Communicative Sciences and Disorders

Minor

DESCRIPTION

The minor in Communicative Sciences and Disorders at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development is designed to introduce non-CSD majors to the science of normal communication and its disorders. The minor has two goals:

  1. To develop an understanding of normal communication processes.
  2. To develop an understanding of the nature of communication disorders across the lifespan.


This minor can enable students to complete prerequisite courses required for graduate programs in speech pathology. At the completion of the minor, students will have:

 

  • Gained familiarity with normal speech, language and hearing processes;
  • Developed a basic understanding of anatomy and physiology of the speech and hearing mechanism; 
  • Become familiar with the disorders that affects the ability to communicate across the lifespan; 
  • Been introduced to the impact of speech, language and hearing disorders on communication processes across the lifespan.

ADVISEMENT STATEMENT

The Communicative Sciences and Disorders minor is open to all undergraduate students at NYU with the exception of students majoring in CSD through Steinhardt. The minor consists of 15 - 18 points and has one required course CSCD-UE.17, Introduction to Communicative Sciences and Disorders, which may be taken at any point during a student’s course of study. Students in the minor must take at least three courses from the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders. Remaining courses may be taken in Linguistics, Psychology or American Sign Language. Please see requirements below for a list of non-departmental approved courses that satisfy the minor.

Students wishing to declare a minor in Communicative Sciences and Disorders must meet with our academic advisor to enroll in restricted courses and discuss course selection. Note: Please consult with an advisor from your department or school before meeting with the advisor from our program.

SPECIAL GRADUATE SCHOOL ADVISEMENT SUGGESTION

For those students wishing to pursue a graduate degree in Communicative Sciences and Disorders, the following courses are recommended as they are typically considered prerequisites for any graduate level coursework in the field.

CSCD-UE.8 Anatomy & Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanism (3 points)
CSCD-UE.61 Phonetics & Phonemics (3 points)
CSCD-UE.1601 Language Development in the Preschool Years (3 points)

COURSES

REQUIRED

CSCD-UE.17 Introduction to Communicative Sciences and Disorders (4 points) (This course may be taken at any point in a student’s course of study.)

 

RESTRICTED ELECTIVES: AT LEAST TWO ELECTIVES FROM THE FOLLOWING CSD COURSES:

CSCD-UE.8 Anatomy & Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanism (3 points)
CSCD-UE.9 Neuroanatomy and Physiology of Communication (3 points)
CSCD-UE.1012 Introduction to Neurogenic Communication Disorders (3 points) (Pre/Co-Requisite: CSCD-UE.9)
CSCD-UE.61 Phonetics & Phonemics (3 points) (May substitute LING-UA.11)
CSCD-UE.402 Acoustic Phonetics (3 points) (Pre-Requisite: CSCD-UE.61or LING-UA.11)
CSCD-UE.1101 Introduction to Articulation Disorders (3 points) (Pre-Requisite: CSCD-UE.61 or LING-UA.11)
CSCD-UE.1015 Communication Disorders and Aging (3 points)
CSCD-UE.1045 Science of Language (4 points) (May substitute LING-UA.1 or LING-UA.2)
CSCD-UE.1601 Language Development in the Preschool Years (3 points)
CSCD-UE.1207 Introduction to Language Disorders (3 points) (Pre-Requisite: CSCD-UE.1601)
CSCD-UE.1230 Introduction to Audiology (3 points)
CSCD-UE.1205 Audiology Intervention Strategies (3 points) Pre-Requisite: CSCD-UE.1230

 

NON-DEPARTMENTAL APPROVED ELECTIVES

In addition to all the courses listed above, student may also chose from the following NON-CSD COURSES. (All courses listed below are 4 points.)

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
ASL-UE.91-94 American Sign Language I-IV (Maximum of two courses at any level)

LINGUISTICS
LING-UA.2 Introduction to Linguistics (offered at least every year)
LING-UA.1 Language (offered every semester)
LING-UA.5 Introduction to Psycholinguistics (offered occasionally)
LING-UA.11 Sound and Language (offered at least every fall)
LING-UA.12 Phonological Analysis (prerequisite LING-UA.11 or permission of instructor)
LING-UA.13 Grammatical Analysis (prerequisite LING-UA.1, LING-UA.2, LING-UA.28 or permission of instructor)
LING-UA.18 Bilingualism (offered occasionally)
LING-UA.28 Language and Mind (offered every year)
LING-UA.48 Linguistics as Cognitive Science (permission of instructor)

PSYCHOLOGY
PSYCH-UA.25 Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience (offered every semester)
PSYCH-UA.29 Cognition (offered every semester)
APSY-UE.631 Survey of Developmental Psychology or PSYCH-UA.34 Developmental Psychology (offered every semester)
PSYCH-UA.55 Psychology, Neuropsychology, and Medicine (prerequisite: PSYCH-UA.24 or a year of biology or permission of instructor)
PSYCH-UA.56 The Psychology of Language (Prerequisite: PSYCH-UA.1 or LING-UA.1)

 

SCHEDULE OF CSD COURSE OFFERINGS


CSD COURSES OFFERED IN FALL SEMESTER:
CSCD-UE.17 Introduction to Communicative Sciences and Disorders
CSCD-UE.61 Phonetics & Phonemics
CSCD-UE.1601 Language Development in the Preschool Years
CSCD-UE.1012 Introduction to Neurogenic Communication Disorders (Co-Requisite: CSCD-UE.9)
CSCD-UE.1230 Introduction to Audiology
CSCD-UE.9 Neuroanatomy & Physiology of Communication
CSCD-UE.1045 Science of Language

CSD COURSES OFFERED IN SPRING SEMESTER:
CSCD-UE.8 Anatomy & Physiology of the Speech & Hearing Mechanism
CSCD-UE.402 Acoustic Phonetics (Pre-Requisite: CSCD-UE.61)
CSCD-UE.1015 Communication Disorders in Aging
CSCD-UE.1101 Introduction to Articulation Disorders (Pre-Requisite: CSCD-UE.61)
CSCD-UE.1205 Audiology Intervention Strategies (Pre-Requisite: CSCD-UE.1230)
CSCD-UE.1207 Introduction to Language Disorders (Pre-Requisite: CSCD-UE.1601)

 

How to Enroll in the Communicative Sciences and Disorders Minor:
  1. Log in to NYU Home.
  2. Under "Academics", click the "Student Login" link.
  3. This will bring you to a page which has an "Announcement" section noting that you can now apply for a cross-school minor via Albert. Click this link.
  4. Read the instructions and fill out your student ID number, choose your home school (where you are currently studying) and the host school (Steinhardt).
  5. Click "Submit". 
  6. You will then receive a confirmation email from Gina Canterucci.

 For further information, please contact Gina Canterucci