Courses

Addresses the issue that 50 percent of all individuals experience disability in their lifetime. Introduces students to the social, cultural, psychological, economic, political, legal, and health-care issues related to society and individuals with disabilities. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: contemporary societies or ideals and values.

Surveys communication disorders, including hearing impairments, learning disabilities, and speech-language disorders, as well as an introduction to basic speech and hearing science.

Discusses how human communication (the process by which a thought is transmitted from the brain of a speaker to the brain of a listener) involves a complex interaction of acoustics, anatomy, physiology, neurobiology, and psychology. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science.

Examines perceptions and attitudes regarding differences in communication as a function of cultural-linguistic diversity. Discusses implications of differing verbal and nonverbal communication styles of various cultural groups in terms of professional responsibilities. Prereq., upper-division standing and a minimum of 60 credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior).

Studies selected topics in speech, language, hearing sciences, communication disorders, and other professional issues.

Covers the development of language in childhood and into adult life, emphasizing the role of environmentand biological endowment in learning to communicate with words, sentences, and narratives. Prereqs. or coreqs., PSYC 1001, LING 2000. Same as LING 4560,Psyc 4560.

Familiarizes students with basic methodologies and research designs employed in the field. Focuses on critical reading of research papers and design of experiments. At least one research project is conducted and written as part of the course requirements. May be repeated up to 4 total credit hours.

Reviews models and theoretical perspectives regarding communication disorders with application to the clinical processes of assessment, intervention, counseling, and efficacy of intervention. Focuses on issues, challenges, and skills related to working with consumers of speech-language pathology and audiology services and their families, cultural competence, legal and ethical practices, teaming, and collaborative service delivery. Prereq., graduate standing. Prerequisites: Restricted to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) or Audiology (AUDD) graduate students only.

Introduces a foundational knowledge of language based learning and processing problems that impact foreign language learning in students with disabilities. Must be accepted into the MFL certificate program.

Provides knowledge about the legal bases for student accommodations for MFL learning disabilities, the administrative procedures and policies surrounding accommodations, assessment, advising and related implementation issues. Must be accepted into the MFL certificate program.

Provides knowledge of the principles and skills used to develop modified foreign language instruction for students with language based learning disabilities.Must be accepted into the MFL certificate program.

Studies selected topics related to the theory and management of communication disorders, and theoretical/scientific information related to speech, language, and hearing. Prerequisites: Restricted to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) or Audiology (AUDD) graduate students only.

Explores counseling theories and techniques followingthe diagnosis of a disability across the life span. Considers issues related to grieving and mourning, parenting, disability, cultural customs, attachment, and relationships. Covers professional ethics and ethical responsibilities. Prerequisites: Restricted to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) or Audiology (AUDD) graduate students only.

Provides an in-depth understanding and first-hand knowledge of different racial, ethnic and religious communities, which is necessary to develop and refine multicultural clinical competence. Incorporates scholarly readings and experiential learning in multicultural settings and fosters participants' qualitative research skills. Prerequisites: Restricted to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) or Audiology (AUDD) graduate students only.

Provides an investigation of the impact of hearing loss on adults. Psycho-social aspects, communication challenges, assessment and intervention for adult hearing disorders including presbycusis, tinnitus, vestiular disorders, auditory central processing disorders and sudden hearing loss. Prereq., SLHS 6544. Recommended prereqs., SLHS 7814 and 7540. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Prerequisites: Restricted to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) or Audiology (AUDD) graduate students only.

Prerequisites: Restricted to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) or Audiology (AUDD) graduate students only.

Offers an advanced seminar in research designs for human behavior: efficacy, ethnographic, single-subject, quasi-experimental, and experimental designs. Designed to familiarize students with terminologies and research designs frequently used in speech-language-hearing areas. Prereq., basic statistics.

Explores major cognitive theories related to language, including connectionism, information processing, andcognitive mechanisms of early lexical learning. Discusses data from children and adults. Prerequisites: Restricted to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) or Audiology (AUDD) graduate students only.

Focuses on the business aspects of managing an audiology practice. Addresses developing a business plan, contracting for services, legal issues, financial reporting, budgeting, pricing, billing and reimbursement, regulatory issues, marketing, personnel management, risk abatement, and business ethics. Prereq., good standing in the SLHS graduate program or instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) or Audiology (AUDD) graduate students only.

Provides an individualized project for AUD, completed prior to initiation of final clinical year. May be in the form of research-based investigation, an evidence-based position paper, a clinical protocol based on peer-reviewed literature, a grant proposal, or another format approved by AUD committee. Project requires approved proposal by AUD committee andfocused study supervised by capstone advisor. Restricted to students enrolled in the AUD graduate program. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

All doctoral students must register for not fewer than 30 hours of dissertation credit as part of the requirements for the degree. For a detailed discussion of doctoral dissertation credit, refer to the Graduate School section. Prerequisites: Restricted to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) or Audiology (AUDD) graduate students only.