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2016-2017 University Catalog 
    
2016-2017 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


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Spanish

  
  • SPAN 30200 - Spanish Level VI


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Further work to develop speaking, listening, reading, and writing abilities in Spanish on the basis of materials dealing with the ideas and events that have shaped the present-day Spanish-speaking countries. Conducted primarily in Spanish. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • SPAN 30500 - Spanish For Heritage Speakers


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is intended for the student whose home language is Spanish, but whose education has been exclusively in English. The students will first learn to read and write their native dialects and then the standard language using the orthographic norms of the standard language. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • SPAN 30801 - Advanced Spanish For Heritage Speakers


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is a continuation of SPAN 30500 . It is an advanced grammar course designed for Spanish-English bilinguals exposed to Spanish as a minority/native language during early childhood or adolescence but who have not received formal instruction or education in the language. It aims to develop advanced grammar and writing skills. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • SPAN 31200 - Advanced Spanish Conversation


    Credit Hours: 1.00. One credit hour advanced Spanish conversation course focused on guided practice in conversation to enhance communicative competence. Discussions in Spanish on various topics. Course may be taken concurrently with SPAN 30100 , SPAN 30200 , SPAN 40100  or SPAN 40200 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • SPAN 32100 - Introduction To Spanish For The Professions


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Continued work at the advanced-intermediate level with a focus on vocabulary and grammar for contexts in a wide variety of professional settings. Conducted primarily in Spanish. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • SPAN 32200 - Spanish For The Health Professions


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Intermediate level course directed towards the use of Spanish in the health care professions. It covers specialized vocabulary from the medical fields, as well as grammar and syntax with the goal of developing speaking, listening, reading and writing abilities. Students will have the opportunity to apply their skills in practical contexts and discuss cultural considerations. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • SPAN 33000 - Spanish And Latin American Cinema


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Screening and analysis of selected Spanish and Latin American films with readings and discussions relative to their historical, social, political, aesthetic, literary, and linguistic contexts. No knowledge of Spanish required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • SPAN 33500 - The Literature Of The Spanish-Speaking Peoples In The United States


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of selected poetry, fiction, theatre, and essays written in the United States by Spanish-speaking writers; includes readings in the literature written in Spanish and English as well as bilingual poetry and prose. Conducted in Spanish and English. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • SPAN 34100 - Hispanic Literature I: Poetry And Drama


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Reading of selected poetic and dramatic texts from Spain and Spanish-speaking America in their historical and cultural contexts. Readings, discussion, and papers in Spanish. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • SPAN 34200 - Hispanic Literature II: Prose


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Reading of selected novels and short fiction from Spain and Spanish-speaking America in their historical and cultural contexts. Readings, discussion, and papers in Spanish. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • SPAN 36100 - The Structure Of Spanish I: Phonetics And Phonology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Linguistic analysis of Spanish phonology, phonetics, and dialectology. Selected topics within the areas of Spanish sociolinguistics and language acquisition. Each of these topics will be approached from a contrastive Spanish/English perspective. One session per week devoted to pronunciation improvement. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • SPAN 36200 - The Structure Of Spanish II: Morphology, Lexicology, And Syntax


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Linguistic analysis of Spanish, focusing on morphology, lexicology, and syntax. This course will present the grammatical structure of Spanish dealing with word-level phenomena (derivational and inflectional morphology, the lexicon) and phrase- and sentence-level phenomena (constituents, word order, sentence structure, etc.). Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • SPAN 39800 - Special Topics In Spanish


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Studies of particular aspects of Spanish (e.g., culture, civilization, literature, linguistics, film, art, politics, etc.) by examining a varied selection of works. Readings, discussion, and papers in Spanish. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • SPAN 39900 - Special Study Abroad Credit In Spanish


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. This course number is for assignment after the fact of credits in Spanish earned while enrolled at a foreign university on a Study Abroad program which cannot be appropriately accommodated under an established Purdue course number. It is not for use for courses offered at or conducted by Purdue. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • SPAN 40100 - Spanish Level VII


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced work on development of Spanish speaking, listening, reading, and writing abilities, focusing on materials dealing primarily with culture and the arts in the Spanish-speaking countries. Conducted primarily in Spanish. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • SPAN 40200 - Spanish Level VIII


    Credit Hours: 2.00. Further advanced work on speaking, listening, reading, and writing abilities in Spanish. Course materials will cover a variety of topics illustrated by film and other media, both print and nonprint. Conducted primarily in Spanish. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • SPAN 41500 - Spanish Translation And Interpretation


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to the Translation and Interpretation Studies field for Spanish speakers. High level of competence in Spanish required. Overview of translation theory, methodology, and practice both in class and in real settings. Includes a service learning component. Conducted in English and Spanish. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • SPAN 41900 - Directed Tutoring In Spanish


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Guided practicum in tutoring Spanish, operation of a tutorial laboratory, and the rationale for audiotutorial second language learning. Students learn tutorial techniques, grade homework, and maintain records under the supervision of the SPAN 10100 -SPAN 10200  course chairperson and experienced teaching assistants. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • SPAN 42400 - Business Spanish


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of the terminology and techniques used in commercial transactions, including the interpretation and writing of business materials. Development of the four language skills, with emphasis on writing and speaking. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • SPAN 48000 - Spanish Civilization


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The study of modern Spanish life, with special emphasis on social institutions and customs. Lectures in Spanish. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • SPAN 48100 - Spanish Culture


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The development of the cultural life of the Spanish people as reflected in the geography, history, music, art, and architecture of Spain. Lectures in Spanish. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • SPAN 48200 - Latin American Civilization


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Outline of Latin American history; the cultural heritage from Spain and from the pre-Spanish civilizations; the intellectual, social, and cultural progress of the Latin American countries. Lectures in Spanish. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • SPAN 48300 - Latin American Culture


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of Latin American cultures and U.S. Latino culture, from pre-Columbian times to the present. The course will focus on selected aspects of the cultures of Latin American groups. Conducted in Spanish. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • SPAN 49800 - Advanced Topics In Spanish


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced studies of particular aspects of Spanish (e.g. culture, civilization, literature, linguistics, film, etc) by examining a varied selection of works. Readings, discussion, and papers in Spanish. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • SPAN 51900 - Teaching College Spanish


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A course designed to provide a forum for ideas connecting theory and research to teaching practice. Explores issues related to how learning and teaching can be enhanced and presents practical ideas that can be implemented in the classroom. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • SPAN 54000 - Spanish Literature Of The Middle Ages


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of Spanish Literature from 11th to the 15th century through the reading and discussion of representative prose, dramatic and poetic works. Lectures and supplemental readings on literary criticism and on various aspects of the period useful to an understanding of the literature it produced. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • SPAN 54100 - Spanish Literature Of The Golden Age


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of Spanish literature from 1500 to 1681. Reading and discussion of representative prose, dramatic and poetic works. Lectures and supplemental readings on literary criticism and on various aspects of the period useful to an understanding of the literature it produced. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • SPAN 54200 - Cervantes Don Quijote


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Reading and discussion of Don Quixote in the context of Spanish Renaissance literature and subsequent developments in the genre of the novel. Typically offered Spring Fall Summer.
  
  • SPAN 54300 - Spanish Literature Of The 18th And 19th Centuries


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The development of Spanish peninsular literature from Neoclassicism to Realism. Reading, analysis, and discussion of a representative selection of works of the periods. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • SPAN 54500 - Spanish Literature Of The 20th Century


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The study of major trends in Spanish peninsular literature from the generation of 1898 to the present. Reading, analysis, and discussion of a representative selection of works of the period. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • SPAN 54900 - Hispanic Women Writers


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of the literature of Hispanic women writers from Latin America, the Caribbean, and Spain in light of their traditions and of feminist literary theory and criticism. Permission of Instructor required. Typically offered Fall, Spring, Summer.
  
  • SPAN 55000 - Spanish American Literature Of The Colonial Period


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of Spanish American literature of the colonial period. Reading and discussion of a number of representative works as well as excerpts from several others. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • SPAN 55100 - Spanish American Literature Of The 19th Century


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of Spanish American literature of the 19th century. Reading and discussion of a number of representative works as well as excerpts from several others. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • SPAN 55200 - Spanish American Literature From 1900 To 1970


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of Spanish American literature from 1900 to 1970. Readings and discussion of a number of representative works, as well as excerpts from several others. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • SPAN 55300 - Spanish American Literature From 1970- Present


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of Spanish American literature from 1970 to the present. Readings and discussion of a number of representative works, as well as excerpts from several others. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • SPAN 55400 - Hispanic Caribbean Literature


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course focuses on various topics pertaining to Hispanic Caribbean literature. The particular works included will change each time the course is offered. All coursework and discussion is in Spanish. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • SPAN 55500 - Latino/a Literature


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This class offers an overview of U.S. Latino/a literature, written in Spanish and English and produced in the United States. It will introduce students to the many and diverse experiences of different Latino/a groups through their literary production. Permission of Instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • SPAN 55600 - Mexican Literature


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of Mexican literature. Reading and discussion of a number of representative works as well as excerpts from several others. Permission of Instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • SPAN 55700 - Argentine Literature


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of Argentine literature. Reading and discussion of a number of representative works as well as excerpts from several others and from standard anthologies. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • SPAN 56100 - The Structure Of Spanish I: Phonetics, Phonology, And Dialectology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Linguistic analysis of Spanish phonology, phonetics, and dialectology. Selected topics within the areas of Spanish sociolinguistics and language acquisition. Each of these topics will be approached from a theoretical and contrastive Spanish/English perspective. Credit will not be given for both SPAN 36100  and 56100. Typically offered Spring Fall.
  
  • SPAN 56200 - The Structure Of Spanish II: Morphology, Lexicology, And Syntax


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Linguistic analysis of Spanish focusing on morphology, lexicology, and syntax. This course will present the grammatical structure of Spanish dealing with word-level phenomena (derivational and inflectional morphology, the lexicon) and phrase- and sentence-level phonomena (constituents, word order, sentence structure, etc. ). Credit will not be given for both SPAN 36200  and 56200. Typically offered Spring Fall.
  
  • SPAN 56300 - History Of The Spanish Language


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Development of Spanish since the Ancient Latin period, taking into account influences of other cultures and languages; Spanish in relation to Latin and other Romance languages; basic principles of language change; language change underlying differences between American and Peninsular Spanish. Typically offered Spring Fall.
  
  • SPAN 56401 - Spanish Sociolinguistics


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course addresses the linguistic variation found at all linguistic levels of Spanish (e.g., phonetics, morphology, syntax) that is explained through social variation (e.g., socio-economic status, race, gender). Regional varieties of Spanish in Latin America, the U.S., and Peninsular societies will be studied. Related topics are style and identity, language attitudes, discourse analysis, and pragmatics. All classes will be conducted in Spanish. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • SPAN 59000 - Directed Reading In Spanish


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Directed readings in Spanish. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Spring Fall Summer.
  
  • SPAN 59400 - Special Topics In Hispanic Literature


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Topics vary. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Spring Fall.
  
  • SPAN 59600 - Special Topics In Spanish Linguistics


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Topics vary. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Spring Fall.
  
  • SPAN 60300 - Second Course To Establish Reading Knowledge


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Readings in the physical and biological sciences, mathematics, and engineering. Prerequisite: SPAN 60100. Typically offered Spring Fall Summer.
  
  • SPAN 60500 - Second Course To Establish Reading Knowledge


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Readings in the humanities and social sciences. Prerequisite: SPAN 60100. Typically offered Spring Fall Summer.
  
  • SPAN 63000 - Bibliography And Literary Criticism


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The use of general and specific reference materials and bibliographical aids in literary research; the basic concepts and terminology of literary criticism. Required of all MA candidates in Spanish. Typically offered Spring Fall Summer.
  
  • SPAN 64200 - Seminar In Spanish Theater


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced study of Spanish theater. Content will vary depending on the choice of periods, authors, works, and themes. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Spring Fall Summer.
  
  • SPAN 65900 - Seminar In Hispanic Literature


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced study of special subject. Topics to be announced in advance. Content varies. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Spring Fall Summer.
  
  • SPAN 67900 - Seminar In Spanish Linguistics


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced study and research on a significant topic in Spanish linguistics. Topic to be announced in advance. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Spring Fall Summer.
  
  • SPAN 68200 - Topics In Latin American Culture


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Selected facets of Latin American culture through the eyes of the continent’s artists, creative writers, essayists, and social scientists - and in view of current theories of the arts, literatures, multiculturalism, and postcolonialism. Typically offered Spring Fall.
  
  • SPAN 69800 - Research MA Thesis


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research MA Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Spring Fall Summer.
  
  • SPAN 69900 - Research PhD Thesis


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research PhD Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Spring Fall Summer.

Speech, Language and Hearing Science

  
  • SLHS 11500 - Introduction To Communicative Disorders


    Credit Hours: 3.00.  Nature, systems, and causes of communicative disorders and the principal methods used for remediation. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • SLHS 21500 - Exploring Audiology And Hearing Science


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will introduce students to the discipline of hearing science and to the clinical profession of audiology, with a focus on the unique and exciting aspects of the auditory system. Students will be introduced to the acoustic properties of environmental and speech sounds in relation to hearing loss, the fundamental anatomical and physiological bases of hearing, normal development of hearing and auditory behaviors, history and scope of practice in Audiology, hearing disorders across the life span and assessment and intervention techniques used to manage hearing disorders in children and adults. Guest speakers will include hearing researchers from Purdue University who will talk about their specific research, audiologists from Purdue University and the community who will talk about clinical practice and individuals with hearing disorders who will speak about their personal stories. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • SLHS 22700 - Elements Of Linguistics


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (ENGL 22700 ) Credit will not be awarded for both AUSL 22700 and LC 26100 . A summary of what is known about human language, its structure, its universality, and its diversity; language in its social setting; language in relation to other aspects of human inquiry and knowledge. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • SLHS 30100 - Introduction To Cognitive Neuroscience


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (PSY 32400 ) Introduction to the neural bases of complex human mental abilities. Emphasis on integrating research from cognitive science, brain-scanning techniques, and the lesion technique. Topics include perception, attention, memory, language, motor control, planning/decision-making, and consciousness. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • SLHS 30200 - Hearing Science


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to the scientific foundations of auditory sensation and perception. The course covers those aspects of acoustics most pertinent to understanding auditory processing of simple and complex sounds (e.g. speech and music), the anatomy and physiology of the peripheral and central auditory systems, and a range of auditory perceptual phenomena and their physiological correlates. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • SLHS 30300 - Anatomy And Physiology Of The Speech Mechanism


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides an introduction to the anatomical and physiological bases of the speech mechanism with an emphasis on the neural, respiratory, laryngeal, and supralaryngeal subsystems. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • SLHS 30600 - Introduction To Phonetics


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Credit will not be given for both AUS 30600 and LING 31500 . An introduction to articulatory phonetics, speech sounds in languages of the world, and principles and symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet. Extensive practice in phonetic transcription. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • SLHS 30900 - Language Development


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (PSY 42600 ) Specific nature, sequence, and pattern of oral language development from birth through adolescence. Numerous examples illustrating the nature of language acquisition and approaches to the study of children’s language are presented. Linguistic and psychological explanations of the sequence of development are discussed. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • SLHS 34500 - Research Methods In Infancy And Childhood


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (PSY 31900 ) This is a laboratory-based course that focuses on methods to test childhood cognitive and language development. As part of the course, students will be working in the Purdue University Infant Labs. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • SLHS 40100 - Language And The Brain


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (PSY 40100) This course is an overview of the neutral systems that underlie the core components of language, including speech perception and production, reading and writing, morphology, syntax, semantics, and discourse. During the past few decades, there has been an unprecedented increase in studies on these topics, due in large part to the widespread use of highly sensitive brain mapping techniques that enable researchers to identify relationships between particular brain areas and particular language functions. The findings that have been emerged from this recent explosion of research are exciting and important for several reasons. They provide fresh insights into the nature of the uniquely human capacity for language, and they have significant implications for understanding and treating language disorders that result from brain injury. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • SLHS 40300 - Psycholinguistics


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (SLHS 40300) This course aims to introduce students to the current, research-based understanding of how different aspects of language (such as word perception, language acquisition, or speech production) are represented in the mind. In addition, it will introduce some of the research methods employed by language scientists for gaining insight into such a representation. This course also aims to help students learn how to critically evaluate research data used to support various theories about psychological and neural foundations of language knowledge. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • SLHS 41900 - Topics In Audiology And Speech Pathology


    Credit Hours: 2.00 or 3.00. Study of selected topics, varying from semester to semester. Course content will be drawn from areas for which there are no permanent courses. Typically offered Fall Summer Spring.
  
  • SLHS 42000 - Introduction To Developmental Speech And Language Disorders


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Students cannot receive credit for both AUS 42000 and AUS 42200. Introduction to disorders of speech and language in children. Characteristics of these disorders, methods of evaluation, and intervention procedures are discussed. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • SLHS 42200 - Introduction To Developmental Speech And Language Disorders Of Exceptional Children


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A beginning study of speech and language disorders in exceptional children. Topics include characteristics of these disorders as well as evaluation and intervention methods. (Students in the EMR, ED, LD, or TMR certification programs should register for this course rather than AUS 42000. Students cannot receive credit for both AUS 42000 and 42200). Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • SLHS 43000 - Speech-Language Disorders In Health Care Settings


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Presents speech-language disorders across the lifespan, encountered in a variety of health care settings. Discusses the etiology, evaluation, and management of these disorders; addresses administrative structures, team approaches, and reimbursement issues in health care settings. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • SLHS 44400 - Introduction To Research In Communication Sciences And Disorders


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to fundamental concepts of research in the basic and clinical disorder aspects of speech, language, and hearing processes. Among topics to be covered are research design/strategies, model and theory development, research ethics and data collection and interpretation. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • SLHS 44900 - Introduction To Clinical Practice In Communication Disorders


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A course designed to provide instruction in basic diagnostic procedures and therapeutic approaches to speech, language, and hearing disorders. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • SLHS 45000 - Introduction To Aural Rehabilitation Across The Lifespan


    Credit Hours: 4.00. The effects of hearing disorders on communication, psychosocial development, academic achievement, and employment will be explored. The roles of residual hearing, vision, signing, and technology in increasing communication proficiency will be discussed, and models of assessment and intervention will be examined. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • SLHS 46000 - Assessment Audiology And Aural Rehabilitation Across The Lifespan


    Credit Hours: 4.00. This course will provide an introduction to disorders of the auditory system, the basic assessments that are used to diagnose disorders, and habilitation/rehabilitation. The laboratory provides practical instruction in the procedures discussed in class. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • SLHS 49000 - Directed Study Special Problems


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. Designed for student to work with individual instructors on special topics of interest. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • SLHS 49800 - Undergraduate Research Experience


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. The course allows students an opportunity to obtain first-hand experience with research in speech, language, and hearing sciences. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • SLHS 50100 - Neural Bases Of Speech And Hearing


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of normal human neuroanatomy and neurophysiology related to speech, language, and hearing functions. Includes material concerning normal and abnormal neurological development over the lifespan. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • SLHS 50200 - Fundamentals Of Speech Production And Perception


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The physical, biological, and behavioral correlates of normal speech production and perception. Includes an exposure to the measures and methods of speech science. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • SLHS 50300 - Auditory Perception


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Behavioral measurement of the capabilities of the normal and impaired auditory system. The laboratory experience includes an exposure to the measures and methods of hearing science. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • SLHS 50900 - Language Acquisition


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An examination of research and theory dealing with first language acquisition in children. A linguistic framework is used to describe developing language. Topics considered include speech perception, grammatical development, meaning, and language in nonmodal populations. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • SLHS 51100 - Seminar In Aging And Communication


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course examines normal age-related changes to the systems of communication. This includes anatomic and physiologic changes to the respiratory, laryngeal, and supralaryngeal systems and the resulting functional changes to speech production and changes to speech perception, language, cognition, emotional processing, and memory. A background that includes basic anatomy and physiology, neurophysiology, and linguistics is preferred. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • SLHS 51200 - Acoustics And Perception Of Speech - Honors


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Acoustics of speech for SLHS prerequisite AuD and SLP students, honors undergraduates, and interested students from outside SLHS. This course provides an overview of the science of acoustics from the perspective of the study of spoken language, including discussion of basic aspects of speech perception, with particular attention paid to methods for analyzing and manipulating digital recordings of speech sounds. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • SLHS 51800 - Counseling In Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology


    Credit Hours: 2.00. Application of counseling models, theories, and methods to persons with communicative disorders and their families. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • SLHS 51900 - Special Topics In Audiology And Speech Pathology


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Study of special topics, drawn from areas not covered in permanent courses. Topics may vary from semester to semester. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • SLHS 52100 - Phonetic And Phonological Disorders In Children


    Credit Hours: 2.00. A detailed study of phonetic and phonological aspects of speech sound disorders in children. Recent research findings dealing with normal and disordered development are reviewed. Advanced procedures for diagnosis and intervention are discussed. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • SLHS 52200 - Language Disorders Of Exceptional Children


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Description and diagnosis of children with language disorders and procedures for management. Students in a certification program for EMR, ED, LD or TMR should register for this course rather than AUS 52300. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • SLHS 52300 - Language Disorders In Children: Basic Principles


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Principles of description assessment and intervention for children with language disorders. Specific language evaluation and treatment procedures for children in the preschool years. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • SLHS 52400 - Infant Communication Disorders


    Credit Hours: 2.00. Theories of normal and disordered communication development (including related areas of cognitive and social development) are studied. Theoretical knowledge is applied to a range of clinical populations to generate assessment and treatment approaches for infants and their families. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • SLHS 52500 - Language And Communication In Autism Spectrum Disorders


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (EDPS 52500 ) This course will address development and impairment of language and communication in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). In addition to language and communication characteristics, this course will review the behavioral, cognitive, sensory, and social -emotional abilities of individuals with ASD. Differential diagnosis, assessment, and intervention strategies will be emphasized with a focus on empirically supported treatments and evidence-based practices. Current developments and research findings will be highlighted related to etiology and diagnosis of ASD, advances in biomedical research, augmentative and alternative communication strategies, assistive technology solutions, behavioral, cognitive, and physiological interventions, and comprehensive treatment approaches. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • SLHS 52900 - Stuttering: Nature, Diagnosis, And Treatment


    Credit Hours: 2.00. Reviews applications of research findings and theoretical developments to our understanding of the onset, development, perpetuation, and amelioration of stuttering. Demonstrates and discusses methods and procedures for diagnosing and treating stuttering across the lifespan. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • SLHS 53100 - Language Disorders In Adults


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of the causes, assessment, and treatment of acquired language disorders in adults, including aphasia, right hemisphere syndromes, and dementia. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • SLHS 53200 - Voice Disorders


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Principles of differential diagnosis and clinical management for children and adults presenting voice disorders, based on a working knowledge of normal laryngeal structure and function. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • SLHS 53300 - Medical Speech-Language Pathology


    Credit Hours: 2.00. Introduces the graduate speech-language pathology student to issues encountered in the medical environment in preparation for a healthcare externship and a career in the healthcare setting. Topics will include collaborative models in the medical setting, clinical documentation, ethical issues, equipment and instrumentation, medications, among others. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • SLHS 53600 - Traumatic Brain Injury


    Credit Hours: 2.00. The mechanisms, effects, assessment, and re-habilitation of traumatic brain injury in children and adults, with emphasis on a team approach to remediation. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • SLHS 53700 - Developmental Motor Speech And Feeding Disorders


    Credit Hours: 2.00. Normal aspects of speech motor and feeding development are studied. Theories derived from normal processes are applied to designing assessment and intervention approaches for infants and children with a range of clinical diagnoses (e.g., cleft palate, tracheostomy, or Down Syndrome). Typically offered Fall.
  
  • SLHS 53800 - Motor Disorders Of Speech


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of the neuropathologies that affect the speech production system. Emphasizes the differential diagnosis and management of acquired motor speech disorders. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • SLHS 53900 - Dysphagia


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of the normal and disordered anatomy and physiology of the swallowing process. Principles of evaluation and treatment of dysphagia are discussed. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • SLHS 54000 - Augmentative And Alternative Communication


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (EDPS 56200 ) Introduction to augmentative and alternative communication. Cognitive, educational, physical, psycho-social, and linguistic aspects are considered together with symbol characteristics, teaching strategies, and research issues. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • SLHS 54400 - School-Clinical Methods In Communication Disorders


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Organization, materials, and methods for conducting speech, language, and hearing services in elementary and secondary schools. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • SLHS 54900 - Clinical Practice In Speech-Language Pathology I


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 8.00. The second in a series of practicum courses designed to provide instruction and practical experience in fundamental diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to speech and language disorders. AUS 43000 is recommended. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Spring Summer Fall.
 

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