Communicative Disorders & Deaf Education, BS BA

Communicative Disorders & Deaf Education, BS BA

Level:

Bachelor's Degree

Credits required:

60 credits

Cost per credit:

$382

Next start date:

May 6, 2024

Help Others Overcome Communication Disorders

USU Online's bachelor's in communicative disorders and deaf education (COMDDE) prepares you for a career in the field of communication sciences and disorders. COMDDE students learn to apply new strategies and technologies for the diagnosis and treatment of infants, children, and adults.

Thousands live with communicative disorders and need support to have a high-quality life. You can make a difference.

The First Step is a Conversation. Talk to Kristy.

Kristy Meeks

Kristy Meeks

Undergraduate Academic Advisor
(435) 797-2469
kristy.meeks@usu.edu

College: College of Education & Human Services

Department: Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education

Find Your Fit

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Career Outlook

Few career options are as fulfilling as those available to USU's COMDDE graduates. Speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and deaf educators work in diverse settings, including hospitals, clinics, schools, early intervention programs, research laboratories, private practice, government agencies, the armed forces, and postsecondary education.

If you decide to move on to a master's degree, you can become a speech language pathologist or audiologist. If you decide to stop at a bachelor's, you can become a speech language pathologist technician.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor, "The job growth for this degree field is projected to grow 18 percent from 2016 to 2026, much faster than the average for all occupations." Earning a COMDDE degree is the key to entering this high-paying, high-demand field.

Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education Sample Courses

 

This course addresses the typical development of semantics, syntax, and pragmatics from infancy to adolescence. It includes prelinguistic communication, cognitive correlates, discourse, metalinguistics, bilingual acquisition, and the effects of sociocultural context on acquisition. Students are introduced to language sample analysis. 

This is an advanced analysis of syntax and morphology of the English language. It includes formal grammatical analysis, clinical tools for assessing language development, use in discourse contexts, and application to case studies. 

Students examine neurogenic and other communication disorders in adults, focusing on etiology and characteristics of disorders including stroke, traumatic brain injury, degenerative disorders, dysarthria, apraxia of speech, aphasia, voice, and dysphagia. Assessment and treatment principles for acquired disorders are introduced. 

Students study the evaluation of hearing for adults and children, including pure tone audiometry, clinical masking, speech audiometry, clinical immittance measures, and screening procedures. Disorders of the outer, middle, and inner ear that affect hearing and balance are addressed.