CD at Western Kentucky University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate CD coursework.

• CD 485Introduction to Assessment in Communication Disordersopens 4 courses (3 directly)
• CD 486Language Disordersopens 3 courses (3 directly)
• CD 483Articulation and Phonological Disordersopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• CD 433Communication Evaluation in Autism Spectrum Disordersopens 1 course (1 directly)
• CD 487Aural Rehabilitationopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate CD work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 17 CD and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 11 more CD courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on CD, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in CD. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at CD 434

  1. CD 405Applied Phonetics
  2. CD 485Introduction to Assessment in Communication Disorders
  3. CD 433Communication Evaluation in Autism Spectrum Disorders
  4. CD 434Communication Intervention in Autism Spectrum Disorders

• 3 courses deep, ending at CD 488

  1. CD 405Applied Phonetics
  2. CD 483Articulation and Phonological Disorders
  3. CD 488Augmentative Communication Systems

• 3 courses deep, ending at CD 490

  1. CD 481Speech and Language Development
  2. CD 486Language Disorders
  3. CD 490Prelinguistic Assessment and Intervention Approaches

• 2 courses deep, ending at CD 230

  1. AH 290Medical Terminology
  2. CD 230Medical Interpreting Skills

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CD yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CD yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

CD does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the WKU campus feed.