Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2016

• 51. - Health professions and related programs
• 51.02 - Communication disorders sciences and services

51.0201 - Communication sciences and disorders, general

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of biomedical, psychological, and physical principles to the study of the scientific bases, development, and treatment of speech, language, hearing, and cognitive communication problems caused by disease, injury, or disability. These programs include courses in language science, hearing science, speech and voice science, biology of communication, behavioural linguistics, psychology, and applications to the development of diagnostic and rehabilitative strategies and technologies.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • communication disorders
  • communication sciences and disorders

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • audiology(51.0202)
  • communications(09.0100)
  • speech communication(09.0101)
  • speech-language pathology(51.0203)
  • teacher of the deaf(13.1003)