This course provides instruction in the etiology, assessment and intervention of voice disorders. Emphasis will be placed on disorders that affect the larynx. However, disorders of resonance will also be addressed. Fall, Summer.
Face to face each week on Wed. Additional credits earned asynchronously.
Graduate Courses
Course Delivery DEFINITIONS:
- Online Courses: In online teaching, 100% of instruction takes place online via Canvas and with supplemental platforms like Zoom. There are two types of online courses: asynchronous and synchronous.
- Asynchronous online: Course is fully online, with lessons, assignments, and activities posted in Canvas with due dates. Students complete coursework, engage in discussions, etc., based upon their own schedules, but are required to meet posted deadlines.
- Synchronous online: Online course that includes real-time class meetings using technology (e.g. Zoom). The number of required meetings varies based upon the particular class, but meetings take place during the scheduled class times. Faculty will inform students of the schedule for real-time meetings in their courses.
- Hybrid Courses: Hybrid courses combine both in-person, on-campus meetings with online instruction. All face-to-face activities take place during the regularly-scheduled meeting times in the rooms assigned on the course listing. The number of in-person meetings varies by course. Faculty will notify students of the exact meeting schedule for their courses.
If your class is not listed as online or hybrid, it will meet fully face-to-face following the noted class schedule.
This course provides instruction in language/learning disorders in school-age children and adolescents. Topics include assessment, collaborative intervention and social implications for individuals with language disorders. Emphasis is placed on the development of curriculum-based literacy skills and collaborative services delivery models. Fall, Spring.
Asynchronous
This course provides instruction on the characteristics, assessment, and treatment of adults with acquired language disorders (particularly aphasia) secondary to stroke, traumatic brain injury, surgery, tumors, and progressive diseases. The underlying neuroanatomy and neurophysiology will be reviewed. This course is taught using the Life Participation Approach to Aphasia (LPAA) philosophy. Fall, Spring.
Face to face one time each week on Monday. Additional credits earned asynchronously. Course fee: $45
This course provides instruction in the neuroanatomical and physiological bases for speech production, review of the five subsystems necessary for effective speech production, exploration of the possible etiologies leading to acquired dysarthria and apraxia, and co-morbidities associated with motor speech disorders. Topics include: types of motor speech disorders, classification of dysarthria and apraxia, assessment, intervention, and documentation. Spring, Summer.
Face to face one time each week on Tuesday. Additional credits earned asynchronously.
The purpose of this course is to provide graduate students with information concerning clinical audiology, including the physics of sound, the acoustic nature of speech, and the physiology of speech and hearing. Specific clinical application will be made to diagnostic audiology, as well as to issues of speech perception. The use of instrumentation to increase our understanding of these issues will also be included. Fall, Summer.
Face to face one time each week on Tuesday. Additional credits earned asynchronously.
This course provides instruction in augmentative and alternative communication systems and current technologies used in assessment and intervention. The course will include practical applications of AAC and assistive technologies to support individuals with complex communication needs stemming from a range of developmental and/or acquired communication disorders. Spring, Summer.
Face to face one time each week on Thursday. Additional credits earned asynchronously.
This required, advanced clinical experience includes work with adults on campus or in the community. Students are required to participate five days per week. Students must have reliable transportation to and from the practicum site. Pre-requisites: CSD 530, 535, 536, 580. Fall, Spring, Summer.
Insurance fee: $15. By instructor permission ONLY.
This one-credit capstone course focuses on clinical decision making by requiring students to apply evidence-based practice and other aspects of sound decision making to effectively serve a person with a communication disorder. Using the foundation that has been established in various graduate classes, students will review and update their previous knowledge of levels of evidence, framing clinical questions, and searching for evidence and then apply it to a client. The course also includes work in professional ethics. To be taken in final semester. Fall, Spring, Summer.
ONLINE ASYNCHRONOUS.
This course provides instruction in a broad range of research methods and research designs in human communication disorders. Topics include quantitative and qualitative designs along with instruction in how to evaluate research for purposes of clinical decision-making. Prerequisite or co-requisite: a statistics course. Fall, Spring, Summer.
Hybrid Face to face one time each week on Wednesday
This course provides instruction in current issues in phonological development, assessment, and intervention, with implications for clinical and research application. Students will explore evidence-based issues related to clinical research articles and readings. Prerequisite: at least a 3-credit undergraduate course in speech sound disorders or equivalent (e.g. articulation/phonology). Fall, Summer.
Course Fee: $45. Asynchronous.
The comprehensive exam is one of the final evaluation requirements for students in the Communication Sciences and Disorders graduate program. This exam requires students to describe assessment and intervention procedures in response to case study questions that reflect different specialty areas in the CSD field. The exam is a closed-book assessment. Students are given five hours to answer comprehensive exam questions. Taken in the final semester of the graduate program. Fall, Spring. Summer.