On a non-degree basis, courses may be selected to match personal interests, graduate school application requirements, and career paths. The list below presents the recommended sequence of courses and indicates course prerequisites.
After checking with your potential graduate programs to decide which courses you need, please fill out the “Restriction Override Request Form” to have the restrictions waived. All of our courses except COMD 2600 and 3500 have registration restrictions. To get your current textbook list go to the USU Bookstore.
For further information on the recommended course sequence, please see the 2nd bachelor's degree program course sequence, the USU catalog, or contact the peer advisor.
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| COURSE | COURSE TITLE | CREDITS | PREREQUISITES* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communicative Disorders | |||
| COMD 2600 | Introduction to Communicative Disorders (OM) | 3 | |
| COMD 3120 | Management of Speech Sounds Disorders | 3 | COMD 3200 and 3500 |
| COMD 3200 | Child Language Development | 3 | |
| COMD 3400 | Hearing Science | 3 | |
| COMD 3500 | Phonetics and Phonological Development | 3 | |
| COMD 3600 | Language Science | 3 | |
| COMD 3800 | Anatomy and Physiology of Speech and Hearing | 3 | |
| COMD 4200 | Clinical Methods | 3 | COMD 3200 |
| COMD 4450 | Developmental Communication Disorders | 3 | COMD 3200 |
| COMD 4500 | Acquired Communication Disorders | 3 | COMD 3100 or 3800 |
| COMD 4700 | Basic Audiology | 3 | COMD 3400 or 3800 |
| COMD 4780 | Deaf Culture | 3 | COMD 3010 |
| COMD 5070 | Acoustics of Speech and Hearing | 3 | COMD 3400 or 3800, and 3500 |
| COMD 5210 | Cultural & Linguistic Diversity in COMD | 3 | |
| COMD 5240 | Neural Bases of Cognition and Communication | 3 | COMD 3100 or 3800 |
| COMD 5330 | Aural Rehabilitation | 3 | COMD 3400 or 3800 |
| American Sign Language | |||
| COMD 3010 | American Sign Language I | 4 | |
| COMD 3910 | American Sign Language II | 4 | COMD 3010 |
| COMD 4910 | American Sign Language III - Linguistics | 4 | COMD 3910 |
| COMD 4920 | American Sign Language IV - Academic Use | 4 | COMD 4910 |
| COMD 4780 | Deaf Culture | 4 | COMD 3010 |
COMDDE Course Syllabi
For past and current syllabi for all COMDDE courses, go USU Canvas Course Syllabus Tracker at elearn.usu.edu/syllabus. Enter the following:
- Term = your choice
- College = EEJ Education & Human Service
- Department = Comm Disorders & Deaf Ed
- Delivery Method = All Delivery Methods
- Campus = All Campuses
- Click on Blue Button “Open Direct Link Course Syllabus List”
- Select and click on desired course
Additional Related Courses
We offer additional courses that may benefit you, depending on your future career path, and may be required for certain graduate schools. For SLP graduate school, ASHA requires one course in each of the following four areas: statistics*, biological science, physical science, and social/behavioral science. If you have not had these courses in your first bachelor’s degree, you are welcome to take them now. Some of these non-COMD courses may not be taught every semester. Complete list of online courses is available.
- Introduction to Statistics, STAT 1040, 3 credits OR Introduction to Statistics with Elements of Algebra, STAT 1045, 5 credits
- Introduction to Biology, BIOL 1010, 3 credits
- Human Anatomy, BIOL 2320, 4 credits OR Human Physiology, BIOL 2420, 4 credits
- Intro to Chemistry, CHEM 1010, 3 credits OR Intro to Physics by Hands-on-Exploration, PHYS 1200, 4 credits
- General Psychology, PSY 1010, 3 credits
- Development Across the Lifespan, HDFS 1500, 3 credits
- Education of Exceptional Individuals, SPED 4000, 2 credits
*If it has been more than one year since you have completed the prerequisite math course, taking Statistics through USU will require a completion of a math placement exam.