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Club Affiliations | National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA)

Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences

with a concentration in Speech Language Pathology

The Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Health Sciences with a concentration in Speech Language Pathology is designed to introduce students to basic processes of communication, speech, language, and hearing, and to disorders of communication. Students will have the opportunity to observe speech language pathologists in the clinical setting, perform hearing screenings and complete an internship in the final stage of their program.  

Speech Language Pathology Objectives

To be able to fulfill the requirements of a Bachelor Degree in Health Sciences with a concentration in Speech Language Pathology and promote the overall program goals, graduates of the Health Sciences degree at Indiana University South Bend will be able to:

• Integrate principles of speech, language, and hearing science of clinical practice
• Analyze data and integrate findings within existing frameworks of speech, language, and hearing science
• Recognize individuals’ needs for diagnostic and treatment services
• Collaborate with other speech language pathology and audiology professionals

Academic Advising

Students can schedule an appointment with an advisor through the Student Appointment Scheduler (SAS) One.IU.

Degree Requirements (120 cr.)

Students receiving the Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences with a concentration in Speech Language Pathology must complete 120 credits including:

• IU South Bend Dwyer College of Health Sciences Campuswide General Education Curriculum (39 cr.)
• Biomedical Sciences Requirements (12 cr.)
• Social Sciences Requirement (3 cr.)
• Major Requirements (47 cr.)
• Free Electives (balance of credits needed to equal 120 cr. requirement)

• A minimum of 30 credit hours at the 300- or 400-level.
• Courses required for the major are recomended to be completed with a grade of C or higher.
• A minimum CGPA of 2.0 is required.
• All courses are 3 credit hours, unless otherwise noted.

Major Requirements (47 cr.)

Health Sciences Core (24 cr.)

The Health Sciences core will begin with HSC-H Introduction to Health Sciences. This course should be taken at the beginning of the academic career along with General Education courses and select concentration-specific courses. All Health Sciences students will take 24 credit hours of core courses and then specific courses required for individual concentrations.

The following courses are the core courses for all Health Sciences students:

• HSC-A 291 Service Learning in Health Sciences I; OR
  HSC-A 491 Service Learning in Health Sciences II
• HSC-H 101 Introduction to Health Sciences
• HSC-H 322 Epidemiology and Biostatistics
• HSC-H 327 Introduction to Community and Public Health
• HSC-H 411 Psychosocial Behavior Modeling for Fitness and Health
• HSC-H 492 Research in Health Sciences
• HSC-H 499 Senior Seminar in Health Sciences
• HSC-W 314 Ethics and Health Professionals

Speech Language Pathology Concentration Core (23 cr.)

• AHLT-R 185 Medical Terminology (2 cr.)
• DHYG-H 211 Head and Neck Anatomy
• HSC-P 110 Survey of Communication Disorders
• HSC-P 111 Phonetics for Speech and Hearing Sciences
• HSC-P 233 Speech and Language Development
• HSC-P 275 Human Hearing and Communication
• HSC-P 323 Speech Disorders and Their Management
• HSC-P 324 Language Disorders and Their Management

Free Electives Electives

Students in the Speech Language Pathology Concentration will be able to select electives related to Psychology, Education, and Sciences.