Three-Year Track
Three-year track for students without prerequisite coursework in communication disorders. The three-year track includes a pre-clinical year for completion of all prerequisite courses and 25 hours of clinical observation. Upon successful completion of the pre-clinical year with a GPA of at least 3.0 and no grade below C, the student moves into the first clinical year of the two-year track program.
Sample Schedule for Year 1
Fall
This course provides a general introduction at the graduate level to normal and disordered speech, language, and hearing in children and adults. It reviews normal development of communication behavior, the nature of communication disorders, and addresses the various conditions associated with communication disorders. Ethical standards for the practice of speech-language pathology, contemporary professional issues, and information regarding certification, specialty recognition, licensure, and professional credentials in speech-language pathology will be presented. Lecture/discussion format.
This course will accompany "Introduction to Communication Disorders" and provide students with guided opportunities observe speech, language and hearing practice.
Prerequisite: Take SLP-400
Students will be provide with graduate level information on the articulatory properties of the sound systems of human languages. The International Phonetic Alphabet will be presented, and students will learn to record speech in broad phonemic transcription. Variations among regional and cultural US dialects, as well as notation and practice of narrow phonetic transcription will be introduced. The implications of cultural and linguistic differences on speech production will be discussed. Lab/lecture format.
Graduate students will become familiar with the anatomical and physiological bases of human communication and swallowing, including the respiratory, articulatory, phonatory, and swallowing systems, and the identification and function of structures in these systems. Lab/lecture format.
This graduate course presents an introduction to the psychophysics of sound, the anatomy and physiology of the hearing mechanism, and the practice of audiology. It covers the common pathologies of the auditory system, impact of hearing loss, types and characteristics of hearing impairment, conventional procedures used to assess hearing, interpretation of audiological test findings, and criteria for initiating audiological referrals. Issues of ethics, professional practice, licensing, and credentials for audiology practice will be reviewed. Lab/lecture format.
Prerequisite: Take 1 Biology Course
Spring
This graduatecourse presents an introduction to the physics and psychology of human speech production and perception. It covers basic acoustics, the glottal sound source, resonance and acoustics of the vocal tracts acoustic features of vowels, consonants, and suprasegmentals of speech, as well as the physics and biomechanics of phonation, articulation, and resonance and the instruments, applications, and programs used to assess speech production. Principles and models of speech perception, with special emphasis on categorical perception, will also be discussed. Lab/lecture format.
Prerequisite: Take SLP-410 and SLP-411
This graduate course will introduce students to the social, biological, perceptual, and cognitive bases of language. A range of theories of language acquisition will be presented and the impact of nature and nurture on children's development will be discussed. The typical sequence of language acquisition in the areas of phonology, semantics, syntax, and pragmatics will be presented. The relations between oral language development and the acquisition of literacy will be emphasized. Dialectical variations in language development and second language learning will be highlighted. Lecture/discussion format.
Prerequisite: Recommended TAKE PS-252
This graduate course describes the development, anatomy, and physiology of the neurological system that underlies communication and swallowing and is a prerequisite for further study in medical speech, language, and swallowing disorders. Lab/lecture format.
Prerequisite: take SLP-411
This graduate course will orient students to clinical practicum, including the scope of assessment and intervention across the lifespan. It will include an overview of goal writing, lesson planning, writing SOAP notes, report writing, progress monitoring, and ethical conduct. Legislative, regulatory, and reimbursement issues that affect the practice of speech language pathology in educational and medical settings will be presented. As part of this course, students will complete 25 hours of intensive observations in various educational and medical settings. Lecture/ discussion format.
Prerequisite: Take SLP-400
This course will permit students to apply knowledge acquired in the co-requisite course, Introduction to Clinical Methods and Observations, to guided observations of clinical practice.
Prerequisite: Take SLP-450