Undergraduate Curriculum Courses
COMD 2338: Phonetics
This course is designed to teach students the practical skills of phonetic transcription, as well as the application of phonetic principles to speech pathology and speech science. Students will be able to describe normal developmental and anatomical process underlying typical speech behaviors.
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COMD 2339: Normal Language Development
This course provides an overview of the typical development of language and speech from birth through adulthood. COMD 2340: Science of Sound:Upon completion of this class undergraduate students will develop a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental principles of Physics, specifically acoustic physics, and be able to combine these principles to solve a wide range of problems including those relevant to Speech pathology and Audiology. The student will be able to utilize this information to describe the normal processes that underlie typical speech behaviors.
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COMD 2376: Anatomy and Physiology of the Vocal Mechanism
This is a hybrid class. It meets on Monday and Wednesday in class and on Friday via the internet. This 3-credit course is required for undergraduate students majoring in Speech-language Pathology. It is an introduction to the anatomy and physiology of the speech system, including the muscles, tissues and nerves. The working of these anatomical parts will be discussed in relation to the complex communication systems – respiration, phonation, articulation, neurological control – that enables human speech and language. The focus will be on normal function with limited discussion of communication disorders caused by damaged or inefficient systems.
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COMD 2380: Professional Writing In Communication Disorders
This course will address three areas of writing: basic mechanics, clinical reports, and research papers necessary to be successful professionally and academically. Note: This course must be taken prior to or concurrently with COMD 3381, completed successfully prior to taking COMD 4382 or COMD 4489 . This course is also a prerequisite to having a degree plan signed in the major.
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COMD 3371: Phonological Disorders
An introduction to disorders of speech articulation.
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COMD 3381: Fundamentals of Audiology
This course will be in the form of lecture, demonstrations, and a research paper. You will learn the anatomy and physiology of the hearing system, the disorders that can occur in each part of the system, the ways hearing is assessed and how to read an audiogram.
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COMD 3383: Language Disorders in Children
The purposes of this class are to describe childhood language disorders from two perspectives: developmental-descriptive and etiological point of views. Implications for the assessment and treatment of childhood language disorders are presented.
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COMD 4333: Neurogenic Communication Disorders
This course provides a review of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology and mechanisms of brain injury. This review provides the basis for an introduction to neurogenic communication disorders in adults. Topics include language disorders (aphasia), motor speech disorders (apraxia and dysarthria), cognitive disorders (due to traumatic brain injury, right hemisphere brain damage, and dementia), and swallowing disorders (dysphagia). Video and audio samples will be used to introduce students to the various disorders.
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COMD 4382: Management of Individuals with Hearing Impairment
This course will be in the form of lecture, video, student presentations/discussions, and guest speakers. You will learn the current methods available for assessment and intervention of communication disorders caused by hearing impairment. You will also have the opportunity to consider the controversies surrounding some of these techniques.
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COMD 4385: Speech Science
This course is designed to explore theoretical and physiological aspects of speech production and perception. Contributions of respiratory, laryngeal, velopharyngeal and articulatory systems to speech production will be emphasized. Both physical and speech acoustics will be addressed, as will speech across the life span.
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COMD 4489: Clinical Procedures
This course is designed to prepare you for graduate level clinic practicum. The course format consists of lecture, assigned readings, quizzes, two midterm examinations, class discussion, proficiency demonstration with a standardized test and an oral mechanism exam, video analysis, and completion of observation hours. The students will obtain skills and knowledge to link didactic learning to clinical experiences. The students will be introduced to clinical methods in speech-language pathology, criterion referenced and norm referenced testing, clinical writing and behavioral observations and objectives.
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