Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences

Program Scope

The Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) is designed to provide undergraduate students with a clinical science foundation that is rigorous and appropriate preparation for a wide range of clinical, educational, and related fields such as nursing, kinesiology, physical therapy, dietetics, orientation & mobility, counseling, and teaching in primary, secondary, and special education. The SLHS undergraduate degree also prepares students to acquire the prerequisites necessary to apply for graduate study in speech-language pathology and audiology.

Undergraduates enter the program in their junior year, usually after having completed most or all of the general education requirements for a Bachelor's degree. Students who have questions regarding general education requirements need to contact a general education advisor in the Undergraduate Advising Center. All undergraduate students must complete 120 units to graduate from the university.  Undergraduate students may (upon advisement) take up to 6 units of SLHS graduate coursework, beyond the 120 units required for graduation, during their final semester as an undergraduate. For specific requirements to enter the SLHS major, contact the SLHS department office at (415) 338-1001 or slhsinfo@sfsu.edu to make an appointment with a SLHS advisor to go over the what you need to know before declaring the SLHS major.

Program Learning Outcomes

1. Students will demonstrate knowledge of statistics as well as the biological, physical, and social/behavioral sciences.
2. Students will demonstrate knowledge of basic human communication and swallowing processes, including the appropriate biological, neurological, acoustic, psychological, developmental, and linguistic and cultural bases. The applicant must have demonstrated the ability to integrate information pertaining to normal and abnormal human development across the life span.