Combined Speech and Hearing Science, BA / Early Childhood/Childhood Education, EdM
This UB Teach program is an accelerated, combined degree program that allows you to earn a speech and hearing science BA and an early childhood/childhood education EdM within five years. It provides content expertise in speech and hearing while preparing you to teach children from birth through grade 6.
Why Speech and Hearing Science, and Early Childhood/Childhood Education at UB?
In this combined program, students study in the Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences as well as the Department of Learning and Instruction in the Graduate School of Education. While in the Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, you benefit from a dedicated focus on the core of knowledge regarding normal processes of speech, language and hearing; in the Department of Learning and Instruction, you will learn how to bring classroom lessons to life for children from birth to grade 6.
UB prepares highly qualified teachers who lead their classrooms, shape students’ lives and positively engage with the communities they serve.
Students enrolled in this program will:
- Demonstrate knowledge across the age span of basic human communication processes related to their biological, neurological, acoustic, psychological, developmental, linguistic, and cultural bases.
- Recognize and describe normal aspects of the development and use of phonology, receptive and expressive language, fluency, social communication and hearing.
- Complete intensive clinical education experiences in collaboration with Western New York schools across diverse settings, while learning the nuances of the teaching profession.
- Gain the skills, expertise and confidence to implement evidence-based practice in the classroom and co-teach alongside an expert teacher in a one-year residency.
Program Overview
| Academic credential granted | Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Master of Education (EdM) |
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| Certification option | Successful completion of program leads to an institutional recommendation for New York State initial and professional certification in early childhood/childhood education |
| Grade levels | Birth to grade 6 |
| Credits required for completion | 156 |
| Time to completion | 5 years |
| Course delivery | On campus, some online coursework |
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| Application deadline | Early action: Nov. 15 Scholarship consideration: Dec. 8 Regular decision: Feb. 1 Students can continue to submit an application for fall consideration until capacity is reached. |
Important Fall Dates
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Coursework Note
This is a sample course schedule. These courses are subject to change. As a student in the UB Teach program, you must work closely with your advisor before registering for classes.
Speech and Hearing Science BA Courses
- BIO 130 Perspectives in Human Biology
- CDS 151 Introduction to Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
- CDS 286 Phonetics
- CDS 301 Language Development in Children
- CDS 387 Psychoacoustic Science
- CDS 388 Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism
- CDS 389 General and Speech Acoustics
- CDS 390 Audiology: Diagnosis and Management
- CDS 444 Phonological Disorders: Diagnosis and Management
- CDS 480 Clinical Observation and Participation
- CDS 482 Diagnostics in Communicative Disorders
- CDS 484 Aural Rehabilitation
- LAI 205 Introduction to Child Development
- LAI 350 Introduction to Education
- LAI 474 Teaching the Exceptional Learner
- LAI 490 Seminar and Practicum in Early Childhood Programs
- LIN 207 Language, Society, and the Individual
- MTH 115 Survey of Algebra and Trigonometry
- PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology
- 1 Chemistry or Physics course (and lab to accompany BIO, CHEM or PHY)
- 1 Human Behavior Elective (from the list of courses accepted by CDS under human behavior)
- 1 Major Area Elective (upper division)
- 2 Tech Skills Courses (one statistics course and one computer course from the approved list of courses accepted by CDS department)
Progression to Graduate Coursework
You will not apply separately to graduate study; instead, there are a series of progression points that you must meet.
Advancement to the graduate portion of the program requires that you:
- maintain a 3.0 GPA
- earn a “C” grade or higher in content courses (courses in the major)
- earn a “B-” or better in all education and graduate-level coursework
Early Childhood/Childhood Education EdM Courses
- LAI 501 Instructional Practices in Elementary Schools
- LAI 504 Early Childhood Program Planning and Leadership
- LAI 511 Diversity in Early Childhood and Childhood
- LAI 521 Improving Social Studies Instruction
- LAI 526 Agencies and Services for Children
- LAI 530 Improving Elementary Science Instruction
- LAI 540 Improving Elem Math Instruction
- LAI 550 Literacy Acquisition and Instruction, Pre-K Primary
- LAI 551 Childhood Literacy Methods
- LAI 562 ELL - Emergent Theory and Practice
- LAI 595 Supervised Teaching II
- LAI 667 Field Experience
- LAI 668 Supervised Teaching I
- LAI 674 Seminar in Teaching
- 3 Major Area Electives
- Comp Exam, or LAI 700 or 701
Questions?
For more information about coursework and requirements, please contact:
Office of Educator Preparation, ubedprep@buffalo.edu, 716-645-2461