2022-2023 Graduate Course Catalog 
    
    May 05, 2024  
2022-2023 Graduate Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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Biology

  • BIO 676 - Cold Cases

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    Crosslisted with: FSC 676
    Double Numbered with: BIO 476
    Methods and practice in solving unsolved cases using fundamental science, court documents, and other sources of information. Will include work on real cases. Additional work required of graduate students.
  • BIO 677 - Personalized Medicine

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring


    Double Numbered with: BIO 477
    This course will address topics related to providing effective, personalized therapeutic treatment of diseases based on the genomic and proteomic profile of an individual. Additional work required for graduate students.

     

  • BIO 679 - Mind the Gap: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility in STEM

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: BIO 479
    History of exclusion and bias that led to underrepresentation of women, people of color, people with disabilities and those with lower socioeconomic status in STEM fields and actionable steps that promote inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility. Additional work required of graduate students.
  • BIO 688 - Biological Literature

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-3 credit(s) Every semester
    Lectures and library problems designed to acquaint student with reference sources. Technique of searching scientific literature and preparation of reports using such reference material. Also open to seniors.
    Repeatable
  • BIO 690 - Independent Study

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    In-depth exploration of a problem or problems. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.
    Repeatable
  • BIO 704 - Scientific Writing for Graduate Students in the Life Sciences

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Develop student’s writing skills in preparation for writing research proposals, scientific papers, and meeting abstracts, and for communicating with the public.  Major emphasis will be placed on preparing a proposal in a format suitable for the Biology PhD qualifying exam. 
  • BIO 787 - Graduate Seminar in Functional Genomics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    0-2 credit(s) Irregularly
    Students review, critically evaluate, and present various topics related to genomic methods used for analysis of biological processes in a variety of model organisms.
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 2 credits maximum
  • BIO 791 - Graduate Seminar in Species Interactions

    College of Arts and Sciences
    0-2 credit(s) Irregularly
    Selected topics dealing with ecological and evolutionary perspectives of species interactions. Students review, critically evaluate, and summarize recent literature on given topics. The summaries are presented and discussed in class.
    Repeatable
  • BIO 792 - Animal Ecology & Behavior

    College of Arts and Sciences
    0-3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Students review, critically evaluate, and summarize recent literature on given topics. The summaries are presented and discussed in class.
    Repeatable
  • BIO 793 - Plant Ecology

    College of Arts and Sciences
    0-2 credit(s) Irregularly
    Students review, critically evaluate, and summarize recent literature on given topics. The summaries are presented and discussed in class.
    Repeatable
  • BIO 795 - Speciation

    College of Arts and Sciences
    0-2 credit(s) Irregularly
    Students review, critically evaluate, and summarize recent literature on given topics. The summaries are presented and discussed in class.
    Repeatable
  • BIO 797 - Seminar: Topics in Evolution

    College of Arts and Sciences
    0-2 credit(s) Irregularly
    Sexual selection and conflict, parental care, social evolution, speciation, morphological evolution. Critically evaluate and discuss recent historical and classical literature on the given topics.
    Repeatable
  • BIO 997 - Masters Thesis

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    Repeatable
  • BIO 999 - Dissertation

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-15 credit(s) Every semester
    Repeatable

College of Arts and Sciences

  • CAS 611 - Living in a Global Environment

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: CAS 411
    Analysis of practical and theoretical components in living and interacting with people of different countries and cultures. Additional work required of graduate students.
  • CAS 713 - Proposal Writing

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: ANT 713 
    A two-week workshop during which graduate students draft a proposal for dissertation or other research; includes extensive evaluation of ongoing drafts.

Composition and Cultural Rhetoric

  • CCR 601 - Introduction to Writing Studies, Rhetoric and Composition

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Introduction to the theories, histories, and practices of scholarship in the field of writing studies, rhetoric, and composition. Reading and writing assignments engage the scope and traditions of scholarship in the field and help students work toward productive scholarly processes.
  • CCR 611 - Composition Histories/Theories

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Examines the histories of composition studies. Analyzes the institutional, political and social forces influencing the theories and practices of composition.
  • CCR 620 - Graduate Readings

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    Repeatable 3 time(s), 4 credits maximum
  • CCR 631 - Contemporary Rhetorics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Surveys and situates histories and theories of contemporary rhetorical studies. Examines difference and power as rhetoric is practiced across cultures and publics.
  • CCR 632 - Studies in Writing Pedagogy

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Explores research, theory, politics, and practices of writing pedagogies and curricula. Focuses on historical and institutional contexts, theories of language use, questions of difference, and controversies.
  • CCR 633 - Writing, Rhetorics and Technologies

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Explores histories of and recent developments in communication and information technologies, particularly their rhetorical, cultural, and pedagogical implications
  • CCR 634 - Ancient Rhetorics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Surveys and situates ancient rhetorics in their social, political and global contexts. Introduces rhetorical historiography.
  • CCR 635 - Advanced Research Practices

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Surveys research methods and methodologies. Focuses on reading research rhetorically, crafting researchable questions, and designing research studies.
  • CCR 636 - Feminist Rhetoric(s)

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Crosslisted with: CRS 636 , WGS 636 
    Feminist rhetoric from both a historical and global context, utilizing both primary and secondary readings in order to gain a sense of breadth and depth in the field of feminist rhetoric. Additional work required of graduate students.
  • CCR 638 - Advanced Creative Nonfiction

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Advanced theory and practice of writing interdisciplinary nonfiction in historical, political, cultural, and ethical contexts. Produces creative nonfiction as modes of intellectual inquiry and as scholarship within academic disciplines. Additional work required of graduate students.
  • CCR 651 - Language and Literacy

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Language and literacy viewed from cognitive, social, historical, political, compositionist, and literary perspectives. Institutional practices of literacy and the role of language and literacy in identity construction. Language variation, language protectionism, and pluralistic cultural literacy.
  • CCR 711 - Advanced Theories and Philosophies of Rhetoric

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Current issues in rhetorical theory and its application to the study of writing and written discourses. Emphasizes definitions and functions of theory, the formation of debates and controversies, relations of theory to practice.
  • CCR 712 - Advanced Theories and Philosophies of Composition

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    Current theories and major theorists in composition studies. Formulating critical problems that organize debate. Definition and functions of theory, relations to practice, rhetorical processes of scholarship.
  • CCR 732 - Advanced Studies in Writing Curriculum and Pedagogy

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Explores contemporary controversies and debates in writing pedagogy and curricula. Considers language, power and difference, interdisciplinarity and the transnational.
  • CCR 733 - Rhetoric, Composition, and the Digital Humanities

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Examines specific topics emerging from developments in writing and technology. Places these developments in rhetorical, disciplinary, interdisciplinary, and sociocultural contexts.
  • CCR 744 - African American Rhetorics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Crosslisted with: CRS 744
    Surveys African American discourse and its relationship to equality, resistance and participation. Examines philosophical concepts, political issues, discursive characteristics, traditions, theories, and histories of African American Rhetoric
  • CCR 745 - Writing Program Administration

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Studies the strategies, functions, structures, politics and practices of administering writing programs, writing centers, and writing across the curriculum programs in varied institutional contexts.
  • CCR 746 - Queer Rhetorics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Crosslisted with: CRS 746 , QSX 746 , WGS 746 
    Explores contemporary queer scholarship and activism from a rhetorical perspective. Analyzes purposes, arguments, tropes, figures, exigencies, modes of delivery, and audiences in historical and transnational contexts
  • CCR 747 - Authorship Studies

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    Investigates the social, historical and economic constructions of the author figure. Focuses on publication as a social phenomenon and the effects of print and digital literacy revolutions on text, author, reader, and literacy.
  • CCR 751 - Social History of Rhetoric

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    Integrates study of historiography and cultural rhetoric. Investigates historical rhetorical practices, their construction and functions in social life, their documentation through archival research. Includes wide range of cultural and textual forms.
  • CCR 760 - Advanced Studies in Composition & Cultural Rhetoric: Selected Topics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Seminar on topics in composition or cultural rhetoric.
    Repeatable
  • CCR 820 - Advanced Graduate Readings

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-4 credit(s) Irregularly
    Repeatable 3 time(s), 4 credits maximum
  • CCR 887 - Doctoral Readings

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Advanced readings and seminar discussion in preparation for doctoral qualifying examination.
  • CCR 999 - Dissertation

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-15 credit(s) Irregularly
    Repeatable 14 time(s), 15 credits maximum

Chemistry

  • CHE 533 - The Science and Artisanship of Glass

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Primarily for students in the science field. Covers history of scientific glass, different composition, safety and uses. Students will learn how to form glass in a flame. Additional work required of graduate students.
  • CHE 546 - Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-9 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    For the nonspecialist. Three topics each semester, chosen from the list below. Students may register for one, two, or three modules. 546M Atomic Spectroscopy and Angular Momentum 1; 546M Laser Chemistry and Spectroscopy 1; 546M Symmetry and Group Theory 1; 546M Electronic Spectroscopy 1; 546M Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy 1; 546M Vibrational Spectroscopy 1; 546M Laser Applications of Molecular Spectroscopy 1
    PREREQ: CHE 356
    Repeatable 5 time(s), 12 credits maximum
  • CHE 575 - Organic Spectroscopy

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Use of mass spectrometry and infrared, ultraviolet-visible, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
    PREREQ: CHE 325
  • CHE 611 - Inorganic Chemistry

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: CHE 411
    Descriptive and structural inorganic chemistry and underlying principles.
  • CHE 612 - Metals in Medicine

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: CHE 412
    Bonding, stereochemistry, and properties of metallo-drugs and diagnostic agents. Topics include platinum compounds for treating cancer, gadolinium and technetium in biomedical imaging, and porphyrins in photo-dynamic therapy. Additional work required of graduate students.
  • CHE 614 - Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: CHE 414
    The fundamental principles of medicinal chemistry focusing on design and synthesis of pharmaceuticals. Structural elucidation, and physical-chemical properties of pharmaceutical drug candidates will be presented. Additional work required of graduate students.
  • CHE 615 - Main Group Chemistry

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    The s- and p-block elements and their compounds, chemical properties, reactivity, structure, function, and applications. Organometallic, coordination chemistry and solid state aspects of main group inorganic chemistry employing physical methods to investigate observed trends.
  • CHE 616 - Solid State Chemistry

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    The description and understanding of extended chemical structures, phase diagrams, and the interplay of chemical-bonding-structure. Symmetry and other factors governing the structures and physical properties of solid state materials.
  • CHE 622 - Inorganic Laboratory Technique

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: CHE 422
    Basic experimental techniques used in inorganic chemistry.
    PREREQ: CHE 611 
  • CHE 625 - Crystallography

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Double Numbered with: CHE 425
    Modern methods of structure determination using x-ray crystallography. Symmetry and space groups will be developed, the mathematical foundation of practical crystallography. Model structures will be determined. Additional work required of graduate students.
  • CHE 626 - Organometallic Chemistry

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Topics in current organometallic and organotransition metal chemistry emphasizing structure, bonding, properties, reactions, and reaction mechanisms of organometallic species including stoichiometric and catalytic reagents in asymmetric and related pathways.
  • CHE 627 - Organic Chemistry of Biological Molecules

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: CHE 427
    Structure, reactivity, synthesis and biosynthesis of compounds constituting the building blocks of biological macromolecules. The role of biological molecules as templates for stereoselective organic synthesis to introduce advanced topics in stereochemistry, spectroscopy and mechanistic analysis of complex organic reactions.
  • CHE 635 - Physical Cell Biology

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: BEN 635 , BIO 635 , CEN 635 , PHY 635 
    This interdisciplinary class for science and engineering students provides an introduction to the quantitative description of biological systems and processes. The focus is on the biological and physical aspects of structure and function of cells and their subsystems.
  • CHE 636 - Advanced Physical Chemistry

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: CHE 436
    Applications of thermodynamics and quantum mechanics to chemical bonding, molecular properties, chemical kinetics, structure of matter, spectroscopy.
  • CHE 638 - Open Problems in Soft Interfaces

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: BEN 638 , BIO 638 , CEN 638 , PHY 638 
    In this seminar course on soft and biological materials and interfaces, teams from science and engineering will identify, discuss and assess current articles from the literature. Writing skills related to publishing peer-reviewed research are introduced.
  • CHE 645 - Quantum Mechanics in Chemistry

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    The fundamentals of quantum mechanics with application to simple systems, complex atoms, and molecules.
  • CHE 656 - Chemical Thermodynamics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Phenomenological approach. Chemical equilibria and solution behavior. Principles of molecular thermodynamics introduced.
  • CHE 666 - Statistical Mechanics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Quantum-statistical treatment in terms of canonical and grand canonical ensembles of systems of noninteracting and interacting particles. Chemical applications of statistical thermodynamics, elementary theory of transportation processes, fluctuations, and irreversible processes.
  • CHE 674 - Structural and Physical Biochemistry

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: CHE 474
    Thermodynamics, kinetics, and bonding associated with biological molecules. The course also utilizes computerbased molecular modeling tools for analyzing the structures of drugs, proteins, and nucleic acids. Additional work required of graduate students.
  • CHE 675 - Advanced Organic Chemistry

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Structure and stereochemistry, chirality, conformational analysis. Molecular orbital theories and applications to organic chemistry. Aromaticity. Introduction to organic mechanisms. Methods of deciphering organic mechanisms.
  • CHE 676 - Introduction to Organic Synthesis: Methodology

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Functional group transformations and carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions. Basic design strategies and advanced synthetic techniques including protection and functional group equivalency.
  • CHE 677 - Proteins and Nucleic Acids Lab

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: BCM 677 
    Double Numbered with: CHE 477
    Experimental methods for biologically synthesizing and chemically purifying macromolecules in order to analyze their structure and function, including: polymerase chain reaction; site-directed mutagenesis; Protein expression and purification; nucleic acid and protein electrophoresis. Additional work required of graduate students.
  • CHE 678 - Perspectives in Biochemistry

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: BCM 678 
    Survey of Biochemistry with emphasis on the unifying concepts of Chemistry and Biology, requiring a graduate-level background in science.
  • CHE 685 - Organic Mechanisms

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Ionic mechanisms: displacements, addition eliminations, arrangements. Catalysis. Free radical mechanisms. Molecular mechanisms, including applications of orbital symmetry and frontier molecular orbital theory to organic reactions.
  • CHE 686 - Advanced Organic Synthesis: Design

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    The design, planning, and execution of multi-step organic syntheses. Asymmetric, enzymatic, and solid phase synthetic methods. Retrosynthetic analysis and combinatorial techniques.
  • CHE 690 - Independent Study

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    In-depth exploration of a problem or problems. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.
    Repeatable
  • CHE 799 - Seminar in General Chemistry

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Aims to raise student awareness of current cutting-edge topics in the chemical sciences and expose students to active researchers in the chemical community by attending research seminars in the department. Registered students are required to attend the regularly-scheduled weekly lectures.
  • CHE 997 - Masters Thesis

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-15 credit(s) Every semester
    Repeatable
  • CHE 999 - Doctoral Dissertation

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-15 credit(s) Every semester
    Repeatable

Chinese

  • CHI 620 - Language Training in Preparation for Research Using Chinese

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s)
    Language training to prepare students to conduct research in areas that require knowledge of Chinese.
    Repeatable 3 time(s), 12 credits maximum

Communication Sciences and Disorders

  • CSD 609 - Cognitive Neuroscience of Speech and Language

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: CSD 409
    Neuroanatomical and neurophysiological aspects of speech and language. Role of central and peripheral nervous system in normal speech and language activities.Additional work required of graduate students.
  • CSD 611 - Motor Speech Disorders

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Neuroanatomy, neurophysiology of brain motor systems. Characteristics, assessment and treatment of the dysarthrias and apraxia of speech in children and adults due to congenital or acquired etiologies, including degenerative diseases. Application of basic principles of motor learning in treatment.
    PREREQ: CSD 315 OR CSD 615  AND CSD 409 OR CSD 609 
  • CSD 612 - Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Disorders

    College of Arts and Sciences
    2 credit(s) Only during the summer
    Embryology, anatomy, physiology and genetic bases of cleft palate, craniofacial disorders, and other syndrome disorders. Communicative and swallowing disorders related to cleft palate and other craniofacial disorders. Characteristics, diagnosis, treatment of cleft palate and craniofacial disorders.
    PREREQ: CSD 315
  • CSD 615 - Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanisms

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: CSD 315
    Structure and function of the skeletal, neurological, and muscular systems involved in breathing, phonation, resonance, articulation, and hearing. Additional work is required of graduate students.
  • CSD 616 - Introduction to Applied Phonetics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: CSD 316
    Anatomical structures and processes involved in speech production. Phonetic transcription of speech of adults, normally developing children, and children with speech disorders. Acoustic phonetics, phonology, and dialects. Additional work required of graduate students.
  • CSD 618 - Dysphagia

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Anatomy and physiology of normal and disordered swallowing. Description of swallowing disorders associated with numerous medical conditions. Assessment and treatment of swallowing disorders in adults and children..
    PREREQ: CSD 615
  • CSD 622 - Development of Speech and Language

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: CSD 422
    Theories and research on children’s acquisition of communication, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, morphology, and phonology. Relationships between oral and written language skills in comprehension and production processing; individual differences; cognitive, social, biological, familial, and cultural influences. Additional work required of graduate students.
  • CSD 623 - Language Disorders of Early Childhood

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Assessment and intervention strategies for birth to 5 years in home, clinic, and school. Presymbolic communication, precursors to written language, individual/ cultural differences, social, cognitive, familial, community factors; specific language impairment, pervasive developmental disorders, cognitive impairments.
  • CSD 624 - Clinical Techniques - Language Disabilities of Early Childhood

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Application of techniques used in the assessment and treatment of young children with language disabilities. Practice of computerized analysis of language samples, standardized and informal assessment, and interventions for young children and their families.
    PREREQ: CSD 650
  • CSD 625 - Stuttering

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Theories of onset, development, and maintenance of disfluent speech; differentiation of normal vs. stuttered disfluencies; approaches to assessment and intervention across age range, settings, and severity levels; familial considerations, counseling, and environmental modifications; individualizing intervention. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: CSD 616  AND CSD 622  
  • CSD 626 - Sociocultural Bases for Communication

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: CSD 426
    This course will develop cultural competency for professionals working with  linguistically diverse populations and will also consider issues related to mental health, cultural values, gender identity, and sexual orientation. Additional work required for graduate students.
  • CSD 627 - Speech and Language Disorders in Children

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: CSD 427
    Overview of normal articulation and development. Characteristics, incidence, etiology of childhood speech sound disorders and language impairment. Differences versus disorders. Principles of assessment and diagnostic. Elements of therapy, approaches to remediation.  Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: CSD 616  
  • CSD 629 - Basic Clinical Audiology

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: CSD 429
    Fundamentals of psychophysics of audition, anatomy, and physiology of the auditory mechanism. Disorders of hearing. Pure tone and speech audiometry. Differential diagnosis. Special procedures for children. Public school audiometry. Auditory rehabilitation. Additional work required of graduate students.
  • CSD 635 - Aural Rehabilitation

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: CSD 435
    Study of the management of children and adults with hearing impairments, with emphasis on the development and maintenance of functional communication through amplification, auditory training, speechreading, manual communication, and speech and language intervention. Additional work required of graduate students.
  • CSD 637 - Instrumentation for Speech and Hearing

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Basic function and use of instrumentation, including calibration standards and methods of calibration for equipment used in clinical evaluation and treatment. Includes physical characteristics and measurement of acoustic and non-acoustic stimuli, basic principles of electric circuits, and bioelectric safety.
  • CSD 638 - Speech Sound Disorders

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Principles and concepts of articulation, phonology, and apraxia; applications of various theories of speech sound disorders. Focus on both assessment and treatment of speech sound disorders. Practice with various analysis procedures of speech sound production.
    PREREQ: CSD 616 , CSD 627 
  • CSD 644 - Counseling Persons with Communication Disorders & their Families

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Only during the summer
    This three-credit course will introduce Speech Language Pathology and Audiology graduate students to theoretical counseling approaches as they relate to individuals with speech, language, and hearing disorders. Counseling techniques will be discussed and practiced.  Students will also examine different models for support groups and how family members respond to communication disorders.
    PREREQ: none
    COREQ: none
  • CSD 645 - Speech Science

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: CSD 345
    Scientific principles involved in normal speech production across all speech subsystems. Properties of the acoustic waveform, including acoustic phonetics for vowels and consonants. Basic speech instrumentation used to measure respiratory, phonatory, velopharyngeal/nasal, and pharyngeal/oral components. Theories of speech perception. Additional work required of graduate students.
  • CSD 646 - Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Philosophical, theoretical, and practical issues in enhancing communication for individuals with severe disabilities. Assistive technologies, identification and evaluation of systems to meet needs of children and adults. Teaching system use in family, school, community settings.
  • CSD 647 - Autism and Behavioral Interventions

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    This course presents communicative characteristics of people with autism, incl clinical diagnosis, identification, assessment, and research-based interventions for speech, language, and behavior. It will present evidence-based techniques for SLPs to identify behaviors, functions of behaviors, & strategies.  
  • CSD 650 - Clinical Classroom Practicum

    College of Arts and Sciences
    0-4 credit(s) Every semester
    Supervised practicum in clinic, hospital, early intervention, or school setting. Includes planning, staffing, implementation, modification, and outcomes assessment of evaluation and intervention procedures with clients and their families; professional issues addressed in regular seminar meetings.
    COREQ: CSD 622  AND CSD 651 
    Repeatable
  • CSD 651 - Clinical Methods in Speech-Language Pathology

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: CSD 451
    Introduces beginning clinicians to the therapeutic process ; professional expectations, the diagnosis process, general therapy considerations, therapy intervention techniques, evidence-based practice, and evaluation of the intervention process. Additional work required of graduate students.
  • CSD 657 - Voice Disorders

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Characteristics, assessment and treatment of voice disorders in adults and children. Anatomy and physiology of the vocal mechanism, functional, organic and neurological dysphonias, resonance disorders and laryngectomy.
    PREREQ: CSD 615 , CSD 645 
  • CSD 658 - Auditory Anatomy and Physiology

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Anatomy and physiology of outer, middle, and inner ear; central auditory mechanisms in normal systems. Underlying systems and signals theory will be used to explain response measurement techniques and auditory response analysis.
  • CSD 659 - Fundamentals of Evidence-based Practice in the Professions of Audiology & Speech Language Pathology

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Fundamentals of evidence-based practice (EBP) in the professions of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology. Implementing the EBP process in clinical practice.
  • CSD 661 - Advanced Clinical Audiology I

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Rationale and development of clinical tests of auditory function. Pure tone and speech audiometry, masking, acoustic impedance and special auditory tests.
  • CSD 662 - Pediatric Audiology

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Developmental anatomy and physiology of the auditory mechanism. Causes and characteristics of childhood auditory disorders. Behavioral and nonbehavioral techniques for auditory assessment. Rehabilitation and counseling of hearing-impaired children.
  • CSD 663 - Auditory Evoked Potentials

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Foundational knowledge for objective physiological measurement of the auditory system using auditory evoked potentials. Emphasis on understanding principles underlying the recording, analyzing and interpreting electrophysiological responses from the peripheral and central auditory system.
    PREREQ: CSD 661  
    COREQ: CSD 658  
  • CSD 665 - Medical Audiology

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Anatomical and physiological defects that characterize disorders of the middle ear, inner ear, auditory nerve, and central auditory nervous system. Psychoacoustic manifestations of auditory lesions. Familiarization with medical and surgical treatment of otologic disorders.
    PREREQ: CSD 429/CSD 629 
  • CSD 666 - Speech Perception & Acoustics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Auditory perception and the psychological correlates of the physical aspects of sound, acoustic phonetics, speech perception in normal-hearing and hearing-impaired individuals.
    PREREQ: CSD 325
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