2022-2023 Graduate Course Catalog 
    
    May 03, 2024  
2022-2023 Graduate Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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Counseling

  
  • COU 645 - Counseling Prepracticum II: Advanced Multicultural Counseling Skills

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Clinical and case conceptualization skills for working with diverse populations. Race, ethnicity, culture, gender, sexual orientation, ability, and religion, with focus on applicability for counseling practice.
    PREREQ: COU 644  
    COREQ: COU 626  
  
  • COU 646 - Assessment in Counseling

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Analysis and interpretation of selected interest and personality tests, as well as assessment environments. Synthesis of comprehensive case data and report writing in educational, vocational, and general counseling. Assessment of individuals and families.
  
  • COU 651 - Crisis Counseling

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) Only during the summer
    Review of the theory, history and practice of crisis counseling. Emphasis is placed on the study of techniques and interventions appropriate for use in a variety of crisis situations.
  
  • COU 672 - Counseling Children and Adolescents

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) Only during the summer
    Specialized knowledge, skills, and awareness necessary for counseling children and adolescents within individual, group, and family counseling modalities. Developing a therapeutic relationship and implementing effective interventions.
  
  • COU 675 - Substance Abuse Counseling

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Biological, psychological, and social factors contributing to chemical dependency. Overview of different theoretical approaches to substance abuse counseling. Discussion, demonstration, and practice of counseling strategies for prevention and intervention.
  
  • COU 678 - Child Centered Play Therapy

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Theoretical and applied philosophical understanding of child-centered play therapy. Reflective listening, tracking, limit setting, selecting props, structuring sessions, identifying themes, using consultation, etc., to conduct individual, dyadic, group and filial therapy. Cross-cultural relationships.
  
  • COU 700 - Selected Topics in Counseling

    School of Education
    1-6 credit(s)
  
  • COU 723 - Psychological, Social, and Cultural Aspects of Disability

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Crosslisted with: DSP 723 
    Survey of the psychological, social, and cultural dimensions of disability with a focus on implications of social construction of disability for the adjustment of persons with disabilities in educational, rehabilitation, and community settings.
  
  • COU 727 - Foundations of Mental Health Counseling

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Roles, functions, and contexts for mental health counselors working in community agencies. A review of dimensions, interventions, and characteristics of agencies serving diverse populations. Foundations of mental health consultation, prevention, and program evaluation.
  
  • COU 729 - The Counselor in the Schools

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    Roles and functions of school counselors. Analysis of the history, development, implementation and evaluation of school counseling programs, K-12.
  
  • COU 739 - School Counseling for College Access and Retention

    School Counseling for College Access and Retention
    3 credit(s) Only during the summer
    School counseling related knowledge, skills, and awareness necessary for college access. Use of the American School Counselor Association National Model to influence P-12 students, families, schools, colleges and the entrepreneurial admissions sector.
  
  • COU 749 - Leadership and School Counseling Program Implementation

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Critical issues in schools. Implementation of comprehensive K-12 developmental school counseling program: models, strategies, and interventions to work effectively as school counselors at different school levels. School counseling majors only.
    PREREQ: COU 729  
    COREQ: COU 790  
  
  • COU 750 - Practicum in Counseling

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    A one-semester, 100-hour, clinical placement to advance the student’s counseling skills. Video or audio taping at the practicum site is required for supervision. Students receive weekly individual and group supervision on campus.
    PREREQ: COU 624  AND COU 644 
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 6 credits maximum
  
  • COU 758 - Research Methods

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Methods, strategies, and issues related to research. Includes evaluating knowledge claims, quantitative and qualitative research designs, statistical analyses, and research ethics. Critical review of the professional literature for application to professional practice.
  
  • COU 790 - Internship in Counseling

    School of Education
    3-6 credit(s) Every semester
    A supervised field placement in a school, agency, college, or rehabilitation setting during which students assume the varied roles of counselor. Weekly individual supervision and group supervision are required. Internships must meet all accreditation guidelines.
    PREREQ: COU 750 
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 6 credits maximum
  
  • COU 800 - Selected Topics

    School of Education
    1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • COU 860 - Advanced Practicum in Counseling

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Supervised counseling experience for doctoral students. Intended to expand skill sets and level of ability through involvement in complex and diverse counseling situations Empirically supported treatment is emphasized.
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 6 credits maximum
  
  • COU 872 - Advanced Theory and Practice in Group Work

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    An advanced graduate course that reviews seminal contributions to group work as well as current research trends. Includes supervised experience in facilitating personal growth groups. Permission of instructor.
  
  • COU 874 - Theory and Practice of Clinical Supervision

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Major conceptual approaches, methods, and techniques; evaluation; and ethical and legal issues. Strategies for working with supervisees representing diverse backgrounds, developmental levels, and learning styles. Supervised practice opportunities included.
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 6 credits maximum
  
  • COU 876 - Ecological Issues in Counselor Education & Supervision

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Client, professional, and student issues as embedded within multiple and interrelated systems, including political and economic structures. Culturally relevant pedagogy, counseling, research, leadership, and supervision. For doctoral students only.
  
  • COU 878 - Seminar in Counseling Theory

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Examines psychological theory construction, compares various theoretical formulations of the counseling process, and emphasizes participants’ critical analysis of how such theories relate to one’s personal theoretical orientation and counseling practice. Theories representing distinct literatures within counseling are included. Permission of instructor.
  
  • COU 882 - Seminar in Professional Issues

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Designed for advanced graduate students, this course explores key issues currently faced by counselors, supervisors, and counselor educators. Topics are identified through a review of current professional literature.
  
  • COU 884 - Counselor Education Pedagogy: Experiential and Constructivist Practices

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Instructional theories, methods, and teaching practices relevant to counselor education including assessment and evaluation will be discussed, compared, critiqued, and applied. An increased emphasis will be placed on experiential and constructivist approaches. Doctoral level seminar.
  
  • COU 886 - Multivariate Research Methods

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    Crosslisted with: EDU 886 
    Discussion and critique of multivariate research methods, designs, and strategies as applied in contemporary educational research. Practical applications in multivariate research design, implementation, and interpretation of data.
  
  • COU 910 - Doctoral Research Seminar

    School of Education
    0-3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Issues related to identifying research questions, research design, implementation, dissemination, and review. Specific topics to be discussed are determined jointly by faculty and students to ensure relevance to research development needs of participants. May not be repeated for credit.
    Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
  
  • COU 950 - Doctoral Internship

    School of Education
    0-6 credit(s) Every semester
    Students must be engaged in internship experiences involving counseling, clinical supervision, and teaching over the course of their doctoral study. Individual and group supervision are required as part of internship.
    Repeatable 3 time(s), 12 credits maximum

Computational Science

  
  • CPS 501 - Selected Topics

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    0 credit(s) Irregularly
  
  • CPS 504 - Introduction to C++

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s)
    Object oriented programming in C++: classes, derived classes, data abstraction, inheritance, and access control. Substantial programming assignments. For students not majoring in computer science.
    PREREQ: CPS 196
  
  • CPS 506 - Introduction to C

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s)
    Programming in C: data types, control structures; the preprocessor; arrays and pointers. Substantial programming assignments. For students in computer science.
  
  • CPS 551 - Computer Organization & Operating System Design

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Fundamentals of computer organization and operating systems design. Computer organization topics: CPU & pipeline architecture, data representation and memory hierarchies, assembly language and instruction sets. Operating system concepts: system calls, processes, threads, synchronization, memory management, input-output, traps, and file systems.
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 3 credits maximum
  
  • CPS 621 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    4 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Programming-oriented introduction to fundamentals in statistics and probability; elementary statistics, graphical and numerical representation; probability distributions; tests and confidence intervals; regression, and correlation. CPS 621 adds Journalism applications of statistical methods.
  
  • CPS 640 - Tpcs:Ntwkng&Multimed Appl

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s)
    Current topics in networking and multimedia applications. Topics may include advanced networking solutions, performance issues and design of multimedia delivery systems, and integration of distributed multi-media software.
    Repeatable
  
  • CPS 681 - Explorations in Computing and Programming

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    A project-focused study in core computing concepts. Implementation and synthesis of the concepts via scripting, programming, and IDEs, focusing on large distributed data. Utilize computing as an “amplifier” for journalism. Basic programming experience recommended.
  
  • CPS 688 - Algorithms for Computational Journalism and Linguistics

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    A hands-on approach to algorithms for practical applications. Collaborative filtering, graphical algorithms, visualization of information, searching and document ranking, and optimizations. Focus on Internet-based programming and database-oriented client-server model.
  
  • CPS 690 - Independent Study

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    1-6 credit(s)
    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
  
  • CPS 782 - Capstone Project Course for Computational Journalism

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Jointly taught by computer science and journalism instructors. Students are asked to submit a major project proposal in computational journalism.
    COREQ: CIS 668  OR IST 664 

Communication and Rhetorical Studies

  
  • CRS 531 - Advances in Interpersonal Communication

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Introduction to contemporary theories and research in the field of interpersonal communications; array of theoretical models and research exemplars.
    PREREQ: CRS 331
  
  • CRS 532 - Family Communication

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Examination of communication processes which constitute and reflect family functioning. Power and conflict, predictable and unpredictable stress, paradoxes and double binds, family life cycle, and communication competence. Permission of Instructor.
  
  • CRS 535 - Communication & Community

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Examines current concepts of interpersonal communication and their historical development. Demonstrates how interpersonal communication influences and is influenced by community contexts.
    PREREQ: CRS 331
  
  • CRS 545 - Issues in Argumentation

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Emerging perspectives of the field theory of argument, constructivist approaches, cognitive approaches, against traditional models of argumentation. Permission of Instructor.
    PREREQ: CRS 334
  
  • CRS 552 - History of Rhetorical Theory

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Overview of a variety of theories, from ancient to contemporary, and the factors that affect concepts of rhetoric in the culture of Western thought. Permission of instructor
  
  • CRS 553 - American Public Address

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Public address as an influence in the political, social, legal, and religious history of America. Permission of instructor
  
  • CRS 567 - Rhetoric and Philosophy

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Examines the quarrel between philosophy and rhetoric and the way it has affected the development of Western thought. Permission of instructor
  
  • CRS 600 - Selected Topics

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • CRS 601 - Language, Interaction, and Culture

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    An introduction to selected social science communication theories and research exemplars that define the study of contemporary communication.
  
  • CRS 603 - Contemporary Theories of Rhetoric

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    British, American, and Continental rhetorical thought in 19th and 20th centuries.
  
  • CRS 604 - Qualitative Communication Research Methods

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    A survey of qualitative research methods including logic, philosophy, innovations, and controversies in these methods.
  
  • CRS 605 - Communication and Cosmopolitan Studies

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Foundations of critical communication theory with focus on communication as a constitutive phenomenon. Social constructionist, feminist, postmodern, poststructural, historical perspectives on communication.
  
  • CRS 606 - Issues and Methods in Critical Communication Theory

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Applications and methodological implications of critical perspectives and frameworks introduced in CRS 605. Critical methodologies and research strategies.
    PREREQ: CRS 605
  
  • CRS 614 - Communication, Power & Gender

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: WGS 615 
    Consideration of the ways in which communication structures power and gender relations. Reviewing Continental and North American literature on power, and feminist literature on gender, students study how communication produces social identities and hierarchies.
  
  • CRS 615 - Emerging Domains in Communication Studies

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    This course explores developing areas of human and non-human communication in academic and applied contexts, especially in relation to digital culture. Focus on the how and why of communication transformation, and its socio-cultural and political implications. Additional work for graduate students. 
  
  • CRS 617 - Innovation in Communication and Rhetoric

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: CRS 317
    Understanding innovation as a communication and rhetorical phenomenon, and to identify how innovation emerges from different communication and rhetorical practices.
  
  • CRS 625 - Oral Communication Skills for Engineers

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s)
    Instruction in effective presentational communication skills. The course includes the fundamentals of oral communication and their application and practice in different presentational contexts.
  
  • CRS 627 - Speechwriting

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: CRS 327
    Principles and practices of writing ceremonial and persuasive speeches for clients. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • CRS 630 - Intercultural Communication

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: CRS 430
    Principles and applications. Approaches and issues pertinent to effective communication across cultures and in multicultural societies. Verbal and nonverbal patterns. Culture shock.
  
  • CRS 632 - Political Communication: Inside the DC Beltway

    College of Visual and Performing Arts
    3 credit(s) Only during the summer
    Double Numbered with: CRS 432
    An examination of politics and communication as a mediated process
  
  • CRS 636 - Feminist Rhetoric(s)

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: CCR 636 , WGS 636 
    Double Numbered with: CRS 436
    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.
  
  • CRS 655 - Rhetorical Criticism

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Different perspectives of rhetorical criticism. Explicating the assumptions underlying different approaches to rhetorical criticism. Students learn and apply contemporary critical methods in the study of discursive practices.
  
  • CRS 668 - Social Movement Rhetorics

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Offers theoretical and critical inquiry into the rhetoric of social movements through diverse interdisciplinary scholarship and case studies.
  
  • CRS 670 - Experience Credit

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Participation in a discipline- or subject-related experience. Students must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Limited to those in good academic standing.
  
  • CRS 683 - Rhetoric of Film

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: CRS 483
    Examination of how popular films and documentaries function rhetorically to reflect and construct social and political change.
  
  • CRS 690 - Independent Study

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Guided independent reading, performance, and/or direction geared to interest and development of individual student. Permission of instructor
    Repeatable 5 time(s), 6 credits maximum
  
  • CRS 716 - Remix Culture

    Remix Culture
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Double Numbered with: 416
    Remix theory and praxis. Study of sociocultural, political, ethical, and legal implications of remix culture. How remix relates to debates about digital culture, ownership, citizenship, authorship, and authority. Application of communicative and rhetorical remix techniques.
  
  • CRS 744 - African American Rhetorics

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Crosslisted with: CCR 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
  
  • CRS 745 - Research Seminar in Communication and Rhetorical Studies

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Analyzing research studies; conducting a study to develop a methodology for graduate theses.
  
  • CRS 746 - Queer Rhetorics

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Crosslisted with: CCR 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
  
  • CRS 862 - Seminar in Rhetoric and Public Address

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Analysis and criticism of contemporary research in rhetoric and public address of various historical periods and in various nations.
  
  • CRS 996 - Faculty Guided Research Project

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Student writes a research paper on a project negotiated with a faculty member based on area of expertise.
  
  • CRS 997 - Master’s Thesis

    Communication and Rhetorical Studies
    6 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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
  
  • CSD 667 - Rehabilitative Audiology

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Only during the summer
    Demographics of hearing impairment; speech perception of hearing-impaired people; principles of amplification and other sensory prostheses; manual communication; speech reading; hearing handicap scales; psychosocial aspects of hearing impairment; special needs of the geriatric client.
 

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