2025-2026 Course List

This course is an intermediate course designed to instruct graduate students in the area of culturally responsive and inclusive child language assessment and intervention practices within the school age years. A variety of topics are covered utilizing an intersectional and equity lens on assessment and intervention in applied medical and educational settings.

This course is an intermediate course designed to instruct graduate students in the area of child language assessment and intervention in the early childhood years. Through the lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion, a variety of topics are covered detailing the identification of children with language impairment/disorder who are ages 0-5.

This course covers advances in basic research and practice pertaining to the assessment and treatment of speech-sound difficulties. Students discuss, explain, and compare twenty evidence-based research interventions and numerous standardized and non-standardized assessment tools, including reflection and attention to issues of multicultural sensitivity and multicultural practices.

Comprehensive study of voice and upper airway disorders, including dysphonia, alaryngeal speech, laryngeal dysfunction in breathing, gender-affirming voice care, and resonance disorders. Topics include in-depth study of selected disorders of voice including anatomical and physiological bases, etiologies, assessment, and evidence-based intervention with consideration for client-specific characteristics such as gender, culture, and health literacy.

Description, etiology, assessment, and management of stuttering and related disorders through an evidence-based lens.

The purpose of this course is to provide graduate students with an overview of neurologically acquired adult language and cognitive disorders. Evidence-based practice is emphasized throughout the course. Comprehensive language and cognitive assessments and clinical case discussions, including case history, neurological exam results, behavioral symptoms, and lesion information and treatment plan will be used to explore clinically relevant issues and to develop basic differential diagnostic skills and treatment protocols.

Detailed study of motor speech disorders (dysarthria and apraxia of speech). Subtypes of dysarthria (e.g., flaccid, spastic, hypokinetic, etc.) are examined with focus on etiologies, oral mechanism and speech assessment findings, and evidence-based treatment with consideration for client-specific characteristics such as gender, culture, and health literacy. Apraxia of speech is covered with the same foci.

Variable topic course with content selected to address contemporary professional issues and/or topics in need of further study within the Communication Sciences and Disorders curriculum. Topics may include specific clinical populations or broad issues that transcend service delivery in Communication Sciences and Disorders.

Course content relates to creating and maintaining therapeutic relationships in speech, language and hearing therapy, specifically focused on diversity, equity and inclusion.

Advanced individual study in a specific area. All terms

Course content pertains to knowledge, skills, and attitudes surrounding culturally responsive and sustaining practices in speech, language, and hearing therapy.

This course provides advanced cultural training opportunities for students to apply their multicultural knowledge to enhance and practice their cultural competence. This hybrid course prepares future healthcare professionals to serve culturally and linguistically diverse clients in the global marketplace. International visitors who major in speech-language pathology or in a related field in a university may actively participate in this course.

Description, etiology, assessment, and treatment of swallowing disorders across the life span. Bedside and instrumental techniques for the study of swallowing are presented.

This practicum focuses on placement in diverse settings with focus on assessment and intervention across the lifespan with a special focus on equity and inclusive practices in speech-language pathology. Experiences will be a combination of university-based experiences and experiences in applied settings including schools and medical facilities.

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Supervised delivery of clinical services. Prereq: admission to graduate program and 25 hours of observation

This course is an intermediate course designed to facilitate hands on diagnostic experiences for graduate students in Communication Sciences & Disorders. Students will interact with formal and informal assessments. Students will have the opportunity to plan, implement, analyze and communicate findings from a diagnostic experience.

This course is to develop and increase professional preparation of Master¿s level Speech-Language Pathology students at the end of their program. Professional issues such as job seeking, resume and job application preparation, licensure and accreditation as well as preparation for national exam in Speech-Language Pathology will be addressed.

Prereq: CDIS 692 and a minimum of 25 clinical hours

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This lecture and laboratory course investigates the world of chemistry, the nature of matter and our interactions with chemicals on a daily basis. This course is intended for non-science majors and is not a preparation for CHEM 111 or CHEM 201. Credit will not be given to students who have previously taken a chemistry course at or above Chem 111 and received a passing grade.

This course is intended for students who have withdrawn from, or been unsuccessful in General Chemistry I.This course will help the student develop fundamental applied mathematics and chemistry skills that are central to success in General Chemistry, including unit conversions, scientific notation, relevant algebraic manipulations, chemical formulas and naming, and fundamental stoichiometry and reactions.

This course is an introduction to general chemistry. It is a non-laboratory class designed to prepare students for CHEM 201 or to be utilized as a general education course. This course will address more mathematical relationships than CHEM 106. Credit will not be given to students who have previously taken a chemistry course at or above Chem 111 and received a passing grade.

This course covers fundamental concepts required to understand the general chemistry in living organisms. This is a non-laboratory class. This chemistry course will not prepare students for any Chemistry course at or above the 200 level. High school algebra recommended.

Prerequisites:

High school algebra recommended

This course is an introduction to organic chemistry and biological chemistry. The laboratory will reinforce lecture.

Prerequisites:

CHEM 106 or high school chemistry