Course descriptions
Professional coursework
- CSD 191 COMMUNICATION DISORDERS IN SOCIETY – Explores communication disorders as they are portrayed in the media and in society. Each major communication disorder is also explored relative to etiology, diagnosis, and treatment.
- CSD 251 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF SPEECH AND SWALLOWING – Introduces students to anatomy and physiology (structure and function) relevant to human communication and swallowing. This course will primarily focus on the typical child and adult, which will facilitate comprehension of disorders and atypical conditions covered in later coursework.
- CSD 350 COMMUNICATION DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN – Typical development of language and literacy from birth through later adolescence, with additional emphasis placed on cultural and linguistic differences.
- CSD 352 PHONETICS – Introduction to the description and classification of speech sounds with a focus on American English. Topics include articulatory phonetics, segmental and suprasegmental descriptions of speech production, dialectal variation, and speech sound development. Students will use the International Phonetic Alphabet to transcribe speech patterns of children and adults.
- CSD 375 SPEECH SCIENCE – provide a basic understanding of the processes involved in normal speech production and perception. Content will include the physics of sound, sound spectrography, the physiological bases of respiration, voice production, and resonance of the vocal tract, acoustic and physiological phonetics, perception of consonants and vowels, and the neural control of speech.
- CSD 376 HEARING SCIENCE – Introduces the normal hearing process; focusing on the peripheral auditory systems, coding of the basic attributes of sound, and the perception of simple sounds.
- CSD 405 NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING (CSD 251 is prerequisite) – Application of the principles of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology to the study of normal human communication
- CSD 454 INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL PRACTICE IN COMMUNICATION DISORDERS – This course focuses on the development of fundamental clinical skills for the speech-language pathology assistant and speech-language pathologist. Students will participate in practical clinical experiences frequently encountered when providing speech-language services to individuals with communication disorders.
- CSD 455 CAPSTONE IN COMMUNICATION SCIENCES & DISORDERS – This course reviews and increases the understanding of a variety of speech, language, and hearing related issues across the life span. Ethical considerations associated with speech-language pathology and audiology will be discussed. Students will complete a project related to communication sciences and disorders with a faculty advisor.
- CSD 456 INTRODUCTION TO AUDIOLOGY – Anatomy and physiology of the auditory system; acoustics and psychoacoustics of hearing; hearing conservation; and fundamentals of aural (re)habilitation.
Also Required:
- ENG 308 INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS – Basic concepts of descriptive linguistics, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, language acquisition, and language processing.
- HHS 300W APPLIED ETHICS IN HEALTHCARE – Examination of health care practices from a moral point of view using philosophical argument techniques.