Total semester hours required for the Degree: 120 semester hours
Total semester hours required for the CDS Major: 58 - 59 semester hours
Students who wish to enter the professions of speech-language pathology or audiology typically earn a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Communication Disorders & Sciences (CDS) and then apply to graduate programs in either area. The required levels of training for certification by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, the Illinois State Board of Education, and the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation are the Master's Degree in CDS for speech-language pathologists, and the Doctor of Audiology for audiologists. Admission into graduate programs in speech-language pathology or audiology is competitive.
Students must maintain a CGPA and MGPA of 3.0. Students whose CGPA drops below 3.0 will be placed on academic warning for the major and have until the end of the following term to raise the CGPA to 3.0. If a student in academic warning for the major fails to return the CGPA to the required 3.0 level during the next term in which they are enrolled, CDS major status is lost, and the student may not enroll in additional CDS courses as a CDS major. Students may petition the department chair for readmission or reconsideration due to extenuating circumstances.
CDS major comprises:
CDS 2000
Introduction to Communication Disorders & Sciences. (1 credits)
CDS 2100
Phonetics and Phonological Development. (3 credits)
CDS 2200
Language Acquisition. (3 credits)
CDS 2500
Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech, Language, Swallowing, and Hearing Mechanism. (3 credits)
CDS 2800
Speech and Hearing Science. (3 credits)
CDS 3100
Phonological Assessment and Remediation. (3 credits)
CDS 3200
Developmental Language Disorders. (3 credits)
CDS 3300
Sign Language and Deaf Culture. (2 credits)
OR
CDS 1101
American Sign Language I. (3 credits)
OR
WLA 1101
American Sign Language I. (3 credits)
CDS 3500
Neurological/Embryological Aspects of Communication. (3 credits)
CDS 3700
Diagnosis and Treatment of Communication Disorders. (3 credits)
CDS 3900
Introduction to Clinical Techniques in Communication Disorders and Sciences. (2 credits)
CDS 4300
Introduction to Audiology. (3 credits)
CDS 4350
Aural Rehabilitation. (3 credits)
CDS 4600
Seminar in Communication Disorders and Sciences. (3 credits)
CDS 4815
Augmentative and Alternative Communication. (2 credits)
CDS 4900
Clinical Practice. (1 credits)
AND
BIO 2005
Human Biology. (4 credits)
OR
BIO 2210
Anatomy and Physiology I. (4 credits)
AND
PSY 1879
Introductory Psychology. (3 credits)
AND
PSY 3515
Child Psychology. (3 credits)
AND
听
MAT 2250
Elementary Statistics. (4 credits)
OR
PSY 3610
Statistical Methods of Psychology. (4 credits)
OR
BUS 2810
Business Statistics I. (3 credits)
AND
Any Chemistry or Physics Course.
Information sourced from the 2026-2027 EIU Undergraduate Catalog.
