Etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of speech sound disorders across the life span. Prerequisites: 312, 313, 323.

Equips students with the knowledge and skills to become competent and confident intercultural communicators. Prerequisites: 313, 322.

Provides a comprehensive introduction to communication sciences and disorders to the introductory-level student. Students gain basic knowledge in the areas of anatomy and physiology of speech and hearing, and an overview of the various disorders that affect voice, fluency, articulation, language, cognition, swallowing, and hearing across the lifespan.

Students observe and/or job shadow, clinical practice across a variety of communication disorders and ages in a variety of settings. Prerequisite: 111.

This course provides study of structure and function of the respiratory, phonatory, auditory, articulatory, and nervous systems and their contribution to speech, language, and hearing. Prerequisite: 111

Provides a basic understanding of the recognition and production of spoken English sounds with analysis of their formation, phonetic transcription of speech, phonetic aspects of dialect variation. Prerequisite: 111

Neruo-typical speech and language development across the life span. Prerequisite: 111

Provides an introduction to cognitive neuroscience associated with speech and language, including structure and functioning of the central nervous system, research methods in neuroscience, and theories and models of speech-language production, perception, and learning.

Covers basic information on the physics of sound, acoustics, basic hearing science, the acoustic analysis of speech, and speech perception. It also introduces the physics, anatomy and physiology of respiration, phonation, and swallowing. Prerequisite: 311.

Introduction to hearing aid and cochlear implant components/characteristics, speech reading, the psychosocial effects, communication impairments, and remediation options for hearing loss across the life span.