Speech-Language Pathology, B.S.Ed.

Y2021-2022 Undergraduate Revise Program Request

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  • Welcome to the University of West Georgia's curriculum management system. 

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    **CHANGES TO PROGRAMS MUST BE SUBMITTED 9-12 MONTHS IN ADVANCE OF THE DESIRED EFFECTIVE TERM*

  • Modifications (Check all that apply)*
    Explanation related to one or more of the check boxes above should be included here.
  • Desired Effective Semester *
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    Desired Effective Year *
Routing Information
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    Please be sure all fields are filled out correctly prior to launch. If a routing error is made it can result in the proposal being rejected and a new proposal will be required. 

    Please refer to this document for additional information: UWG Shared Governance Procedures for Modifications to Academic Degrees and Programs.

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  • School/ Department*
  • Is this a School of Nursing Program?*
    Is this a College of Education Program?*
  • Is the addition/change related to core, honors, or XIDS courses*
  • Is this a Senate ACTION or INFORMATION item? Please refer to the link below.*

  • List of Faculty Senate Action and Information Items

Program Information
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  • Select Program below, unless revising an Acalog Shared Core.

  • Type of Program*
  • If other, please identify.

  • IMPORT curriculum data from the Catalog by clicking icon in the top left corner. To search for courses select the "PREFIX" filter. To search for programs select the "NAME" filter. 

    NOTE: The fields below are imported from the catalog. Edits must be made in these fields in order for the changes to be updated correctly in the catalog. 

    • Program Name
    • Program Description
  • Program Name*
    Speech-Language Pathology, B.S.Ed.
    Speech-Language Pathology, B.S.Ed.
  • Program ID - DO NOT EDIT*
    17
    17
    This loads once you import. It is internal to the curriculog system.
  • Program Code - DO NOT EDIT
    This loads once you import. It is internal to the curriculog system.
  • Program Type*
  • Degree Type*
  • Program Description*
    This pre-professional program is designed to give candidates a basic knowledge of human communication and communication disorders in preparation for graduate study in audiology and speech-language pathology. Speech and language development, normal anatomical and acoustic bases of communication, characteristics of a variety of communicative disorders, and intervention processes are emphasized. This program does not lead to certification.   Learning Outcomes: Develop CSD Content Knowledge, Skills, Aptitudes, and Experiences in the following:  1) Students will demonstrate competency in understanding speech and language development in typical and atypical, culturally/linguistically diverse populations across the life span; (2) Students will compare normal communication (speech, language, hearing, cognition) vs. abnormal communication across the lifespan; (3) Students will demonstrate knowledge of and distinguish between speech, language, and swallowing disorders including their etiology and diagnosis;  (4) Students will summarize the clinical process, continuum of service delivery, and evidence-based practices.
    This loads once you import from the catalog.
  • Status*
  • Program Location*
Curriculum Information
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  • Prospective Curriculum*

  • PROGRAM CURRICULUM

    **IF NO COURSES OR CORES APPEAR IN THIS SECTION WHEN YOU IMPORT, DO NOT PROCEED. Contact curriculog@westga.edu for further instruction.

    This section allows departments to maintain the curriculum schema for the program which will feed directly to the catalog. Please click here for a video demonstration on how to build your program curriculum.

    Follow these steps to propose courses to the program curriculum. 

    Step 1 - Deleting Courses from the Program

    In order to delete courses that you are removing from your program, please follow these steps:

    • First, delete the course from the core it is associated within the curriculum schema tab. For removing courses click on the  and proceed.
    • Next, delete the course from the list of curriculum courses tab. For removing courses click on the  and proceed.

    Step 2 - Adding New Courses to the Program 

    In order to add courses to your program, you must first add all courses to be included in the program of study through the view curriculum courses tab

    • If this new program proposal includes the UWG undergraduate General Education Curriculum, scroll to the top of this form and click on the  icon to import the "University of West Georgia General Education Requirements."
    • For courses already in the catalog, click on "Import Course" and find the courses needed.
    •  For new courses going through a Curriculog Approval Process click on "Add Course"-- a box will open asking you for the Prefix, Course Number and Course Title.

    NOTE: A New Course Request proposal must also be submitted along with the New Program Proposal if the course is new. 

    Step 3 - Adding Courses in the Curriculum Schema

    To add courses to the cores (sections of the program of study, e.g., Requirements, Additional Information, etc.) in the curriculum schema  click on  "View Curriculum Schema."  Select the core that you want to add the course to.  When you click on "Add Courses" it will bring up the list of courses available from Step 2.

Justification and Assessment
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  • Rationale*
    Proposed Program Modification: In the B.S. in Education with a major in Speech-Language Pathology program, the following modifications are requested: (1) Establish the minimum GPA admission requirement of 3.0 GPA Modification: The B.S. in Education with a major in Speech-Language Pathology program requires entry at the junior level (3rd year) and requires the completion of an additional 60 semester hours of specific courses which are focused on speech-language pathology and related curriculum. Certification/licensure as a Speech-Language Pathologist requires an accredited masters degree and national certification in order to work as a clinical practitioner in the State of Georgia, and in most states. The current minimum GPA (grade point average) requirement for admission into the B.S. in Education, with a major in Speech-Language Pathology program, is 3.25. However, as a program we have decided to review the current GPA requirements in consideration of the following reasons: (1) Our national certifying body, American Speech Language Hearing Association, has established a pathway for certification for Speech Language Pathology Assistants beginning in January 2020. Thus, students graduating from our undergraduate program now have an opportunity to apply for a viable entry-level position in our profession. (2) Given that students now declare majors as freshman, we want to support recruitment and retention efforts for students who are interested in our program. (3) Anecdotally, we have conditionally admitted students who had achieved a 3.0 GPA; we observed that the majority were able to successfully continue and complete the program. Prior to our recent GPA change to 3.25, our GPA requirement was a 2.7. We now believe that a middle of a 3.0 will maintain the rigor our program but allow more students to have the opportunity to complete the pre-professional program in Communication Sciences and Disorders and still obtain viable employment or gain admittance to graduate school in CSD. *Note: The information regarding the GPA was edited in the Curriculum Schema section above to reflect 3.0.
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  • If making changes to the Program Learning Outcomes, please provide the updated SLOs in a numbered list format.
    We are not making changes to the learning outcomes.

  • SACSCOC Substantive Change

    Please review the Policy Summary and Decision Matrix
    Send questions to cjenks@westga.edu

  • Check all that apply to this program*
  • SACSCOC Comments

  • REQUIRED ATTACHMENTS

    ATTACH the the following required documentsl by navigating to the Proposal Toolbox and clicking  in the top right corner.

    1.) Program Map and/or Program Sheet

    For advising purposes, all programs must have a program map. Please download the program map template from here, and upload.

    Make sure to upload the new program sheet that reflects these changes. If you'd like to update both the old and new program new for reference, please ensure that you distinctly mark them and upload as one document.

    2.) Assessment Plan

    All major programs must include an assessment plan. Stand-alone minors must have an assessment plan as well.  A stand-alone minor is a minor that can be earned in a program that does not offer an undergraduates degree with a major in that discipline (for example, a student can earn a minor in Africana Studies but cannot complete a bachelor's degree with a major in Africana Studies). Minors in a discipline where a corresponding major is offered, are not required to include an assessment plan.

    Please download the assessment template from here complete, and upload.

  • Program Map*
  • Assessment Plan*

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