Application of biology, physics, anatomy, physiology, and cognitive psychology to processes of speech, language, and hearing. Nature of disruptions to normal communication and scientific principles of prevention, diagnosis, and remediation. Cannot receive credit for both CSD 212 and CSD 303.

Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Survey of development of oral communication and disorders that may interfere with effective communication and affect school performance. Emphasis upon collaboration between teachers and speech/language pathologists in describing and facilitating children's communication.

Structure and function of the skeletal, neurological, and muscular systems involved in breathing, phonation, resonance, articulation, and hearing. Additional work is required of graduate students.

Anatomical structures and processes involved in speech production. Phonetic transcription of speech of adults, normally developing children, and children with speech disorders. Acoustic phonetics, phonology, and dialects. Additional work required of graduate students.

Introductory anatomy, physiology, and function of the normal auditory system. Introduction to the physics of sound and psychoacoustic principles.

Scientific principles involved in normal speech production across all speech subsystems. Properties of the acoustic waveform, including acoustic phonetics for vowels and consonants. Basic speech instrumentation used to measure respiratory, phonatory, velopharyngeal/nasal, and pharyngeal/oral components. Theories of speech perception. Additional work required of graduate students.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Neuroanatomical and neurophysiological aspects of speech and language. Role of central and peripheral nervous system in normal speech and language activities. Additional work required of graduate students.

Theories and research on children's acquisition of communication, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, morphology, and phonology. Relationships between oral and written language skills in comprehension and production processing; individual differences; cognitive, social, biological, familial, and cultural influences. Additional work required of graduate students.

This course will develop cultural competency for professionals working with linguistically diverse populations and will also consider issues related to mental health, cultural values, gender identity, and sexual orientation. Additional work required for graduate students.

Overview of normal articulation and development. Characteristics, incidence, etiology of childhood speech sound disorders and language impairment. Differences versus disorders. Principles of assessment and diagnostic. Elements of therapy, approaches to remediation. Additional work required of graduate students.

Introduction to clinical audiology; overview of hearing disorders, anatomy, and physiology of the auditory mechanism, evaluation and treatment; basic pure-tone and speech audiometry. Additional work required of graduate students.

Study of the management of children and adults with hearing impairments, with emphasis on the development and maintenance of functional communication through amplification, auditory training, speechreading, manual communication, and speech and language intervention. Additional work required of graduate students.

Relationship between hearing loss and healthy aging. Cognitive, psychological and social consequences of untreated hearing loss. Hearing rehabilitative strategies; models of care, hearing technologies, benefits and barriers to their development and use.

Supervised practicum in clinic, hospital, early intervention, or school setting. Includes planning, staffing, implementation, modification, and outcomes assessment of evaluation and intervention procedures with clients and their families; professional issues addressed in regular seminar meetings. Permission of instructor.

Introduces beginning clinicians to the therapeutic process ; professional expectations, the diagnosis process, general therapy considerations, therapy intervention techniques, evidence-based practice, and evaluation of the intervention process. Additional work required of graduate students.

Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.

Historical, legislative, administrative aspects of speech-language pathology school programming. Services delivery models; classroom management; collaborative assessment; and teaching, adapting, and implementing IEPs; social, cultural, linguistic, family, and community factors; rights and responsibilities in programming. Additional work required of graduate students.

Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.

Completion of an Honors Capstone Project under the supervision of a faculty member.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.