Peer Advisor Office Hour 3/27/20

Hello all!

I will be holding an office hour tomorrow (3/27/2020) at 11:00am-12:00pm on WebEx. You can enter the meeting simply by clicking the link below and it will take you to my room.You just need to make sure you have WebEx installed on your computer!

You are welcome to audio chat with me, or type in questions if you do not feel comfortable doing that.

https://jmu.webex.com/meet/lavacckm

I hope that some of you are able to join in with me tomorrow! I will be holding more office hours, they just may not be at the same time for each session:)

Please email me if you have questions at csdug@jmu.edu.

Kimberly LaVacca, Peer Advisor

CSD Major Planning Tools [Updated March 16th, 2021]

Here is a set of materials, resources, and tools for planning your CSD coursework! CSD MAJOR PROGRAM CSD Undergraduate Curriculum and Advising Page: https://csd.jmu.edu/undergrad/curriculum.html CSD Advising Form *Latest version February 8th, 2021* : https://csd.jmu.edu/documents/UndergradAdvisingForm.pdf CSD Peer Advising: csdug@jmu.edu Below is an advising companion flow chart with key events for your CSD major! Remember to always refer back to CSD and University guidelines. First-year students with 28+ credits transferred to JMU please consult Dr. Christina Kuo (kuocx@jmu.edu) prior to or early in the first semester. Graduate school is required to practice as either an audiologist or a speech-language pathologist. Graduate admissions are highly competitive. A minimum GPA of 3.0 is typically required for graduate program admission, with many, if not most, programs requiring a GPA above 3.0 (See ASHA: https://www.asha.org/students/planning-your-education-in-csd/#graduate). GPA &

PHYS/CHEM Requirements + Transfer Credits

Physics/Chemistry Requirements Below are the most common courses that CSD students take to complete their physics and chemistry requirements. As noted below, PHYS 121 is one of the most popular with CSD majors as it has aspects that can be crossed over into Audiology. These courses are the ones that are available for all majors to take. Please note that most Graduate Schools do not accept ISCI courses due to ASHA Guidelines. A course title with PHYS or CHEM is what is needed for requirements. PHYS 121. The Physical Nature of Light and Sound (includes lab) Most CSD majors take this course Has aspects of sound that can assist with knowledge for Audiology PHYS 140. College Physics I (PHYS 140L required lab corequisite)* PHYS 215. Energy and the Environment* Prerequisites: One college course in science and one in mathematics. PHYS 240. University Physics I* MATH 232 or MATH 235 is the corequisite.

Weekly Updates [SPRING2021]

Weekly Updates 3/29 Juniors Thank you to all of the juniors who attended the information session last week. Below is the recording of my power point and it will also be linked on your blog page. Feel free to stop by my office hours if you have more questions! Seniors Due to a change in my clinic schedule, I will not be hosting office hours on the Thursdays April 1st and April 22nd. Please come to my office hours on Mondays and Tuesdays those weeks if you need to discuss graduate school. Scholarship Opportunity Robin C McKay Memorial Scholarship is for Juniors and applications are due April 5th . This is not a need-based scholarship but, rather, is awarded to a well-rounded and academically proficient student studying speech-language pathology. Be an undergraduate student in Communication Sciences and Disorders working toward a career in speech-language pathology Be well-rounded and academically proficient Have a minimum GPA in the major of 3.25 >> Apply through the JM

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