Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (SLPA)

Introduction to American Sign Language: vocabulary building, beginning development of fingerspelling skills, receptive/expressive conversational skills.

Prerequisite: SLPA 101 or equivalent. Continued development of skills in American Sign Language: vocabulary building, further development of fingerspelling skills, receptive/expressive conversational skills.

Overview of various types of speech disorders; their incidence, etiology and characteristics. Basic concepts and principles underlying speech pathology.

Prerequisite: SLPA 102 or equivalent. Continued development of skills in American Sign Language: vocabulary building, fingerspelling skills, receptive/expressive conversational skills, and linguistic features of ASL.

Prerequisite: SLPA 201. Further fluency development of expressive/receptive communication, fingerspelling, and linguistic features of ASL.

Introduction to International Phonetic Alphabet. Transcription of normal speech. Overview of articulatory and acoustic phonetics. Introduction to distinctive features.

Introductory course covering the human hearing system and acoustics of hearing as well as principles involved in the production, transmission, and reception of the speech signal.

The deaf experience in America including historical, educational, legal, social, and occupational developments.

An introduction to language science and the study of the language acquisition process. The characteristics and explanations of language development will be presented.

Prerequisite: SLPA 201 with C or better. It will emphasize ASL skills practical for employment needs.

Prerequisite: Permission of advisor. Individual learning experiences for students with patients, their families and the hospital personnel in various hospital settings under the direction of hospital and University staff.

Prerequisites: SLPA 110, SLPA 210, and admission into the Bachelor of Science in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology program. Study of disorders of articulation/phonology, including normal phonological developments, and assessment and remediation of phonological disorders.

Prerequisites: SLPA 230 and admission to the Bachelor of Science in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology program. Etiology, identification, evaluation, intervention, remediation of symbolic, cognitive, interpersonal language disorders of children. Disorders viewed as correlates or sequelae of central nervous system dysfunction or emotional disturbance.

Prerequisite: Admission to the Bachelor of Science in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology program. Introduction to basic audiometric tests, principles of speech audiometry, masking, and impedance audiometry, "test battery" approach.

Prerequisites: SLPA 335 and admission to the Bachelor of Science in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology program. Introduction to philosophy and methods of aural rehabilitation for children and adults. Includes methods of speech reading, auditory training, speech conservation, hearing aid use and combined visual and auditory approaches.

Prerequisite: Admission to the major in speech-language pathology and audiology or permission from the director or instructor. Study of the anatomy and physiology of organs directly and indirectly responsible for production of speech and perception of acoustical signals.

Prerequisites: BIOL 200, BIOL 201, BIOL 202, and BIOL 203 or instructor permission, and admission to the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Arts Tagged degree in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. Corequisite: SLPA 365. Laboratory to accompany lecture, includes hands-on experience with a variety of laboratory materials, primarily models and virtual dissection.

Provide knowledge in the area of child life professional practice. Exploration of the tenets of the child life profession and identify essential professional concepts and attributes.

Provide the knowledge of child life professional practice,standards of clinical practice, competencies and ethics. Skills related to therapeutic communication with patients, families and staff will be explored and practiced.

Prerequisites: SLPA 230, SLPA 365, and admission to the Bachelor of Science in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology program. Surveys communication disorders that accompany acquired neurological impairments and neurodevelopmental syndromes. Introduces neurological models, classification systems, diagnostic and treatment procedures.

(Not open to speech-language pathology and audiology majors) Introduction to acquisition and development of comprehension and production of language phonologically, semantically and syntactically. Relates language acquisition to perceptual development of child and looks at function of language in individual, family and school.

Prerequisites: SLPA 210, SLPA 321, SLPA 330, and admission to the Bachelor of Science in Speech-Language and Audiology program. This course introduces the multicultural considerations faced by audiologists and speech-language pathologists providing services to families and individuals with communication disorders.

Prerequisites: SLPA 110, SLPA 210, SLPA 215, SLPA 230, and admission to the Bachelor of Science in Speech-Language and Audiology program. Introduction to concepts and processes of clinical practice in speech-language pathology and audiology. Includes clinical observation and case study.

Prerequisite: Senior standing. This course examines the phenomena of illness, loss and bereavement in modern society with a special emphasis on children and families.

Prerequisite: Senior standing. Theories, strategies and skills needed to facilitate support groups for children and for adults are studied using a variety of approaches including participation in a support group.

Prerequisite: CHFD 265, comparable course or permission of instructor. Seminar dealing with special needs and problems of hospitalized/ill child and family. Literature related to effects, separation, illness and stress. Examination of strategies for coping.

Prerequisite: SLPA 454. Field experience in a child-life program and classroom activities including critical analysis of a currently functioning program and program administration.

Prerequisite: Senior standing. Provides a vehicle for detailed study and discussion of various communicative disorders.

(May be repeated for a total of four credits) Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Individual or group projects related to any of the problems of communicative disorders.

Prerequisite: CHFD 265, comparable course or permission of instructor. Focuses on hospital as a major social institution; introduces procedures and functions of the hospital; roles played by various hospital personnel plus cursory knowledge of medical terminology, common childhood diseases, illnesses and injuries.

Current practice related to clinical intervention designed for individuals with developmental disabilities. Explores the use of the natural environment and the computer as intervention tools.

Prerequisite: SLPA 455. Field experience in a child-life program at an approved pediatric facility under the supervision of Child Life Specialists.

(May be repeated for a total of six credits) Prerequisites: Enrollment in the Honors Program, senior standing and major in speech-language pathology and audiology.