CSDI 204 - Introduction to Communication Disorders (3)
Lecture and Clinical Observation (10 obs. hours)
Offered every summer and fall
Introduction to human communication and its disorders. Survey of speech, language and hearing behavior as a field of scientific study. Description of the major types of speech, language and hearing disorders. Study of the origins and development of the speech-language-hearing profession, current requirements for professional practice, and requisites for success in this field.
CSDI 205 - Phonetics (3)
Lecture and Laboratory
Offered every fall
Introduction to articulatory and perceptual characteristics of speech sounds, dialectal variations, disordered speech, and phonetic transcription, including broad and narrow transcription.
CSDI 206 - Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanisms (3)
Lecture and Laboratory
Offered every fall
Study of the respiratory, phonatory and articulatory mechanisms for speech, and peripheral and central auditory mechanisms
for hearing.
CSDI 207 - Introduction to Speech Science (3)
Lecture
Prerequisite: CSDI 206
Offered every spring
Introduction to the scientific study of speech production, speech acoustics, and speech perception.
CSDI CSDIL 207 - Speech Science Lab (1)
Must be taken with CSDI 207
Laboratory component designed to reinforce concepts presented in lecture, and to introduce students to the collection and analysis of speech data using basic instrumentation.
214 - Language, Culture and Society(3)
Lecture
Cross Ref: ANTH 214, SOC 214
Offered every spring
Introduction to the major anthropological and sociolinguistic concepts that explain both uniformity and diversity in language behavior. The origin, development and variation of the world's languages. Focus on language diversity in North American English in terms of differences based on nation, region, ethnicity, class, gender, age, lifestyle and social context.
CSDI 301 - Phonology (3)
Lecture and Clinical Observation (5 obs. hours)
Prerequisite: CSDI 204, 205, 206, 207 (may be taken concurrently)
Offered every spring
Detailed study of phonological and articulatory development in children. Introduction to disorders with emphasis on etiology, assessment and remediation.
CSDI 302 - Stuttering Theories and Therapy (3)
Lecture and Clinical Observation (4 obs. hours)
Prerequisite: CSDI 204
Offered every spring
Examination of nature of stuttering, onset and development, etiological theories, and effective assessment and remediation in children and adults.
CSDI 304 - Organic Disorders of Speech (3)
Lecture and Clinical Observation (1 obs.hour)
Prerequisite: CSDI 204, 206, 207
Offered every fall
Examination of the nature of disorders of voice and resonance, with particular emphasis on the relationship between structured and functional abnormalities and the characteristics of disordered speech. Includes experience in research writing skills.
CSDI 305 - Development of Language in the Young Child (3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 200/EDU 200
Offered every semester
Investigation into the nature of language and the total process of normal language acquisition in children, verbal and non-verbal, incorporating the most recent theories and practices in child language research.
CSDI 306 - Language Disorders in Children (3)
Lecture and Clinical Observation (5 obs. hours)
Prerequisite: CSDI 204, 305
Offered every spring
Study of the nature, symptomatology, etiology, assessment and treatment of children with language disorders.
CSDI 307 - Introduction to Audiology (3)
Lecture, Laboratory and Clinical Observation
Prerequisite: CSDI 206, 207
Offered every fall
Analysis of the nature and causes of hearing impairment. Study of audiologic procedures and audiometric interpretation.
CSDI 308 - Aural Rehabilitation (3)
Lecture, Laboratory and Clinical Observation
Prerequisite: CSDI 307
Offered every summer
Overview of audiological assessment and management techniques of conductive, cochlear and retrocochlear hearing losses in children and adults. Amplification and (re)habilitation needs identified and strategies for management developed from the perspective of a speech-language pathologist.
CSDI 309 - Neural Bases of Speech, Language, and Swallowing (3)
Lecture
Prerequisite: CSDI 204, 206
Offered every spring
Examination of the neurological foundations of speech, language and swallowing, with a brief introduction to neurogenic communication disorders. Includes experience in research writing skills.
CSDI 310 - Clinical Methods in Speech/Language Pathology (3)
Prerequisite: CSDI 204, 205, 206, 207, 301, 302, 304 (may be taken concurrently), 305, 306, 307 (may be taken concurrently), B average in the major
Offered every fall
Study of therapeutic approaches and methods for the assessment and treatment of persons with speech-language disorders. Includes experience with goal setting, writing of objectives, lesson planning, data keeping, report writing, and developing clinical materials.
CSDI 311: Senior Seminar (1)
Prerequisite: Senior standing
Offered every spring
Provision of an opportunity to synthesize coursework in the major with the development of a portfolio. Development and presentation of a project specific to student's interests.
CSDI 355 - Clinical Practicum (2)
Prerequisite: CSDI 310
Offered every spring and summer
Performance of a maximum of 50 clock-hours of supervised clinical practice in the Ludden Speech and Language Clinic.
( ) = credit hours / / = classroom hours
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