Bachelor of Arts in General Communication Disorders
Required Program Course Descriptions

203 - Voice and Diction: Introduction to the speech and hearing process with emphasis on production, phonetics, and voice improvement.
Notes: Intensive Oral Communications course. Offered in the fall, spring and summer.

340 (A,B,or C) - Cooperative Education Experience (1,2, or 3 credits): Provides on-the-job training in a professional field related to a student’s major on career interests.
Prerequisite(s): Overall GPA 2.5 and minimum of 24 earned undergraduate semester hours. Placement objectives must be approved by Department Chair prior to enrollment.
Notes: For Speech majors only. Courses may be repeated for credit; a maximum of 3 hours may be applied toward a degree in Speech. A grade of S or U is recorded. Offered in the fall, spring and summer.  Recommended by not required.

351 - Introduction to Communication Disorders: A foundation course in the principles and procedures of speech correction for communication impaired children and adults. Emphasis is placed on disorders of voice, rhythm, language and articulation.
Notes: Offered in the fall and spring.

352 - Introduction to Phonetics: A study of the International Phonetic Alphabet, speech sound production, phonetic transcription, with attention to the physiology of the speech mechanism and the application of phonetics to speech and language areas.
Notes: Offered in the fall and spring.

355 - Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanism: Study of the anatomical, physiological and neurological aspects of the speech and hearing mechanisms and their relations to problems of speech and hearing.   Prerequisite SPCH 351.
Notes: Offered in the fall.

360 - Articulation and Phonological Disorders: Study of theory, research and therapeutic techniques for articulation and phonological disorders.
Prerequisite(s): SPCH 351, 352, and 355.
Notes: Offered in the fall.

410 - Introduction to Audiology: A study of the fundamentals of hearing science. Includes anatomy and physiology of hearing, physics of sound and administrative and interpretation of hearing tests.
Notes: Offered in the spring.

425 - Stuttering: Theories, diagnostic procedures and therapy techniques in the treatment of disfluent speech.
Notes: Offered in the spring.

458 - Language:  Perspectives in Acquisition and Development: Language acquisition and development through the lifespan. Study of biological bases, major developmental theories, structure and semantic aspects and societal variations in content, form and use.  Prerequisite SPCH 355.
Notes: Offered in the fall.

460 - Principles of Speech Pathology: A study of etiologies, diagnostic procedures and the therapeutic techniques for the organic disorders of speech including cleft palate, cerebral palsy, aphasia and voice.
Prerequisite(s): SPCH 352 and 355.
Notes: Offered in the spring.

465 - Language Development: A study of theory, research, and therapeutic techniques for language disorders.
Prerequisite(s): SPCH 351, 352, 458.
Notes: Offered in the spring..

469 - Aphasia and Related Language Disorders: Study of the causes of adult aphasia including syndromes and the evaluation process.   Factors in recovery and prognosis will be reviewed.  Principles of language treatment are studied with opportunity for on-site case observation.        
Prerequisite SPCH 355.                                                                                                                 Notes:   Offered in the spring.