Greenville, USA
DURATION
4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Aug 2025
TUITION FEES
USD 36,364 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* additional fees apply for international students: services fee $1000 | medical insurance $1600
Key Summary
Introduction
The Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) major at Thiel College serves the higher education needs of pre-professionals as they advance their careers and reach their personal enrichment goals.
This interdisciplinary curriculum readies students to compete for admission to graduate school and prepare for a career in the professions of speech-language pathology, audiology, and research. Clinical practicum at Thiel’s on-campus Center for Speech-Language Services enables students to apply theory to practice at the undergraduate level. The broad background provided by this major is an important first step in preparing students to provide quality care for the adults and children with whom they will work.
Major Features
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of speech and hearing science principles including anatomy, physiology, and neuroanatomy.
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of normal speech development and function across the lifespan including hearing, feeding, and swallowing.
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of normal language development and function across the lifespan including cognition and literacy.
- Students will demonstrate adequate professional writing skills for entry into a graduate program or workforce.
- Students will report their understanding of the role of cultural-linguistic differences in normal communication.
Curriculum
Major Requirements
The CSD major requires 86 credit hours consisting of 39 hours of CSD courses and 47 hours of interdisciplinary requirements.
All courses taken for the major in CSD must be passed with a grade of C minus or better. All courses with a CSD and BIO prefix, after matriculation, are to be completed at Thiel College.
Suggested Sequence of Major CSD Requirements
Fall Semester
- CSD 111 Introduction to Communication Sciences & Disorders (freshman year)
- CSD 213 Nature and Development of Language (sophomore year)
- CSD 218 Sign Language I (sophomore year)
- CSD 220 Intro to Audiology & Auditory Disorders (sophomore year)
- CSD 415 Intro to Clinical Observation & Methodology (senior year)
- CSD 450 Current Topics in Communication Sciences and Disorders (senior year)
Spring Semester
- CSD 191 Clinical Phonetics (freshman year)
- CSD 215 Anatomy and Physiology of the Vocal Mechanism (sophomore year)
- CSD 314 Speech and Hearing Science (junior year)
- CSD 350 Introduction to Communication Disorders in Children (sophomore or junior year)
- CSD 370 Introduction to Communication Disorders in Adults (junior year)
- CSD 395 Aural Rehabilitation (junior year)
- CSD 420 Clinical Practicum (senior year)
Seniors may elect to take the CSD 460 Integrational Internship in CSD as a continuation of their clinical experience.
Juniors and seniors may elect to take 1–3 independent studies in CSD.
CSD majors may elect to take CSD 318 Sign Language II as a continuation of CSD 218 Sign Language I.
Interdisciplinary Requirements
Students seeking a B.S. are required to take 47 credit hours of interdisciplinary requirements:
- BIO 117 Medical Terminology
- BIO 284 Human Anatomy
- BIO 294 Human Physiology
- CHEM 100 Chemtech or PHYS 154 Into to Physics
- EDUC 400 Educating English Language Learners
- ENG 317 Linguistics
- MATH 142 Precalculus
- MATH 211 Elementary Statistics
- NSCI 101 Brain and Behavior
- NSCI 202 Intro to Neuroscience
- NSCI 315 Neuroanatomy or NSCI 350 Neuroscience Disorders/Diseases
- PSY 150 General Psychology
- PSY 235 Research Methods
- PSY 255 Lifespan Development
Career Opportunities
Thiel College graduates with a degree in communication sciences and disorders are in demand! Graduates can work in different fields such as:
- Speech and language pathologist: Earn a median income of $73,410 per year working to diagnose and treat a variety of hearing and speech.*
- Audiologist: Earn a median income of $75,980 per year working to diagnose, manage, and treat a patient’s hearing, balance, or related ear problem.*
Thiel graduates have gone on to pursue rewarding careers as speech and language pathologists, audiologists, teachers, and clinical assistants. Jackson Memorial Hospital (Miami, FL), Chardon High School (Chardon, OH), Blue Cross of Western PA (Pittsburgh, PA), Mercer Co. Behavioral Health Commission (Sharon, PA), Good Samaritan Hospital Home Care (Goshen, NY), and Frederick County Public Schools (Frederick, MD) are among the many employers hiring Thiel graduates.
*Median salaries from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Scholarship Opportunities
Thiel College offers scholarships to students for reasons such as academic success, community service or involvement, exemplary leadership, and more! The scholarships available to communication sciences and disorders majors are:
- Marion G. Resch Science Scholarship at Thiel College
- Dr. Florence West Tribute to Dr. Bly
- Carlem Scholarship Endowment
- The Dr. Judith A Crissman '64 Endowed Scholarship Fund
- The Maenpa Family Biotechnology Endowed Scholarship Fund at Thiel College
- Elizabeth McElhaney Scholarship
- J. Scott Morrison Endowment for Science and Religion
- Arthur E. Smith Scholarship Fund
- TWC Amelia Earhart Scholarship
- Dr. Sonya M. Wilt Endowed Scholarship
- Irene Wintersteen Memorial Science Scholarship
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