CHEM or PHYS prefix | 3-5 |
LAC area 8 — Multicultural Studies
Remaining LAC — 15-18 credits
See “Liberal Arts Core ”.
2. Required Major — 37-38 credits
Take all of the following courses:
| ASLS 260 | Introduction to Phonetics | 2 |
| ASLS 266 | Normal Speech and Language Development | 3 |
| ASLS 267 | Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanism | 3 |
| ASLS 343 | Fundamentals of Physiological and Biological Acoustics | 2 |
| ASLS 360 | Articulation and Voice Disorders | 3 |
| ASLS 365 | Language Disorders in Children | 3 |
| ASLS 366 | Language Sampling Processes | 1 |
| ASLS 370 | Basic Audiology | 4 |
| ASLS 469 | Clinical Processes in Speech-Language Pathology | 4 |
| ASLS 478 | Aural Rehabilitation and Amplification | 3 |
| BIO 245 | Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology | 4 |
| LIB 150 | Introduction to Undergraduate Research | 1 |
Choose one course from each of the following groups that aligns with area of interest for graduate studies:
Group A:
Group B:
| ASLS 474 | Clinical Practicum in Audiology | 1 |
| ASLS 483 | Entry/Primary Speech-Language Pathology Practicum | 2 |
3. University-Wide Credits — 42-43 credits
Complete additional credits to achieve the minimum credits needed for this degree at UNC; for this degree, that will typically be 42-43 credits.