Undergraduate Program

Advisement

Undergraduate Advisor
Cameron Langner, Arts and Sciences Advisement

All 400- and 500-level courses are restricted. Students are encouraged to contact the Arts and Sciences Advisement Center for advisement prior to registration (505-277-4621).


College of Arts and Sciences and Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences Undergraduate Admission Requirements

A minimum of 26 credit hours; 23 credit hours must be in courses acceptable toward graduation.

A cumulative grade point average of at least 2.00 on all course work.

  • Transfer students must have a 2.00 transfer GPA.
  • Continuing UNM students must have a 2.00 institutional GPA.

Demonstrated academic achievement by satisfying the following:

  • Completion of General Education Curriculum: Communication.
  • Completion of General Education Curriculum: Mathematics and Statistics.
  • Completion of General Education Curriculum: Second Language.

Completion of Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences admission course work with a grade of "C" or better:

  • ANTH 1140 or 1155 or 327; or PSYC 1110 or 2120; or SOCI 1110. 
  • BIOL 1110 or 1140; or MATH 1220 or 1240 or 1430 or 1512.

Degree Offered

  • Bachelor of Arts in Speech and Hearing Sciences (B.A.)

Major Study

1.  36 credit hours in required courses: SHS *302, *303, 310, 321, 330, *425, 428, 430, 431, 450, *458, and *459.

2. 18 credit hours in required support courses:

  • 3 credit hours in basic human communication processes. Required: LING 301.
  • 3 credit hours in biological sciences. Recommended: BIOL 1140.
  • 3 credit hours in physical sciences. Recommended: PHYS 1125.
  • 3 credit hours in college-level statistics. Required: MATH 1350 or PSYC 2510.
  • 6 credit hours in behavioral and/or social sciences (normal/abnormal human behavior, development across the lifespan, social interaction, and issues of culturally diverse populations). Recommended: ANTH 1140, 1155, 1170; PSYC 1110, 2120; SOCI 1110.

Prerequisites or corequisites may exist. Check with individual department listings in this Catalog. These courses may also be used to meet UNM Core Curriculum requirements.

3.  A grade of at least "C" must be earned in all required SHS courses and required support courses. The credit/no credit (CR/NC) option may not be used. Note that the UNM Master of Science degree in Speech-Language Pathology requires that grades earned in SHS courses completed at the undergraduate level must be "B" or better.

4.  Recommended minors include Anthropology, Art, Communication, Computer Science, Criminology, Family and Child Studies, Latin American Studies, Linguistics, Management, Physics, Psychology, Sociology, Southwest Culture Studies, Spanish, and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.


Courses

SHS *302. Introduction to Communicative Disorders. (3)



SHS *303. Introduction to Phonetics. (3)



SHS 310. Anatomy and Physiology of Human Communication. (3)



SHS 321 / 541. Introduction to Audiology. (3)



SHS 330. Introduction to Communication Sciences. (3)



SHS *425. Aural Rehabilitation. (3)



SHS 428. Phonological Disorders in Children. (3)



SHS 430 / 530. Language Development. (3)



SHS 431. Language Disorders in Children. (3)



SHS 450. Neural Basis of Communication. (3)



SHS 451. Undergraduate Problems. (1-3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



SHS *458. Preclinical Training. (3)



SHS 459. Multicultural Considerations in Communication. (3)



SHS 490. Topics in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences. (1-3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



SHS 500. Clinical Practice. (3, may be repeated five times Δ)



SHS 506. Reading and Writing in Research. (3)



SHS 507. Adult Neurogenic Communicative Disorders. (3)



SHS 517. Dysphagia. (3)



SHS 525. Voice Disorders. (3)



SHS 530 / 430. Language Development. (3)



SHS 531. Motor Speech Disorders. (3)



SHS 532. Augmentative Communication. (3)



SHS 533. Assessing Language in Children. (3)



SHS 534. Intervention: Child Language Disorders. (3)



SHS 535. Medical Speech-Language Pathology. (3)



SHS 538. Fluency Disorders. (3)



SHS 539. Topics. (1-3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



SHS 541 / 321. Introduction to Audiology. (3)



SHS 551. Problems. (1-3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



SHS 558. Clinical Internship. (6-9 to a maximum of 18 Δ)



SHS 599. Master's Thesis. (1-6, no limit Δ)



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