rience with a specialized area of special education.
Topics will vary.
SPED695
FIELD EXPERIENCE WITH
EXCEPTIONALITIES 3 sem. hrs.
The graduate student participates in the educational
programming of exceptional individuals at a level of
proficiency that recognizes the graduate student as a
co-teacher working under the direct supervision of an
on-site cooperating teacher, special education super-
visor, or administrative personnel. This internship
enhances the graduate student's teaching skills with
the exceptional population.
SPEECH, LANGUAGE
AND HEARING
DEPARTMENT
Speech, Language and
Hearing Courses
SHLD125
PSYCHOLOGY OF
COMMUNICATION
3 sem. hrs.
This course examines the underlying psychological
and cognitive variables affecting human communica-
tion, emphasizing the relationship of linguistic and
psycholinguistic data to thought. This course is
approved for General Education Core 4.
SHLD210
SURVEY OF COMMUNICATION
DISORDERS IN CHILDREN
3 sem. hrs.
This course introduces students to human communi-
cation disorders occurring in children. It distinguish-
es between cultural differences, communicative dis-
turbances, and communication disorders. Content
emphasizes identification, prevention, management,
and coping strategies of both children with communi-
cation disorder(s) and concerned family members.
SHLD220
SURVEY OF COMMUNICATION
DISORDERS IN ADULTS
3 sem. hrs.
This course surveys normal and pathological changes
associated with aging and their impact on communi-
cation. It discusses physical/physiological, psycho-
logical, and social aspects of aging in relationship to
communication and communication disorders com-
monly associated with the elderly population.
SHLD230
INTRODUCTION TO
AUDIOLOGY
3 sem. hrs.
This course introduces students to the profession of
audiology and its scope of practice. It examines basic
evaluation procedures and methods of (re)habilitation
for individuals with hearing loss. Students with cred-
it earned in SHLD310 may not take this course.
SHLD300
NORMAL COMMUNICATION
DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE
LIFESPAN
3 sem. hrs.
This course introduces the student to speech and lan-
guage development through the lifespan. It empha-
sizes acquisition of communication, speech, and lan-
guage in the context of overall child development.
Students with credit earned in SHLD140 may not take
this course. This course is approved for General
Education Distribution 2.
SHLD320
MANAGING ARTICULATION
AND PHONOLOGICAL
DISORDERS
3 sem. hrs.
This course examines normal and disordered devel-
opment of phonology and articulation skills. It pres-
ents various philosophies of articulation and phono-
logical remediation. Prerequisite: SHLD275.
Students with credit earned in SHLD325 may not take
this course.
SHLD340
ADVANCED LANGUAGE
DEVELOPMENT AND
ANALYSIS
3 sem. hrs.
This course explores the characteristics of normal
language development of the preschool, school age,
and adolescent child. Issues of normal language-
based literacy (reading, writing, spelling) develop-
ment are explored, as are language analysis tech-
niques. Prerequisite: SHLD125 and SHLD300. This
course is approved for General Education
Distribution 2.
SHLD350
SPEECH AND HEARING
SCIENCE
3 sem. hrs.
This course introduces the physical, biological, and
psychological aspects of normal and disordered
speech and hearing processes. It also examines the
operation and application of specialized clinical and
laboratory instrumentation to assessment and thera-
peutic management. Prerequisite: SHLD255.
SHLD355
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
OF THE SPEECH AND HEARING
MECHANISMS
3 sem. hrs.
This course introduces basic gross and functional nor-
mal anatomy and physiology of speech, language,
and hearing systems.
SHLD365
COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
APPLICATIONS: SPEECH-
LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY/
AUDIOLOGY
3 sem. hrs.
This course emphasizes the application of basic and
discipline-specific computer hardware and software.
Prerequisite: SHLD210 and SHLD300. This course
is approved for General Education Computer
Competency.
SHLD375
ACOUSTICAL PHONETICS AND
PHONETIC ANALYSIS
3 sem. hrs.
This course describes the acoustic elements and
physics of normal speech sound formation. The
International Phonetic Alphabet will be used to code
normal speech production.
SHLD420
OBSERVATION OF NORMAL
AND DISORDERED
COMMUNICATION
3 sem. hrs.
This course establishes clinical observational skills
and introduces students to clinical planning. It dis-
cusses specific procedures, methods, and materials
commonly used in service delivery. The course satis-
fies the supervised clinical observation hours require-
ment specified by the American Speech-Language-
Hearing Association. Prerequisites: SHLD320 and
SHLD340.
SHLD500
NEUROANATOMY FOR THE SLP
3 sem. hrs.
This course introduces students to the neuroanatomy
and physiology underlying speech and language. It
emphasizes an understanding of the nervous system
from a neurobiological perspective. Behavioral and
communicative disturbances resulting from disease,
defect, or injury are discussed. Prerequisite:
SHLD355.
SHLD510
CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
3 sem. hrs.
This course individually tailors course content to
develop each student's competencies for addressing
client's needs. Supervisory input will guide report
writing, lesson plan/IEP developing, behavioral
objective targeting, while providing students with
practical experiences in diagnosis and management of
language, articulation, fluency, voice, and auditory
disorders. Prerequisite: SHLD424.
SHLD515
AUDIOLOGIC REHABILITATION
3 sem. hrs.
This course discusses the etiologies and psychologi-
cal effects of hearing loss emphasizing such habilita-
tive approaches as lipreading, auditory training, and
speech therapy. Prerequisite: SHLD230.
SHLD520
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
ACROSS CULTURES
3 sem. hrs.
This course examines the background, values/beliefs,
and language issues of culturally and linguistically
diverse populations. Specifically, Black, Latino,
Native American, and Asian minorities are targeted to
aid in distinguishing language differences from disor-
ders.
SHLD530
COUNSELING AND
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
3 sem. hrs.
This course provides students with a working knowl-
edge of how a communication disability impacts peo-
ple and their families. It explores techniques of coun-
seling specific to speech-language pathology and
audiology.
SHLD605
INTRODUCTION TO
AUGMENTATIVE/ALTERNATIVE
COMMUNICATION
3 sem. hrs.
This course develops an awareness of alternative
communicative strategies for individuals with severe
speech disabilities. It presents low- and high-tech
strategies for a broad range of cognitive, learning,
physical, and sensory disabilities. It also discusses lit-
eracy, learning, training, transition, funding, and
transdisciplinary teaming as potential barriers to
implementation, and emphasizes clinical skills for
assessment and management. Permission of instruc-
tor. Students with credit earned in SHLD585 may not
take this course.
224/Course Descriptions