Changes in Admission Criteria and Program Requirements
Liberal Studies, 40 credits
General Education Requirements
Ethnic Studies
Communicative Disorders Major, 38 credits
Related Courses*
Professional Education Requirements*
Multicultural Education and Human Relations Requirement
Conflict Resolution Requirement
Advisors: Students are required to make an appointment with an advisor in the Department of Communicative Disorders, Goodnight Hall, 1975 Willow Drive, to discuss program requirements in detail. Appointments can be made by calling 608/262-3951.
Admission eligibility requirements: Eligibility requires:
Application materials are available on the EAS Web site, www.education.wisc.edu/eas. New students and off-campus transfer students wishing to enter UW-Madison must apply through the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. The deadline for applying for fall and summer session admission is February 1; the deadline to apply for spring semester admission is October 1. Off-campus transfer students must be admitted to UW-Madison and will need to meet transfer admission expectations, see www.admissions.wisc.edu.
Graduation requirements: Effective fall 2005 admission, students must complete the following to graduate: 2.75 cumulative GPA; 2.75 cumulative GPA in all major course work, including Com Dis 390; 2.75 cumulative GPA in all upper level major course work (numbered 300 and above); 2.75 GPA in all professional education courses. Degree candidates must meet senior and major residency requirements. Graduation grade point averages are based on UW-Madison course work and may be modified by the Last 60 Credits Rule.
The master's degree is required to be certified to work in a public school program in Wisconsin and most states. The major in Communicative Disorders prepares graduates to function competently and independently in public school programs, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, birth-to-three programs, or clinics. The bachelor of science degree is earned in the School of Education, and the master's degree is earned in the Department of Communicative Disorders (College of Letters and Science major with School of Education certification). Student teaching and other professional education courses will be taken while earning the bachelor's and master's degrees. Recommendation for early childhood through adolescence certification in Speech and Language Pathology is contingent upon completion of the master's degree at UW-Madison or another institution, receiving a passing score in the National Exam in Speech and Language Pathology required by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and completion of a portfolio. Not all students eligible for admission to the undergraduate program can be accepted to the master's degree program on this campus.
Students completing the undergraduate program at UW-Madison but completing a graduate program at another institution will be recommended for certification by the graduate degree granting institution. The School of Education at UW-Madison will not certify students who have completed only undergraduate degrees at UW-Madison.
Admission criteria and program requirements may be modified from one admission period to the next. The most current program information is available in Education Academic Services, B117 Education Building, 608/262-1651; www.education.wisc.edu/eas.
The liberal studies requirements combine academic strengths and interests with an opportunity to explore a wide selection of courses offered across campus. Students will complete course work in humanities, social studies, and science. Effective summer 2007, three additional requirements—ethnic studies, global perspectives, and U.S. or European history—will be required of all students in the School of Education. See Teacher Certification Liberal Studies Requirements for specific course work.
Effective summer 1996, new freshmen must complete a group of campus-wide course requirements known as the General Education requirements. This initiative is designed to provide all UW-Madison students with a comprehensive, well-rounded program of studies. See General Education Requirements (GER).
All Secondary Education programs already require at least one course, Curric 313 or 305, that is also approved to meet the General Education Communication B requirement. The course can be used to meet both requirements.
Effective fall 1989, students beginning a degree program at UW-Madison (freshmen, transfers, and second degree candidates) must complete one course of at least 3 credits which is designated as an Ethnic Studies course. The ethnic studies requirement is intended to increase understanding of the culture and contributions of persistently marginalized racial or ethnic groups in the United States, and to equip students to respond constructively to issues connected with our pluralistic society and global community. Designated with an e in the UW-Madison Timetable, ethnic studies course work may, in the absence of other restrictions, be applied toward other degree requirements. Effective summer 2007, this requirement became part of the liberal studies requirement.
Students must complete at least 15 credits of upper-level major course work (numbered 300-699) in residence on the UW-Madison campus. Students should plan to take Com Dis 201, 202, and 240 for the first 9 credits in the major. If a cumulative GPA of 3.0 in these three courses is not earned, students must consider other majors. The courses listed below are Communicative Disorders listings in the Timetable unless otherwise indicated.
Major GPA is calculated from this course work:
201 Speech Science, 3 cr
202 Normal Aspects of Hearing, 3 cr
210 Speech and Language Functions of the Brain, 3 cr
240 Language Development in Children and Adolescents, 3 cr
303 Speech Acoustics and Perception, 3 cr
315 Speech Pathology I, 3 cr
318 Speech Pathology II, 4 cr
320 Intro to Audiology, 3 cr
371 Pre-Clinical Observation of Children and Adults, 2 cr
390 Practicum in Communicative Disorders, 2 cr
425 Auditory Rehabilitation, 3 cr
440 Child Language Disorders, Assessment and Intervention, 3 cr
631 Introduction to Augmentative Communication, 3 cr (crosslisted as RP&SE 631 and TS 631)
Note: A number of students have elected to take additional course work in the Communicative Disorders Department, particularly Manually Coded English I and II. Students cannot count more than 40 credits in the major toward the minimum total of 120 credits necessary for graduation (though it is acceptable to earn more than 40 credits in the major). American Sign Language, offered through the Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education during most summer sessions, does not factor into the 40-Credit Rule.
*Content from these courses may need to be documented in a portfolio for future Wisconsin DPI licensing. It is suggested that students save materials from their studies.
The Communicative Disorders program requires both major and discipline-related course work. Discipline-related course work (listed below) is mandatory but not considered part of the major or calculated into the major grade point average. This course work may be used to satisfy liberal studies requirements, if appropriate.-
RP&SE 300 Individuals with Disabilities, 3 cr
One statistics course; some options include:
Psych 210 Basic Statistics for Psychology, 3 cr
Psych 410 Intermediate Statistics for Psychology, 3 cr
Stat 201 Principles of Statistics, 3 cr
Stat 301 Introduction to Statistical Methods, 3 cr
Ed Psych 360 Interpretation of Statistical Procedures Used in Educational Research, 3 cr
Ed Psych 760 Statistical Methods Applied to Education, 3 cr
Students beginning as new freshmen on any campus in fall 1999 and after must also complete one course from each of the three areas shown below. These courses can also be applied toward liberal studies requirements.
Select one (all are Humanities courses):
Linguis 101 Human Language, 3 cr
Linguis 301 Introduction to Linguistics: Descriptive and Theoretical, 3 cr
Hist Sci 205 The Sciences of Man, 3 cr
Select one (all are ethnic studies courses):
Anthro 104 Cultural Anthropology and Human Diversity, 3 cr (currently on the Non-Western History and Non-Western Contemporary Culture course list)
Asian Am 101 Introduction to Asian American Studies, 3 cr
Chicla 201 Introduction to Chicano/a Studies, 3 cr
Soc 134 Problems of American Racial and Ethnic Minorities, 3-4 cr
Soc 220 Ethnic Movements in the United States, 3-4 cr
Select one (all are Science courses):
Anthro 105 Principles of Biological Anthropology (B), 3 cr
Physics 103 General Physics (P), 4 cr
Physics 109 Physics in the Arts (P), 3 cr
Women St 103 Women and Their Bodies in Health and Disease (N), 3 cr
Zoology 101 Animal Biology (B), 3 cr
*Content from these courses may need to be documented in a portfolio for future Wisconsin DPI licensing. It is suggested that students save materials from their studies.
Development, 3 credit minimum; select one:
Ed Psych 320 Human Development in Infancy and Childhood, 3 cr
Ed Psych 321 Human Development in Adolescence, 3 cr
Psych 560 Child Psychology, 3 cr
Psych 561 Adolescent Development, 3 cr (if offered)
Learning, 3 credit minimum:
Ed Psych 301 Human Abilities and Learning, 3 cr
Educational Policy Studies, 3 credit minimum:
Ed Pol 300 School and Society, 3 cr
Literacy, including Reading:
Curric 305 Integrating the Teaching of Reading with Other Language Arts, 3 cr
(This course also fulfills Communication B of the campus-wide General Education requirements)
Practicum:
Com Dis 390, 3 cr, also listed in the major requirements, above. (This course may become an elective option in the future.)
School of Education Electives:
Complete 3 credits of School of Education electives. These may be taken from any of the departments in the School of Education. Required School of Education courses may not be used for this requirement.
This requirement consists of courses, workshops and experiences that broaden understanding of diversity as it relates to the practice of teaching and the field of education. See Multicultural Education and Human Relations Requirement.
All students pursuing teacher certification must have formal training in conflict resolution. See Conflict Resolution Requirement.