Recommended Sequence

Finish your BA in 4 years! The recommended sequence of courses for CDS students provides an overview of the kinds of material a student can expect to encounter at different stages of the program.

Undergraduate 4-Year Curriculum Plan

CDS Catalog Course Numbers were recently updated

CDS 288, CDS 289 and CDS 290 are now CDS 388, CDS 389 and CDS 390. Course content did not change.
Cultural Linguistic Diversity in CSD is now CDS449/CDS549 (formally CDS Special Topic)
Phonological Disorders & Management is now CDS444/CDS544 (formally CDS 392)

CDS 151: Introduction to Speech Language Pathology and Audiology (3 credits)
CSE 101 (4 credits)
Pathway (Communication Literacy 1) or ENG 105: Writing and Rhetoric (3 or 4 credits)
UB Seminar (3 credits)

MTH 114 (4 credits)
PSY 101 (3 credits)
Pathway (3 credits)
Pathway (Communication Literacy 1) or ENG 105 (3 or 4 credits)
Diversity Learning (3 credits)

Statistics (PSY 207 or STA 119 or SOC 294) (4 credits)
CDS 286: Phonetics (3 credits)
CDS 388: Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism (3 credits)
BIO 129 or BIO 130 or BIO 200 (4 credits)
Pathway (3 credits)

Pathway (3 credits)
Physical Science - CHE or PHY (3 credits)
CDS 390: Audiology: Diagnosis and Management (3 credits)
LIN 205 or LIN 207 (3 credits)
CDS 389: General and Speech Acoustics (3 credits)

CDS 387: Psychoacoustic Science (3 credits)
CDS 301: Language Development in Children (3 credits)
Pathway (3 credits)
Human Behavior 1 (3 credits)
Communication Literacy 2 (3 credits)

Human Behavior 2 (3 credits)
Elective (3 credits)
CDS 444: Phonological Disorders: Diagnosis and Management (3 credits)
Pathway (3 credits)
Elective (3 credits)

Elective (1 credit)
UBC 399 (1 credit)
CDS 480: Clinical Observation and Participation (1 credit)
CDS 482: Diagnostics in Communicative Disorders (3 credits)
CDS 484: Aural Rehabilitation (3 credits)
Elective (3 credits)

Elective (3 credits)
Elective (3 credits)
Elective (3 credits)
Elective (3 credits)
Elective (3 credits)