Courses
CM 562 SPORTS JOURNALISM 3.0 Credit(s)
Students develop the skills to produce both written and multimedia sports stories as they analyze current sporting media and construct their own work. Throughout this course, students will be partnered with specific SHU athletic teams and will cover their games throughout the semester.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
CM 565 SPORTS COM. & SOCIAL MEDIA 3.0 Credit(s)
This course explores the role of social media in the sports industry. In this course, students will interrogate the sociological impact of these new media platforms on sports communication and develop the skills necessary to create integrated, ethical, and professional social media campaigns.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
CM 566 SPORTS MEDIA IN A PROF CONTEXT 3.0 Credit(s)
In this course, students will examine the role of sports media industries and their impact on content and professional advancement through sports organizations. This course explores ethics in a professional context as well as the foundations of the sports media industry and its relation to the communications field.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
HINF 551 LEADING & INFLUENCING WITH IN 3.0 Credit(s)
Leaders and managers at all levels in organizations must influence others to enable achievement of the organization's objectives. Leading and influencing with integrity requires understanding of one's self, other people, the situational and cultural context, as well as both current and future impacts of actions taken. Through course learning experiences students develop individual and organizational strategies to influence others, shape culture, manage change, negotiate, and facilitate employee engagement and performance so organizations can contribute to society in ways that are effective, responsible, and sustainable. Course also known as WGB 612.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
NU 522 STAT. METH. NURSING RESEARCH 3.0 Credit(s)
Offered: Summer 1 Semester All Years
HINF 505 HEALTHCARE OPERATIONS 3.0 Credit(s)
Health care organizations face numerous challenges, including rising costs, increasing complexity, and quality issues, all while confronting an increase in demand for limited resources. This course examines the operations of the entire healthcare organization and its management, including the role of strategic planning and governance, clinical and nonclinical support services, quality improvement, environment-of-care and facilities management, personnel and staffing, finance, information technology, and marketing.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SLP 500 SPEECH SOUND DISORDERS 3.0 Credit(s)
The purpose of this course is to provide focused study of disordered speech-sound production including functional articulation disorders, phonological processing, and developmental apraxia of speech. Methods of assessment of articulation and phonological production, as well as a range of approaches to improving speech sound accuracy and intelligibility will be presented. Relations of phonological development to literacy will be emphasized. The impact of a range of genetic, motor, and cognitive disorders on speech sound production will be addressed. The impact of cultural and linguistic differences on speech sound development and disorders will be highlighted. Lecture/discussion/problem-based learning format.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
SLP 510 LANG. DISORDER: CHILDREN 0-5 3.0 Credit(s)
This course provides theoretical and clinical information regarding the development, assessment, and treatment of spoken phonological, morphological, semantic, syntactic, and pragmatic disorders in infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. The impact of a range of medical conditions on communicative development will be discussed. Differences in approaches to infants/toddlers vs. preschoolers will be highlighted. Interprofessional activities regarding treatment of infants in the newborn intensive care unit will be included. The impact of cultural and linguistic differences will be discussed. The role of language development in literacy acquisition will be highlighted. Lecture/seminar/problem-based learning format.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
SLP 501 PRACTICUM SEMINAR I 1.0 Credit(s)
This course accompanies SLP 502, the first clinical experience in SLP and serves a a forum for expanding knowledge and skills related to clinical practice. The purpose of this course is to provide students with an opportunity to review and reflect on their clinical experiences in SLP 502; to apply concepts from academic coursework to their clinical practice; to develop skills in clinical assessment and intervention with consideration for diversity, equity and inclusion in all aspects of client and stakeholder care; to acquire skills in areas including writing short and long-term objectives, planning for clinical sessions, utilizing evidenced-based practice and communicating with the interprofessional team and families.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
SLP 502 CLINICAL PRACTICUM I 4.0 Credit(s)
This course will provide supervised clinical experience in basic intervention procedures for children and/or adults. Discussion will focus on methods of addressing challenging behaviors, enhancing client motivation, and exploring the range of service delivery options for each clinical setting. Students will obtain approximately 40 clock hours of supervised clinical experience. Fieldwork format. Prerequisite: Take SLP-501
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
SLP 540 ADULT NEUROGENIC DISORDERS I 3.0 Credit(s)
This course focuses on the neuroanatomy that supports cognitive and neurological functioning for humans and how this processing is disrupted as the result of an acquired brain injury. Theoretical issues, neurogenic bases, definitions, symptomatology, etiology, prognosis, recovery, and differential diagnosis with a focus on degenerative diseases of the motor system, TBI and CTE will be addressed. Lecture/seminar/problem-based learning format.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
CH 534 NMR: ORGANIC STRUCTURE DET. 2.0 Credit(s)
This course focuses on identification and structure determination of organic molecules by modern spectroscopic techniques. Emphasis is on IR, NMR, CMR, and mass spectrometry. The course features hands-on work in NMR and FT-IR.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
CH 534L NMR: ORG. STRUCT. DET. LAB 1.0 Credit(s)
This course focuses on identification and structure determination of organic molecules by modern spectroscopic techniques. Emphasis is on IR, NMR, CMR, and mass spectrometry. The course features hands-on work in NMR and FT-IR.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SLP 520 AURAL REHABILITATION 3.0 Credit(s)
The purpose of this course is to provide information regarding students who are deaf or hard of hearing and to discuss current methods used to identify and treat hearing loss in the pediatric population. Topics covered include the identification and diagnosis of childhood hearing loss, aural rehabilitation technologies and strategies, and the impact of cochlear implants on communication and learning. Lecture format.
Offered: Summer Semester All Years
SLP 530 SLP PRACTICE IN SCHOOLS 3.0 Credit(s)
This course focuses on curriculum and methods of determining eligibility and providing clinical services to children and adolescents with communication impairments in school settings (students in grades K-12 and those transitioning out of school). It presents an evidence-based exploration of language and learning, including the development of reading, writing, and spelling, defining their relationship to oral language. Methods of assessment and intervention of language and literacy problems and their impact on academic achievement for school-aged children and adolescents will be presented and applied. The course emphasizes the role of the school SLP in collaborating in scientific research-based interventions (SRBI), the Planning and Placement Team (PPT), and individualized education program (IEP) processes, as well as the integration of curriculum (e.g., CT Common Core State Standards) in SLP intervention. The roles of cultural, ethnic, gender, and linguistic differences will be highlighted. Lecture/discussion/problem-based learning format. Prerequisite: Take SLP-530T
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years