Major in Preaudiology (BA/BS)

CIP Code

51.0202

65-66 credits

Admission requirements

• Completion of the major in preaudiology preparation does not guarantee admission to any Ball State post-baccalaureate program in audiology, nor to other graduate or professional audiology programs. Admission to such programs is usually competitive and typically requires submission of standardized test scores.
• Although most students entering AuD programs will have completed a four-year undergraduate program, those with outstanding qualifications may be admitted after only three years. Students who have completed the undergraduate preaudiology preparation major requirements and who have been admitted to an AuD program may be able to use the credit earned in their first year of AuD professional courses to meet the senior-year course requirements for the baccalaureate degree from Ball State.
• To enroll in SPAA 343 a student must apply and hold an overall GPA of 3.25 or better and have completed at least 30 semester credits. A student must also hold a GPA of 3.25 or better in SPAA courses and have completed at least 8 semester credits of SPAA courses. Students wishing to enroll in SPAA 343 should complete a permission request form and turn the form into the SPAA office by the end of the third week of the semester prior to the desired enrollment in SPAA 343.
• To enroll in SPAA 345 a student must hold an overall GPA of 3.25 or better and have completed at least 33 semester credits. A student must also hold a GPA of 3.25 or better in SPAA courses and have completed at least 11 semester credits of SPAA courses.
• A complete Admission and Progress Policies document can be obtained from the SPAA Office (AC 104).

Required Courses

BIO 111	Principles of Biology 1	4
CHEM 101	General, Organic, and Biochemistry for the Health Sciences	5
HSC 250	Emergency Health Care	3
MATH 125	Quantitative Reasoning	3
PSYS 100	Introduction to Psychological Science	3
PSYS 241	Statistics	3
SOC 100	Principles of Sociology	3
SPAA 100	Survey of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	2
SPAA 101	Clinical Phonetics	3
SPAA 260	Speech Acoustics	3
SPAA 270	Language Development	3
SPAA 343	Introduction to Audiology	3
SPAA 344	Aural Rehabilitation	3
SPAA 345	Clinical Audiology: Orientation and Visitation	3

3-4 credits from

PHYC 100	Conceptual Physics	3
PHYC 110	General Physics 1	4
Total Credit Hours:		3-4

6 credits from

Business courses (BL, ECON, MGT, MKG)

Total Credit Hours:

6

3 credits from

ANAT 201	Fundamentals of Human Anatomy	3
SPAA 161	Anatomy and Physiology of Speech and Hearing	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

3 credits from

PHYS 205	Fundamentals of Human Physiology	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

3 credits from

CS 104	Introduction to Computers	3
ISOM 125	Introduction to Business with Integrated Computer Applications	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

3 credits from

SNLN 251	American Sign Language 1	3
SPCE 240	Introduction to Sign Systems, Educational Environments, and Services	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

Total Credit Hours: 65-66