General Education Requirements

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Old General Education Program
English Composition (WC) – 3 hours
ENG 100 (ENG ACT 29 = ENG 100 credit, 3 hours)
English Composition (WC) – 3 hours
ENG 300
Public Speaking (OC) – 3 hours
COMM 145 OR 161
Mathematics (QR) – 3 hours
MATH 109, 116, OR OTHER
Literature (AH) – 3 hours
ENG 200
Western Civilization (SB) – 3 hours
HIST 119/120
Humanities (AH) Electives - 6 hours
e.g., specific course(s) with prefixes of ART, MUS, PHIL, RELS, THEA, other
Social & Behavioral Sciences (SB) electives – 6 hours
e.g., specific course(s) with prefixes of ECON, FACS, REC, PSY, SWRK, SOCL, other
Natural Sciences (NS/SL) - 6 hours (2 disciplines; one lab)
e.g., specific course(s) with prefixes of BIOL, ASTR, GEOL, PHYS, other
Foreign Language – 3 hours
World Cultures and American Cultural Diversity – 3 hours
Health and Wellness – 2 hours
Communication Sciences and Disorders Major Requirements
Teacher Certification Course Requirements
EDU 250 – Introduction to Teacher Education
PSY 310 – Educational Psychology: Development/Learning
SPED 330 – Introduction to Exceptional Education
ASHA Certification Course Requirements
Biological sciences should emphasize content related to human or animal sciences. Students are encouraged to enroll in BIO 131 – Human Anatomy & Physiology.
Physical sciences include physics or chemistry. Students are encouraged to enroll in PHYS 130 – Acoustics of Music and Speech.*
Social/behavioral sciences should include psychology, sociology, anthropology, or public health. Students are required to enroll in PSY 100 – Introduction to Psychology to meet the requirements for PSY 310 – Educational Psychology.
A stand-alone course in statistics is required (a course in research methodology does not meet this requirement). Students are encouraged to enroll in one of the following statistics classes: MATH 183 – Introduction to Statistics, PH 383 – Biostatistics in Health Services, SOCL 300 – Using Statistics in Sociology or PSY 301 – Statistics in Psychology.
Major Courses
Major courses - CD 280, 290, 347, 405, 478, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, PSYS 423 or PSY 3** or 4**, CD 495 – 9 hours
Minor

NOTE: This is for informational purposes only; all official requirements are in the undergraduate catalog or listed in your iCAP.
*Students should also note that graduate programs in CSD accept ASHA Certification Course Requirements at their discretion. If WKU accepts a course as part of the ASHA Certification Course Requirements, this DOES NOT mean that other universities will also accept the course. Courses approved by WKU CSD Department to meet the Physical Science requirement include courses with a chemistry prefix (i.e. CHEM 106) or a physics prefix (i.e. PHYS 130).

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