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CDS 1174 - Communication Disorders
This course provides an overview of communication disorders, and explores the impact of such disorders on education, employment and interpersonal relationships. Through lecture, discussion and the use of media, students will become familiar with disorders such as hearing impairment, stuttering, aphasia, cleft palate, voice disorders, language delay and laryngectomy. The professions of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology will also be described; academic requirements, clinical practica and scope of practice will be outlines.
Lecture
1 Credits
Offered When Needed Weekend Intensive
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SCS 101 - Introduction to Oral Communication
An overview of the major aspects of communication study including interpersonal communication, public speaking, small group and nonverbal interaction. This course offers practical skills towards effective communication using theoretical foundations. Students will learn techniques for improving their oral communications skills through a variety of assignments. Normally completed in freshman year.
Lecture
3 Credits
Oral Intensive. Offered in Fall & Spring
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SCS 108 - Introduction to American Sign Language
This course will provide an introduction to American Sign Language. Emphasis will be placed on building vocabulary, understanding of simple grammatical structures, fingerspelling, and visual-receptive sign language skills. Topics related to Deaf culture and the Deaf community will also be discussed.
Lecture
3 Credits
Diversity, Cross-Cultural and Global Perspectives. Offered in Fall & Spring
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SCS 109 - American Sign Language and Deaf Culture II
This course will build on the foundation established in Introduction to American Sign Language and Deaf Culture. Students will increase their fingerspelling abilities and their knowledge and use of ASL vocabulary, grammatical structure, and pragmatic rules. Deaf Culture will continue to be explore and discussed. Prerequisite SCS 108 or permission of Department Chair.
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisites: SCS 108 or equivalent
Offered in Fall & Spring
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SCS 205 - Interpersonal Speech Communication
An in-depth course in which the student experiences the significance of his or her own abilities in speech communication. Learning will focus on communication and self, dyadic communication, and communicating interpersonally with audiences. The dynamic for this form of speech communication is nourishment in interaction.
Lecture
3 Credits
Pre-requisite/Co-requisite: SCS 101 or equivalent
Oral Intensive. Offered in Alternate Years.
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SCS 225 - Public Speaking
A study of theories of public speaking and practice in the development of effective oral communication. Fundamental theories of rhetorical criticism will be studied and applied to chosen speakers and speeches.
Lecture
3 Credits
Pre-requisite/Co-requisite: SCS 101 or equivalent
Oral Intensive
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SCS 230 - Communication for Healthcare Professionals
This course will provide a basic overview of the theories and practicalities of communication in healthcare. It will examine the relational components necessary in healthcare provider/patient relationships. Additionally, students will learn communication competence and effective communication in terms of the healthcare situation.
Lecture
3 Credits
Pre-requisite/Co-requisite: SCS 101
Offered in the Spring Semester
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SCS 231 - Narrative and Storytelling in Healthcare
Focusing on patient-centeredness, this course seeks to utilize storytelling and narrative as a means of intake and interviewing in healthcare. The course will examine the therapeutic aspects of storytelling and its effects on the mind-body connection. Additionally, it will analyze mutual self-disclosure, illness narratives, and the humanistic approach to healthcare. Class discussions will explore how building rapport and trust in a healthcare situation can increase the likelihood of releasing the kernel story of the patient/client. Understanding of the student’s own health and illness stories will also be explored.
Lecture
3 Credits
Pre-requisite/Co-requisite: SCS 101
Offered in the Fall Semester
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SCS 301 - Clinical Linguistics
This course is designed to provide undergraduate students of speech language pathology and audiology with an introduction to the field of linguistics and its various subfields (semantics, syntax, morphology, phonology, sociolinguistics, bio-linguistics, neurolinguistics) along with their applications to the field of clinical linguistics, i.e., the sub-field of linguistics that studies the application of linguistic theory to the field of Speech and Language Pathology. The course is tailored specifically to meet the needs of speech and language pathology majors and it satisfies guidelines relative to the interface between the disciplines of linguistics and speech language pathology. The course provides theoretical background to understand how the brain processes language in standard and non-standard contexts and determines the expected outcomes when a component of grammar is impaired.
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisite: SCS 101
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SCS 302 - Vocal Skills for Communication
A study of voice and articulation patterns for social and professional use. The course focuses on the enhancement of these patterns, as needed, and on their use for the expression of personality.
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisite: SCS 101
Offered in Alternate Years
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SCS 304 - Business and Professional Speaking
Techniques of oral communication in business and the professions. The psychological concepts and the physical techniques underlying effective performance in interviewing, conference work and public presentations will be studied.
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisite: SCS 101 or permission of department chair
Oral Intensive. Offered in Alternate Year.
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SCS 319 - Bilingualism and Speech-Language Disorders
This course offers an overview of bilingualism and bilingual language acquisition from a linguistic, sociolinguistic, and speech language pathology perspective. The course explores various aspects of bilingual behaviors, such as code switching and language mixing, in terms of their social functions within the bilingual community as well as in terms of neuro-linguistic organization in the individual speaker. The course will prepare speech-language pathology clinicians to work with bilingual children with language impairments, and it will help them acquire the tools to perform accurate language assessments on bilingual children avoiding all possible misdiagnosis.
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisite: SCS 301 , SCS 361 and SCS 368
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SCS 320 - Argumentation and Debate
A course that includes basic elements of argumentation; techniques of debate. A variety of debating opportunities will be required in order to discuss and practice the rules that govern debate.
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisite: SCS 101 or permission of the department chair
Offered in Alternate Years
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SCS 323 - Persuasion
A study of the art of influencing belief. The course will focus on the bases of belief and the strategies and techniques for reinforcing and altering beliefs. Studies will include the variations in strategies that occur when the forum alters from public address to mass propaganda.
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisite: SCS 101 or equivalent
Offered in Alternate Years
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SCS 330 - Communication, Technology, and Society
Explores how persuasive communication has affected our perception and employment of technology in society and how those technologies have, in turn, affected public discourse and interaction. Examines modern technological mythologies and their origins.
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisite: SCS 101
Offered in Alternate Years
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SCS 332 - Problems in Media Communication
A study of those areas of media communication which have come to bear on our lives and the future of mankind. Specific units of study in freedom of speech and censorship; interpretative reporting; political, commercial and social propaganda.
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisite: SCS 101 or equivalent
Oral Intensive. Offered in Alternate Years.
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SCS 334 - Gender Differences in Human Communication
This course explores differences in the strategies employed by females and males in intrapersonal, interpersonal and group communication.
Lecture
3 Credits
Diversity, Cross-Cultural and Global Perspectives. Oral Intensive. Offered in Alternate Years
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SCS 346 - Intercultural Communication
The focus of this course will be a study of the special problems of communication that emerge when people from different cultures attempt to communicate. The problems of different assumptions as starting points for discourse, language as basis of sensitivity and perception, nonverbal messages, and cultural norms and values will be considered.
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisite: SCS 101 or equivalent
Diversity, Cross-Cultural and Global Perspectives. Oral Intensive. Offered in Alternate Years
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SCS 360 - Human Communication Theories
A study of the psychological principles involved in speech as a form of human behavior and application of these principles to individual and group problems in speech. Areas to be considered will include communication theories and models, language development, perception, attitude change and nonverbal communication.
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisite: SCS 101 or equivalent
Offered in Alternate Years
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SCS 361 - Normal Acquisition of Speech and Language
The course will cover the perception, production emergence, development and interrelationships of the five components of speech and language: phonology, syntax, morphology, semantics and pragmatics. Theoretical issues of language acquisition will be introduced. This course focuses on early (ages 0-3 years) language acquisition.
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisite: SCS 101 or equivalent
Offered in the Spring Semester
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SCS 362 - Introduction to Communication Disorders
This course is an introduction to the study of communication and its disorders throughout the lifespan. It provides an overview of the professions of speech-language pathology and audiology, its history, the types of disorders encountered, their evaluation and treatment, and the ethical standards and credentialing requirements as set forth by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. An integral component of this course is extracurricular observation of assessment and therapy sessions conducted by speech-language pathologists.
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisite: SCS 101
Offered in the Spring Semester
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SCS 363 - Phonetics
A foundation course in articulary phonetics. A detailed study of the sounds of American English. Broad and narrow phonetic transcription are taught using the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisite: SCS 101 or equivalent
Offered in the Spring Semester
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SCS 364 - Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism
A study of the anatomy and physiology of the skeletal and respiratory systems, the larynx, the skull and the nervous system as related to normal and abnormal speech production.
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisite: SCS 101 or equivalent
Offered in the Spring Semester
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SCS 365 - Introduction to Hearing Science
A study of the anatomy and physiology of the ear; responses of normal and pathologic ears to changes in sound stimuli, with particular concern for the application of this knowledge to the understanding of diagnostic tests of audiology and methods of rehabilitation of the hearing impaired. Introduction to principles of acoustics.
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisite: SCS 101 or equivalent
Offered in Alternate Years
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SCS 366 - Audiology
A review of the principles of normal aspects of sound and hearing, and an introduction to the disorders of hearing and evaluation of the auditory system. Additional time will be required for students to practice equipment technique.
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisite SCS 365 or permission from the chair
Oral Intensive. Offered in Alternate Years
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SCS 367 - Aural Rehabilitation
A study of the communicative problems related to hearing impairment, as well as the theoretical and practical aspects of management of the hearing impaired child and adult. Emphasis on the nature and use of hearing aids, principles of speech reading, problems of speech intelligibility of the deaf, and considerations of educational placement for the hearing impaired child.
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisite: SCS 365 & SCS 366
Offered in Alternate Years
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SCS 368 - Speech Pathology I
Introduction to the study of normal and disordered speech and language development; the social and emotional implications of communication disorders; the etiology, symptomatology and treatment of language-based communication disorders in children and adults.
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisite: SCS 101 or equivalent
Offered in the Fall Semester
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SCS 369 - Speech Pathology II
Continued study of normal and disordered speech, voice and fluency in children and adults, and of the etiology, symptomotology and treatment of dysphonias, dysrythmias, dysarthrias and dyspraxias.
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisite: SCS 368
Offered in the Spring Semester
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SCS 370 - Small Group Communication
Experiential learning involving the theory and practice of group interaction. The student will be exposed to the dynamics of building relationships with members of a group and exploring directions of mutual group interest. The student will learn group processing and methods of evaluating group progress.
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisite: SCS 101 or equivalent
Offered in Alternate Years
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SCS 372 - Introductory Field Experience in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
Twenty-five hours of observation in approved speech and hearing clinics, hospitals, schools and/or private practices. Students will be expected to keep a log of activities, submit reports of observations and cooperate with the speech-language pathologists and/or audiologists that they observe. Planned seminars will be used to discuss observations, explore opportunities in communication disorders, and to aid students in defining career goals. This course also fulfills the requirements set forth by the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association for observation prior to clinical practicum.
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisite: SCS 368
Offered in Fall & Spring
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SCS 373 - Speech Science
This course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive knowledge of the scientific basis of speech production, including an understanding of the acoustics, aerodynamics, and articulatory biomechanics of speech production and related non-speech behaviors, its measurement, and an overview of the various theories of speech perception and production.
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisite: SCS 101
Offered in the Spring Semester
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SCS 375 - Interviewing
The theory and practice of effective interviewing for both interviewer and interviewee will be discussed: creating rapport, barriers to interviewing effectiveness, styles of listening, categories of interview questions, effective verbal and nonverbal interviewing behaviors, and directive versus nondirective approaches. Students will participate in different types of evaluated interview settings, such as information-gathering, employment, persuasive, problem-solving and counseling interviews.
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisite: SCS 101 or equivalent
Offered in Alternate Years
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SCS 380 - Communication Problems in the Aging
This course examines the conditions which influence the speaking and listening habits of the aging, identifies the physiological, emotional and environmental factors which contribute to the deterioration of communication abilities, and delineates methods of helping the elderly to improve their patterns of communication.
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisite: SCS 101 or equivalent
Offered in the Fall Semester
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SCS 400 - Independent Study in Communication
Independent research designed to enable the student to examine, in depth, a specific area of speech communication or communication sciences. Work to be done under the supervision of an assigned advisor. Students may take a second independent research course for credit by enrolling in SCS 402.
Independent Study
3 Credits
Prerequisite: SCS 101
Offered in Fall & Spring
Department Consent Required
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SCS 401 - Internship in Speech Communication
Students will have the opportunity for professionally supervised field experience in an agency related to their major concentration. The objective of the practicum is to provide first-hand learning and work experience in a non-academic institution. Seminars and reports will supplement agency supervision.
Field Studies
3 Credits
Prerequisite: SCS 101
Offered in the Spring Semester
Department Consent Required
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SCS 415 - Special Topics in Speech Communication Studies
This course is designed to offer an intensive study of an area of speech communication that is not currently covered extensively by existing courses. Some of the topics which may be covered include “Family Communication,” “Narrative Communication,” “Political Rhetoric,” and “Communication Skills and Theories for the Healthcare Professional.”
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisite: SCS 101
Offered in the Spring Semester
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SCS 418 - Principles of Clinical Management in Speech-Language Pathology I
Supervised clinical practice in the treatment of speech and language disorders will be provided to qualified students, as detailed in departmental policy documents.
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisites: SCS 361 , SCS 368 , SCS 369 , SCS 372 and permission of the department chair or instructor.
Offered in the Fall Semester
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SCS 419 - Principles of Clinical Management in Speech-Language Pathology II
Continuation of supervised clinical practice in the treatment of speech and language disorders will be provided to qualified students, as detailed in departmental policy documents.
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisite: SCS 418 and permission of department chair.
Offered in the Spring Semester
Department Consent Required
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SCS 420 - Principles of Clinical Management in Speech-Language Pathology III
In this course, students will study how research and theory about phonological, syntactical, semantic and pragmatic development are put into clinical practice. Topics include the techniques for treating disorders of articulation, voice, fluency and language, as well as the current tests and measurements used in the diagnosis of speech and language disorders. Opportunities for supervised clinical experience will be provided to qualified students.
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisites: SCS 363 , SCS 368 , SCS 369 & SCS 372 and permission of department chair or advisor
Offered Fall, Spring & Summer
Department Consent Required
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SCS 430 - Swallowing Disorders in Adults and Children
This course is designed for students to demonstrate an understanding of the anatomy related to swallowing disorders. Students will demonstrate knowledge related to dysphagia including but not limited to stages of swallowing, characteristics of swallowing disorders, evaluation, treatment, tracheotomy and ventilation.
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisites: SCS 101 , SCS 362 and SCS 364
Offered Spring Semester Alternate Years
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SCS 431 - Evaluation Procedures for Diagnostic Purposes in Speech-Language Pathology
This course is designed for students to study formal and informal diagnostic assessments used across the lifespan and procedures used for multicultural populations.
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisite: SCS 101
Offered in the Fall Semester Alternate Years
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SCS 432 - Medical Speech Pathology
This course is an introduction to the practice of speech-language pathology within medical settings. It covers core knowledge considered essential to prepare students to work as speech-language pathologists in an acute care or rehabilitation setting, nursing home, or otherwise conduct assessment and therapy of medically-involved patients. Topics include chart notes and communicating with the medical team, common medications, the neurological examination, imaging studies, head and neck oncology, swallowing, and managing tracheostomized patients. The role and responsibilities of the speech-language pathologist in the Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose, and Throat) and Rehabilitation Departments is examined.
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisites: SCS 101 , SCS 364 , SCS 368 and SCS 369
Offered Spring Semester Alternate Years
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