Unless otherwise stated in the description below, each class meets for three
lecture hours a week for one semester. Because prerequisites are subject to
change, students should consult the Course Schedule before
registering.
Communication Sciences and Disorders: CSD
Lower-Division Courses
- 506. First-Year American Sign Language I.
- Introduction to American Sign Language. Five lecture hours a week for one
semester. Offered on the letter-grade basis only.
- 306K. Introduction to Communication Disorders.
- Introduction to the study of processes and disorders of speech, language,
and hearing; observation in the University Speech and Hearing Center.
- 507. First-Year American Sign Language II.
- American Sign Language vocabulary and basic sentence structure. Five
lecture hours a week for one semester. Offered on the letter-grade basis only.
Prerequisite: Communication Sciences and Disorders 506.
- 308K. Perspectives on Deafness.
- Examination of deafness from a number of perspectives: social and
psychological meanings of deafness, the deaf community, education of deaf
children, sign languages, and historical trends.
- 311K. Phonetic Description of Speech.
- Speech production, physiological analysis and description of speech sounds,
voice quality, and voice dynamics; notation; phonetic theory; applications of
phonetics.
- 312K. Second-Year American Sign Language I.
- Development of conversational skills in American Sign Language. Offered on
the letter-grade basis only. Prerequisite: Communication Sciences and
Disorders 507.
- 312L. Second-Year American Sign Language II.
- Further development of conversational skills in American Sign Language;
introduction to American Sign Language literature and folklore. Offered on the
letter-grade basis only. Prerequisite: Communication Sciences and
Disorders 312K.
- 313L. Hearing Science.
- Acoustical, physiological, and psychological bases of normal human hearing;
theories of audition; laboratory techniques in hearing science research.
- 314L. Language and Communication.
- Analytic techniques for the study of normal and disordered language and
communication processes.
- 315S. Speech Science.
- Same as Linguistics 315. Physiological and acoustical bases of speech
production; theories of motor control of speech; laboratory techniques in
speech science research.
Upper-Division Courses
- 140L. Professional Issues in Communication Disorders.
- Issues of ethics, licensure, certification, and professional practice in
communication disorders. One lecture hour a week for one semester. Offered on
the pass/fail basis only. May not be counted toward a degree.
Prerequisite: Twelve semester hours of communication sciences and
disorders.
- 341. Principles of Audiology.
- Causes of hearing disorders; diagnostic procedures and treatment.
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing, and Communication Sciences and
Disorders 313L or consent of instructor.
- 359H. Honors Tutorial Course: Reading.
- Intensive reading and research as planned by the departmental honors
committee. Individual instruction. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing
and admission to the Communication Sciences and Disorders Honors
Program.
- 360M. Communication and Deaf People.
- Forms of face-to-face communication used with deaf people, including
speech/listening, systems of manual communication, and natural sign language.
Emphasis is on child development issues and the use of different methods in
educational practice. Prerequisite: Communication Sciences and Disorders
308K or consent of instructor.
- 367. Topics in Communication Sciences and Disorders.
- May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Communication Sciences and
Disorders 367 and Speech 367 may not both be counted unless the topics vary.
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
- Topic 1: Language and the Brain. Same as Linguistics 350 (Topic 1:
Language and the Brain).
- 367K. Introduction to Language Disorders Assessment and
Intervention.
- Introduction to assessment procedures and to the design of intervention for
people with language disorders. Prerequisite: Twelve semester hours of
lower-division coursework in communication sciences and disorders,
Communication Sciences and Disorders 368K, and upper-division standing or
consent of instructor.
- 167M. Clinical Practicum.
- Supervised clinical practicum in speech/language pathology, audiology, and
education of the deaf. One lecture hour and two hours of clinical teaching a
week for one semester. Offered on the pass/fail basis only. May not be counted
toward a degree. Prerequisite: Communication Sciences and Disorders
367K, 371, or 378; and consent of instructor.
- 368K. Acquisition of Communicative Abilities in Children.
- Development in the very young child of capacities for speaking and
listening; how these abilities are employed for communicative purposes.
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
- 168L. Acquisition of Communicative Abilities in Children:
Laboratory.
- Clinical laboratory experience in child language. One lecture hour a week
for one semester. May not be counted toward a degree in communication sciences
and disorders. Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in Communication
Sciences and Disorders 368K.
- 371. Introduction to Speech Disorders Assessment and
Intervention.
- Introduction to assessment procedures and treatment strategies for speech
disorders. Prerequisite: Twelve semester hours of lower-division
coursework in communication sciences and disorders, and upper-division standing
or consent of instructor.
- 373. Principles of Aural Rehabilitation.
- Rationale, methods, materials, procedures, and criteria for aural
rehabilitation for hearing-impaired persons. Prerequisite: Twelve
semester hours of lower-division coursework in communication sciences and
disorders or consent of instructor.
- 175K. Symposium on Deafness.
- Discussion of selected topics in social, political, and educational aspects
of deafness. One lecture hour a week for one semester. Offered on the pass/fail
basis only. May not be counted toward any degree. Prerequisite:
Upper-division standing.
- 378. Clinical Audiology.
- Differential diagnostic procedures for evaluation of auditory
disorders--theoretical concepts and clinical applications. Prerequisite:
Communication Sciences and Disorders 341; credit or registration for
Communication Sciences and Disorders 140L, or twenty-five hours of clinical
observation; and concurrent enrollment in Communication Sciences and Disorders
178L.
- 178K, 378K. Studies in Communication Sciences and Disorders.
- Supervised individual research. With consent of the director of the degree
program in communication sciences and disorders, may be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite: Eighteen semester hours of communication sciences and
disorders and approval of a project in advance of registration.
- 178L. Clinical Audiology Laboratory.
- Clinical laboratory experience in audiology. One lecture hour a week for
one semester. May not be counted toward a degree. Prerequisite:
Concurrent enrollment in Communication Sciences and Disorders 378.
- 379H. Honors Tutorial Course: Special Project.
- The writing of a thesis or the presentation of a creative project; final
comprehensive examination. Individual instruction. Prerequisite:
Communication Sciences and Disorders 359H.
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