Undergraduate Major and Minor

Requirements include for the major in Speech and Hearing Sciences include the following:

• Thirty-six hours in required courses: SHS 302, 303, 310, 321, 330, 425, 428, 430, 431, 450, 458, and 459.
• Eighteen hours in required support courses*:
  • 3 hours in biological sciences. Recommended:  BIOL 1140
  • 3 hours in physical sciences. Recommended: PHYS 1125
  • 3 hours in college-level statistics. Required: MATH 1350 or PSYC 2510
  • 6 credit hours in behavioral and/or social sciences. Recommended: PSYC 1110, PSYC 2250, SOCI 1110, ANTH 1155, ANTH 1140
  • *Prerequisites or co-requisites may exist for these courses. Many may also be used to meet Core Curriculum requirements.
• To ensure that support courses fulfill ASHA certification requirements visit the ASHA prerequisite courses website.
• A grade of at least C must be earned in all required SHS courses and required support courses. The credit/no credit (CR/NC) option may not be used. Note that the UNM Master of Science degree in Speech-Language Pathology requires that grades earned in SHS courses completed at the undergraduate level must be B or better.
• Recommended minors include American Studies (Southwest Culture Studies), Anthropology, Art, Communication and Journalism, Computer Science, Criminology, Family Studies, Human Services, Latin American Studies, Linguistics, Management, Physics, Psychology, Sociology, and Spanish.

Undergraduate Minor

Students who wish to complete a minor in Speech and Hearing Sciences must take the following 24 credit hours of coursework:
Ling 301, SHS 302, SHS 303, SHS 310, SHS 321, SHS 330, SHS 425, and SHS 430.