SLP 101 (4 quarter hours)
(Cross-listed as HLTH 380)
Offered FALL and Spring Quarters
| INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS
| Overview of the field of communication and its disorders with emphasis on speech-language pathology and audiology as a profession; current requirements for professional practice; professional ethics; definition, identification, and classification of disorders of hearing, speech, language, cognition and swallowing. Students will acquire 5 clinical observation hours in this course.
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SLP 210 (4 quarter hours)
Offered FALL Quarter
| PHONETICS
| This course examines the articulatory, acoustic, and linguistic properties of speech. Instruction in using the International Phonetic Alphabet for phonetic transcription is provided.
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SLP 310 (4 quarter hours)
Offered FALL Quarter
| NORMAL CHILD LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
| An overview of normal language acquisition, focusing on theories, experimental findings and milestones in typically developing children will be addressed.
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SLP 320 (4 quarter hours)
Offered WINTER Quarter
| INTRODUCTION TO SPEECH SOUND DISORDERS
| Study of phonological and articulatory development in children, as well as the etiology, symptomatology, evaluation, and treatment of articulation and phonological disorders will be examined.
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SLP 330 (4 quarter hours)
Offered SPRING Quarter
| INTRODUCTION TO AUDIOLOGY
| Review of the history of audiology as a profession; study of symptoms, causes, and treatment of hearing losses; and principles and application of basic audiometry.
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SLP 332
(4 quarter hours)
Offered SUMMER Quarter
| AURAL REHABILITATION
| Examination of methods for assessing and treating hearing disorders in adults and children, as well as conditions that result in hearing loss.
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SLP 340 (4 quarter hours)
Offered WINTER Quarter
| ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY OF THE SPEECH, LANGUAGE, SWALLOWING & HEARING MECHANISM
| Study of anatomic and physiologic mechanisms underlying respiration, phonation, and articulatory mechanisms. Overview of the peripheral auditory system, neuroanatomy, and normal swallowing will also be addressed.
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