Communication Studies and Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, BS (Boston)

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Common Requirements

• COMM 1101 — Introduction to Communication Studies
• One of:
  • COMM 1112 — Public Speaking
  • COMM 2301 — Communication Research Methods

Foundation Course

From the catalog

Complete 4 semester hours from the following:

• Choose 4 semester hours from:
  • COMM 1210 — Persuasion and Rhetoric
  • COMM 1225 — Communication Theory
  • COMM 1231 — Principles of Organizational Communication
  • COMM 1255 — Communication in a Digital Age

Cluster Course

From the catalog

Complete 4 semester hours from the following:

• Choose 4 semester hours from:
  • COMM 1131 — Sex, Relationships, and Communication
  • COMM 2303 — Global and Intercultural Communication
  • COMM 2304 — Communication and Gender
  • COMM 2501 — Communication Law
  • COMM 2551 — Free Speech in Cyberspace

Writing Intensive Courses

From the catalog

Complete 8 semester hours from the following:

• Choose 8 semester hours from:
  • COMM 3200 — Mobile Communication
  • COMM 3201 — Health Communication
  • COMM 3230 — Interpersonal Communication
  • COMM 3304 — Communication and Inclusion
  • COMM 3320 — Political Communication
  • COMM 3415 — Communication Criticism
  • COMM 3500 — Environmental Issues, Communication, and the Media
  • COMM 3501 — Free Speech: Law and Practice
  • COMM 3530 — Communication and Sexualities
  • COMM 3532 — Theories of Conflict and Negotiation
  • COMM 4535 — Nonverbal Social Interaction
  • COMM 4605 — Youth and Communication Technology
  • COMM 4631 — Crisis Communication and Image Management

Communication Studies Electives

From the catalog

Complete 12 semester hours from the following:

COMM courses between COMM 1100 - 4999, which have not been used to satisfy other degree requirements.

MSCR courses in the ranges MSCR 2100 - 2199, MSCR 3100 - 3199, and MSCR 4100 - 4199.

• Choose 12 semester hours from:
  • JRNL 2301 — Visual Storytelling in Journalism
  • MSCR 1230 — Introduction to Film Production
  • PREL 1425 — Public Relations Principles
  • PREL 3625 — Public Relations Practice

Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Requirements

From the catalog

The following courses must be completed with a C or better.

• SLPA 1101 — Bridging Minds: Introduction to Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
• SLPA 1102 — Language Development
• SLPA 1103 — Anatomy and Physiology of Speech and Hearing Mechanism
• SLPA 1200 — Phonetics
• SLPA 1203 — Introduction to Audiology
• SLPA 1205 — Speech and Hearing Science
• SLPA 4219 — Introduction to Aural Rehabilitation
• SLPA 4500 — Language Disorders across the Life Span
• SLPA 4651 — Speech Disorders across the Life Span

Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Supporting Courses

• All of:
  • BIOL 2217 — Integrated Anatomy and Physiology 1
  • BIOL 2218 — Lab for BIOL 2217
• All of:
  • BIOL 2219 — Integrated Anatomy and Physiology 2
  • BIOL 2220 — Lab for BIOL 2219
• HLTH 2100 — Interprofessional Ethics for Individual and Population Health
• PHTH 2210 — Foundations of Biostatistics
• All of:
  • PHYS 1145 — Physics for Life Sciences 1
  • PHYS 1146 — Lab for PHYS 1145
• PSYC 1101 — Foundations of Psychology

Integrative Requirement Courses

From the catalog

Complete 8 semester hours from the following:

• One of:
  • COMM 3201 — Health Communication
  • COMM 2500 — Analyzing Conversations in Everyday Life
• PHTH 2300 — Communication Skills for the Health Professions

Capstone Experience Course

From the catalog

Complete 8 semester hours from the following:

• One of:
  • COMM 4102 — Health Communication Campaigns
  • COMM 4608 — Strategic Communication Capstone
  • COMM 4901 — Seminar in Communications
• SLPA 5107 — Clinical Procedures

Introduction to College

• One of:
  • COMM 1000 — Communication Studies at Northeastern
  • HLTH 1000 — College: An Introduction

Experiential Learning

• One of:
  • EEAM 2000 — Professional Development for Co-op
  • SLPA 2000 — Introduction to Co-op

Writing Requirements

From the catalog

First-Year Writing

• One of:
  • ENGW 1111 — First-Year Writing
  • ENGW 1102 — First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers
  • ENGW 1114 — First-Year Writing with Service-Learning

• From the catalog

  Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

• One of:
  • COMM 3409 — Advocacy Writing
  • ENGW 3306 — Advanced Writing in the Health Professions
  • ENGW 3314 — Advanced Writing in the Arts, Media, and Design
  • ENGW 3315 — Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

Substitutions

Possible equivalents for this program — dashed means a suggestion, not a rule, and every substitution needs your advisor's approval:

• ENGW 1102 ↔ ENGW 1111 (tier C)
• ENGW 1102 ↔ ENGW 1114 (tier C)
• ENGW 1111 ↔ ENGW 1114 (tier C)

What the tiers mean

Parsed from the catalog by NU Map; the structured machine copy is in this college's JSON for the 2027 catalog, under communication-studies-and-speech-language-pathology-and-audiology-bs-boston, and the official page is the authority.