JMU CSD Undergraduate Advising

Hello all! I will be only having one office hour during finals week. I will be holding it during my normal time on Wednesday's from 11:00am-12:00pm at the front desk of BS 1027. If you are unable to make it to that time, or have questions over winter break, please feel free to email them to me at csdug@jmu.edu. Good luck on finals week everyone and have a great break!:) Kimberly LaVacca, Peer Advisor

Juniors, If you have an extra one to two hours a week next semester, consider volunteering as a TA to help students in CSD 209. It requires a good understanding of the course material and a commitment of one hour per week with the students, and 30 to 45 minutes per week with the other TAs and Dr. DePaolis. If interested contact Dr. DePaolis (depaolra@jmu.edu) or stop by his office (1012 HBS).

Hello all! Below is an article that has some advice on tips and tricks to consider when applying to graduate school. It is written by an Online Graduate SLP student here at JMU. Please consider reading, it may help you have some piece of mind during this process! Article:  https://blog.nsslha.org/2019/10/22/stop-losing-sleep-over-grad-applications-10-pieces-of-advice/ More on the Author: Jessica Kauffman is an online MS SLP student at James Madison University. She's currently completing her final clinical placement in a Seattle-area private practice. Following her Clinical Fellowship year, she plans to pursue a PhD with focus on Autism Spectrum Disorder.  https://blog.nsslha.org/author/jessica-kauffman/

Attention CSD Seniors! I will be holding the second information session next Tuesday, October 15th at 12:45 about all things Grad School! Please come to SSC 4042 if you have any questions, or need clarfications. If you attended the first session, please feel free to come to this one if you still want to ask questions! I will be covering topics from How to pick schools, to formatting resumes. Have a great weekend and see you there! Kimberly LaVacca, Peer Advisors

Hello all! NSSLHA will be hosting their Grad Night tonight at 7pm! It will be located at HBS 1051, and Dr. Timler and Dr. Rout will be attending to talk about applying to grad school. This is will be a great opportunity to learn about the application process from two professors!

Attention CSD Seniors I will be holding an information session next Tuesday, October 1st at 12:30 about all things Grad School!  Please come out to Group Study Room A in SSC if you have any questions or just want comfort that there are a lot of people who most likely have the same questions as you! I will be covering topics from How to pick schools, to formating resumes. There will also be a second Info Session on Tuesday, October 15th if you are unable to make this one! Have a great day and hope to see you there! Kimberly LaVacca, Peer Advisor

Attention CSD Undergrads! The academic advising form for undergraduates in CSD has been updated on the departmental website. Below will be a link to the PDF of the form, but if you would like more information on the general CSD curriculum please go to this link:  http://www.csd.jmu.edu/undergrad/curriculum.html CSD Advising Form:  http://www.csd.jmu.edu/documents/UndergradAdvisingForm.pdf

Attention CSD seniors applying to graduate school! There has been an update to the Letters of Recommendation process. Please look at the page Letters of Recommendation to see more details of what the update entails. http://jmucsdundergraduateadvising.blogspot.com/p/letters-of-recommendation.html

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*   ...