Academic Criteria
- All incoming students (freshmen, transfers, etc.) must meet with the department chair to set up their education plan leading to admission into the clinical portion of the SPPA program.
- All transfer students, both ESU and other institutions, must have a 3.0 cumulative quality point average to declare SPPA as their major. Transfer students will work with the department chair on an individual basis to set up education plans that can be completed in a timely manner.
- Students are required to maintain a 3.0 overall GPA as well as a 3.0 GPA in the major. Any students falling below a 3.0 will receive a warning letter. After two semesters below the 3.0, the student will be dismissed from the major. Specific information about this topic is included in the student’s curriculum guide, which the student receives upon entering the major.
- Admission to the clinical portion of the program is required for approval to enroll in SPPA 342, 414, and 457.
- At least 24 of the required 36 credits in SPPA must be taken at ESU, including all courses above the 100 level, unless waived by the department chair.
- To enroll in the clinical portion of the program, students must present evidence that they passed the HIPAA confidentiality exam. They must also have a current (within a year) TB test, and Acts 34 (criminal record) and 151 (child abuse) clearances and an FBI clearance. These clearances may be required earlier for observation purposes.
Program Features
39 Semester hours
Required courses:
SPPA 101 | Speech Language Development | 3 credits |
SPPA 113 | Phonetics | 3 credits |
SPPA 121 | Intro Communication Disorders | 3 credits |
SPPA 214 | Anatomic & Physiologic Speech | 3 credits |
SPPA 231 | Introduction to Audiology | 3 credits |
SPPA 312 | Speech Science | 3 credits |
SPPA 331 | Asstistive Tech Hard Hearing | 3 credits |
SPPA 341 | Lang Disorder Differen | 3 credits |
SPPA 342 | Articultn & Fluency Dis | 3 credits |
SPPA 361 | Psycholinguistics | 3 credits |
SPPA 414 | Neurologib Basic Commu | 3 credits |
SPPA 457 | Intro to Clinical Practice | 3 credits |
Three additional credits from:
Co-requisite courses:
REED 315 | Scaffolding Language and Literacy Development for Students with Disabilities | 3 credits |
Choose one from each set:
Set 1:
BIOL 105 | GE: General Biology | 3 credits |
BIOL 111 | GE: Human Anatomy & Physiol I | 0 - 4 credits |
BIOL 114 | GE: Introductory Biology I | 0 - 4 credits |
Set 2:
CPSC 100 | GE: Personal Computers and Their Uses | 3 credits |
CPSC 103 | GE: Introduction to Information Technology | 3 credits |
Set 3:
MATH 100 | GE: Numbers Sets & Structures | 3 credits |
MATH 101 | GE: Excursions in Mathematics | 3 credits |
MATH 110 | GE: General Statistics | 3 credits |
Set 4:
PHYS 101 | GE: Physical Science - Force, Matter and Energy | 3 credits |
PHYS 110 | GE: Sound Waves & Light | 3 credits |
Set 5:
ELED 132 | Child Growth and Development | 3 credits |
PSY 225 | GE: Lifespan Developmental Psychology | 3 credits |
Set 6:
PSY 302 | Theories Of Learning | 3 credits |
PSY 311 | Physiological Psych | 0 - 4 credits |
BIOL 420 | Biology Of Aging | 3 credits |
SOC 331 | Human Behavior and the Social Environment | 3 credits |
Additional Requirements:
- Please see the university requirements in this catalog.
- To enroll in the clinical portion of the program, students must present evidence that they passed the HIPAA confidentiality exam. They must also have a current (within a year) TB test, and Acts 34 (criminal record) and 151 (child abuse) clearances and an FBI clearance. These clearances may be required earlier for observation purposes.
Program Curriculum Plan
(Subject to change by the university without notice)
Freshman Year
Fall
SPPA 121 | Intro Communication Disorders | 3 credits |
ENGL 103 | English Composition | 3 credits |
| General Education Elective | 3 credits |
| General Education Elective | 3 credits |
| General Education Elective | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Spring
SPPA 101 | Speech Language Development | 3 credits |
SPPA 113 | Phonetics | 3 credits |
PSY 100 | GE: General Psychology | 3 credits |
| General Education Elective | 3 credits |
| General Education Elective | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Sophomore Year
Fall
SPPA 214 | Anatomic & Physiologic Speech | 3 credits |
BIOL 111 | GE: Human Anatomy & Physiol I | 0 - 4 credits |
| General Education Elective | 3 credits |
| General Education Elective | 3 credits |
| General Education Elective | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Spring
SPPA 312 | Speech Science | 3 credits |
SPPA 341 | Lang Disorder Differen | 3 credits |
| | |
PSY 225 | GE: Lifespan Developmental Psychology | 3 credits |
| Or | |
ELED 132 | Child Growth and Development | 3 credits |
| | |
| General Education Elective | 3 credits |
| General Education Elective - Group A | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Junior Year
Fall
SPPA 231 | Introduction to Audiology | 3 credits |
SOC 331 | Human Behavior and the Social Environment | 3 credits |
| Fitness Elective | 1 credit |
| General Education Elective | 3 credits |
| General Education Elective | 3 credits |
| General Education Elective | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Spring
SPPA 361 | Psycholinguistics | 3 credits |
SPPA 321 | Communication and Aging | 3 credits |
| General Education Elective | 3 credits |
| General Education Elective | 3 credits |
| General Education Elective | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Senior Year
Fall
SPPA 342 | Articultn & Fluency Dis | 3 credits |
REED 315 | Scaffolding Language and Literacy Development for Students with Disabilities | 3 credits |
| | |
PSY 302 | Theories Of Learning | 3 credits |
| Or | |
PSY 311 | Physiological Psych | 0 - 4 credits |
| Or | |
BIOL 420 | Biology Of Aging | 3 credits |
| | |
SPPA 331 | Asstistive Tech Hard Hearing | 3 credits |
| General Education Elective | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15-16 |
Spring
SPPA 414 | Neurologib Basic Commu | 3 credits |
SPPA 457 | Intro to Clinical Practice | 3 credits |
MATH 110 | GE: General Statistics | 3 credits |
| Fitness Elective | 1 credit |
| General Education Elective | 3 credits |
| General Education Elective | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Total Credit Hours: 120
For more information, contact the department at 570-422-3247.
Sample Pre-Entry Curriculum Plan for Transfer Students
(Subject to change by the university without notice)
Freshman Year
Fall
| English Composition | 3 |
| Human Anatomy & Physiology with lab | 4 credits |
| American History | 3 credits |
| Math | 3 credits |
| Fine Arts | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Spring
| Speech Communications | 3 credits |
| Statistics | 3 credits |
| General Psychology | 3 credits |
| Political Science | 3 credits |
| Philosophy or Foreign Language | 3 credits |
| Fitness Elective | 1 credit |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Sophomore Year
Fall
| PC's & Their Uses | 3 credits |
| Sociology | 3 credits |
| English Literature | 3 credits |
| Child Development or Psychology | 3 credits |
| Elective | 2-3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 14-15 |
Spring
| Physical Science | 3 credits |
| Geography | 3 credits |
| Social Science | 3 credits |
| Performing Art | 3 credits |
| Fitness Elective | 1 credit |
| Total Credit Hours: | 13 |
Sample Curriculum Plan for Transfer Students
This plan assumes a student transfers to ESU with 60 General Education Credits distributed over the appropriate requisite and prerequisite areas.
(Subject to change by university without notice)
Junior Year
Fall
SPPA 121 | Intro Communication Disorders | 3 credits |
SPPA 113 | Phonetics | 3 credits |
SPPA 214 | Anatomic & Physiologic Speech | 3 credits |
SPPA 231 | Introduction to Audiology | 3 credits |
| General Education Elective | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Spring
SPPA 101 | Speech Language Development | 3 credits |
SOC 331 | Human Behavior and the Social Environment | 3 credits |
SPPA 312 | Speech Science | 3 credits |
| General Education Elective | 3 credits |
| General Education Elective | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Senior Year
Fall
SPPA 342 | Articultn & Fluency Dis | 3 credits |
SPPA 331 | Asstistive Tech Hard Hearing | 3 credits |
REED 315 | Scaffolding Language and Literacy Development for Students with Disabilities | 3 credits |
| General Education Elective or major elective | 3 credits |
| General Education Elective | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Spring
SPPA 341 | Lang Disorder Differen | 3 credits |
SPPA 414 | Neurologib Basic Commu | 3 credits |
SPPA 457 | Intro to Clinical Practice | 3 credits |
| | |
PSY 302 | Theories Of Learning | 3 credits |
| Or | |
PSY 311 | Physiological Psych | 0 - 4 credits |
| Or | |
BIOL 420 | Biology Of Aging | 3 credits |
| | |
| General Education Elective | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
For more information, contact the department at 570-422-3247. Monroe Hall 570-422-3247 www.esu.edu/sppa.