Communication Sciences and Disorders

Minor in Communication Sciences and Disorders

The minor in Communication Sciences and Disorders is intended for students who are majors outside of Communication Sciences and wish to enhance their undergraduate education by learning about speech and language, both normal and disordered. Eighteen credits in Communication Sciences are required. By taking this minor, students can fulfill some of the pre-requisite courses to graduate study in Speech/Language Pathology at Temple. (These are Phonetics, Phonology, Grammatical Analysis, Language Processing, and Speech and Language Development.) This minor is likely to be especially valuable for those undergraduates who are majoring in Anthropology, Psychology, Sociology, Education, Foreign Language, Electrical Engineering, and Allied Health areas. Upon successful completion, the minor will be recorded on the student's University transcript. 

 Academic Requirements for Communication Sciences Minor: 

Students pursuing a minor in Communication Sciences and Disorders must meet the following requirements: A minimum grade of C in each course, 3.0 overall GPA for courses in the minor  

Program Structure: 

The program requires a total of six courses, two of which are chosen according to the students' special interest Speech/Language or Linguistics. (At least five of the six required courses are to be completed at Temple.) Of the courses required of all minors in Communication Sciences, Language and Race can be taken as part of the University's Core Curriculum and Communication Deviations and Disorders fulfills a Writing Intensive requirement.

Declaration of Communication Sciences Minor  

Students who are interested in pursuing a Communication Sciences minor should consult with an adviser in the school or college in which they are enrolled and with an adviser in the Communication Sciences Department. They should send a letter of intent to minor to the coordinator of undergraduate advising in Communication Sciences, Dr. Rena Krakow, and she will arrange for the appropriate advising.