Recognition of Official Validity of Studies by the Ministry of Public Education (SEP), 901013 dated on September 21, 1990.

The Universidad de las Américas de la Ciudad de México, offers the most prestigious and oldest program in Licenciatura en Comunicación Humana in the country, This program has, as part of its facilities, one of the most important national clinics (Clínica OIRA) to enable its students to conduct professional practices.

 

What does a graduate in Human Communication Disorders do?

The bilingual professional training provided by the Universidad de las Américas de la Ciudad de México will enable you to work as:

• A therapist in clinical scenarios (private practice offices, special education clinics, health centers and public and private hospitals)
• A therapist in educational scenarios (special education schools and regular education schools)
• A teacher in educational institutions
• A researcher in public and private centers
• In associations and foundations for the training of people with special needs
• Private Practice

 

Objective

• The student will be able to integrate fundamental theoretical and methodological knowledge to make diagnosis and clinical intervention of people with disorders in the areas of speech and language, learning and hearing; and to propose augmentative and alternative communication systems, when necessary; and to provide guidance to the family, teachers and / or employers of these people to promote their appropriate inclusion in the family, school and / or work areas.

• The student will be able to practice their profession with ethics and responsibility, making decisions for the benefit of people who attend, showing, in every moment, professionalism, honesty, respect for human dignity and tolerance for individual differences

 

Enrollment Profile

To enroll into this bachelor's degree the applicant shall comply with the general requisites of admission to the University, as well as with the following specific characteristics:

• Oral and written communicative competence
• Reading comprehension
• Critical thought
• Ability for problem solving
• Capability of developing empathy for other people during interaction with them
• An attitude of respect and tolerance toward individual physical, cognitive and ideological differences, as well as diverse beliefs or convictions
• Attitudes which demonstrate social co-responsibility
• A commitment to a permanently ongoing professional training project

 

Graduation Profile

The graduate will be able to make diagnosis and clinical intervention of people with disorders in the areas of speech and language, learning and hearing; and to propose augmentative and alternative communication systems, where necessary; and to provide guidance to the family, teachers and / or employers of these people to promote their appropriate inclusion in the family, school and / or work areas. All this will be done with ethics and responsibility, making decisions for the benefit of people who attend, showing, in every moment, professionalism, honesty, respect for human dignity and tolerance for individual differences.

Therefore, at the time of completion, the graduate will have acquired the following knowledge, skills, attitudes and abilities:

Knowledge:

• About the general areas of Special Education.
• About the specific areas of Special Education associate with human communication: language, speech, learning and hearing.
• About the normal and abnormal development of the language and speech, cognitive processes and socio affective processes and the capabilities and processes associate with hearing.
• About the characteristics of the language, speech, learning and hearing disorders.
• About the procedures for the development of diagnosis process in the case of language, speech, learning and hearing disorders.
• About the formal and informal instruments for the diagnosis of the language, speech, learning and hearing disorders.
• About the methods and intervention strategies for the attention of the language, speech, learning and hearing disorders.
• About the main augmentative and alternative systems for the language, speech, learning and hearing disorders.
• About the procedures for the attention of children and adults in the audiological cabinet.
• About the quantitative and qualitative research methods, as well as the characteristics of the types of study more relevant in the field of human communication.

In order to be able to apply the foregoing knowledge, the graduate shall possess sufficient skills for:

• Spoken and written communication both Spanish and English
• Logical reasoning
• Inferential and Prospective Analysis
• Elaboration of arguments
• Problem Solving
• Decision Making
• Interdisciplinary Collaborative work

 The graduate shall display the following attitudes:

• Respect to human dignity
• Tolerance for individual differences
• Empathy with others
• Honesty and responsibility
• Social responsibility

The graduate shall demonstrate possession of abilities to:

• Conduct diagnostic processes of children and adults with human communication disorders.
• Elaborate clear, precise and complete diagnosis reports
• Design intervention as of the diagnosis result in the case of people with human communication disorders
• Conduct individual intervention for people with human communication disorders.
• Provide specific guidance for the inclusion of people with human communication disorders
• Conduct audiological studies to children and adults
• Participate in research projects related to human communication disorders

 

Curriculum

• Three year program.
• 52 courses
• Practical learning exercises start on the first semesters.
• Individually supervised clinical practices start on the third semester.
• Mandatory courses in the English language from the first semester.
• Major subjects in English starting on the third semester.
• One choice of Cultural Workshop in the first semester
• Total Program´s Credits: 332.
• General Knowledge component: 59 credits (includes 6 credits from 3 mandatory general knowledge courses with no charge).
• Curricular courses taught in English are indicated by italics.

 

 

First Semester
CH108	Special Education	6
CH112	Developmental Psychology	6
CH114	Bases of Human Communication	6
CH115	Normal Language Development	6
CH116	Development and Learning Evaluation	6
EG103	Writing I	6
EG106	Personality and Self-Esteem	2
EG107	Food and Health	2
EG113	Mexican Culture	2
MA105	Mathematics	6
EN111	Remedial English I	7
Second Semester
CH125	Observation of Clinical Standards	6
CH126	Physiological Aspects of Exceptionality	6
CH127	Myofunctional Diagnosis and Intervention	6
CH128	Diagnosis and Intervention in Speech Disorders	6
CH129	Written Language	6
SC105	Computational Tools	7
EG104	Writing II	6
EN121	Remedial English II	7
Summer 1
CH135	Diagnosis and Intervention in Language Problems	6
CH136	Observation of Intervention in Speech and Language	2
CH137	Teaching Methods in Mathematics	6
EN231	Remedial English III	7
Third Semester
CH122	Neuromotor Development	6
CH216	Neuropsychology	6
CH217	Learning Problems	6
CH218	Hearing, Acoustic and Audiology	6
CH247	Communication Disorders Related to Other Conditions *	6
CH248	Practicum: Language Disorders I	12
EN241	Remedial English IV	7
Fourth Semester
CH224	Behavioral Misconduct *	6
CH225	Formal Assessment of Visual Motor Cognition and Maturity	6
CH226	Evaluation of Academic Performance and Conduct Auditory Verbal Method	6
CH227	Auditory Verbal Method	6
CH228	Education of the Hearing Impaired	6
CH364	Practicum: Language Disorders II	12
EN351	Remedial English V	7
Summer 2
CH250	Diagnosis and Intervention in Learning Disabilities *	6
CH251	Observation of Learning Intervention	2
CH252	Observation of Hearing Intervention	2
CH253	Educational Evaluation of the Hearing Impaired *	6
CH254	Research Methodology and Statistics *	6
EN361	Remedial English VI	7
Fifth Semester
CH363	Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems *	6
CH365	Practicum: Learning Disabilities I	12
CH366	Intervention with Adults	6
CH479	Practicum: Hearing Impairment I	12
EN451	Remedial English VII (TOEFL Preparation)	7
Sixth Semester
CH478	Practicum: Learning Disabilities II	12
CH481	Practicum: Hearing Impairment II	12
CH483	Audiology and Hearing Aid Practice *	6
CH484	Integrative Practice	6
Common Core of General Education   * Taught in English

 

Program Advantages

• Double Accreditation: Bachelor of Science in Human Communication Disorders Diploma, fully recognized in the United States of America and  Licenciatura en Comunicación Humana Diploma Degree  with official recognition from the Ministry of Public Education (SEP)

• Our professors possess a Master's and/or Doctorate degree and wide professional experience, which will offer you the invaluable opportunity to learn from their theoretical and practical knowledge

• Practices in our Clínica OIRA, located within the facilities of the Universidad de las Américas, Mexico City, start on the third semester and are conducted under individual professional supervision

• One of the most prestigious national clinics (Clínica OIRA) as part of the University’s facilities

• Conference cycles and extracurricular activities

• Employment connections and job placements

 

Professors

Academic Coordinator: Concepción Rodriguez Ochoa, MA

• Juan Leobardo Bribiesca Ruiz, MA (Full-time Undergraduate Professor)

• Mariana Gordillo Morales, MA (Full-time Undergraduate Professor)

 

 

Contact / Additional Information

Concepción Rodriguez Ochoa, MA: Phone 55-5209 9830 / 55-5209 9848,

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Information and Admissions Department: Phone 55-5209-9858 / 55-5209-9807 / 55-5207-0423, 
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