300 Introduction to Communication Disorders (3) Nature, etiology, and incidence of speech, hearing, and language disorders.
302 Acoustics and Perception (3) Basic acoustics. Introduction to psychoacoustics and speech perception.
(RE) Corequisite(s): 305.
303 Introduction to Hearing Science (3) Introduction to disorders of hearing. Fundamental aspects of auditory anatomy and physiology.
305 Phonetics (3) Basic phonetics, including recognition and production of spoken English sounds with analysis of their formation, phonetic transcription of speech, phonetic aspects of dialect variation.
306 Anatomy and Physiology of Speech (3) Anatomy, physiology and embryological development of the speech production mechanism.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 305.
320 Speech and Language Development (3) Speech and language development in the normal child.
431 Stuttering (3) Nature, appraisal, and treatment.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 300.
433 Observation of Clinical Practice (1)
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 300 and 320.
434 Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology II (1-4)
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 4 hours.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 433.
Comment(s): Enrollment for fewer than 2 semester hours must have prior departmental approval.
435 Introduction to Speech Sound Disorders (3) Etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of articulatory and phonological disorders.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 300 and 305.
440 Voice Disorders (3) Etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of organic and functional voice disorders.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 300 and 306.
445 Clinical Practice in Audiology (1-4)
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 473 and 494.
455 Problems in Speech Pathology (1-3)
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
457 Senior Honors Thesis (1-3) Students in the speech pathology program work individually under the direction of a tenure-track faculty member to write an honors thesis. The thesis must be approved by the departmental honors committee.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
461 Introduction to Language Pathology in Children (3) Etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of language impairments in children.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 300 and 320.
473 Introduction to Audiologic Assessment (3) Basic principles of clinical audiometry, pure tone, speech, masking, and overview of special auditory tests.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 303.
475 Appraisal of Speech and Language Disorders (3) Diagnostic procedures for children and adults with speech and language problems including observation and practice with diagnostic tests.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 300.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – senior.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
491 Foreign Study (1-15)
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 30 hours.
492 Off-Campus Study (1-15)
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 30 hours.
493 Independent Study (1-15)
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
494 Introduction to Aural Habilitation/Rehabilitation of the Hearing Impaired (3) Introduction to psychosocial aspects, amplification components/characteristics, assistive devices, speech acoustics, speech perception, speech reading, parent-infant, pre-school and school years of children, communication impairments/handicaps/remediation of adults, effects of aging/remediation on the elderly, and case studies.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 305.
(RE) Corequisite(s): 473.
499 Senior Seminar in Communication Sciences and Disorders (3) Capstone experience. A writing-emphasis course exploring the forces shaping the profession of communication disorders in the past, present and future.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 300.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – senior.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
