Communicative Disorders Minor

Specialize your studies within the field of psychology with a minor in Communicative Disorders. You will study the causes, characteristics, and therapies for various disorders of communication through courses focusing on the anatomy and physiology of speech and hearing, as well as language and psychology. Clinical practicum experiences, internships, and independent study provide you with hands-on experience that will prepare you for graduate school or entry into various professional fields, such as speech-language pathology or audiology.

Minor in Communicative Disorders (18 hours)

  • COMD 220 Introduction to Communicative Disorders
  • PSYC 156 Introduction to Psychology
  • One of the following:
    • PSYC 301 Developmental Psychology
    • PSYC 339 Physiological Psychology
  • One of the following:
    • COMD 240 Phonetics
    • COMD 310 Language Development
    • PSYC 43455 Psycholinguistics (at Notre Dame)
  • Two of the following (or any course not taken from the categories above):
    • COMD 224 Sign Language
    • COMD 230 Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanism
    • COMD 330 Speech and Hearing Sciences
    • COMD 334 Evaluation Procedures in Speech and Language Pathology
    • COMD 340 Introduction to Audiology
    • COMD 412 Intervention Procedures in Speech and Language Pathology
    • COMD 420 Aural Rehabilitation
    • PSYC 43271 Autism (at Notre Dame)