Communication Disorders Minor

Summary

Designed to acquaint students with the nature of human communication and disorders. There is considerable flexibility in the “specialization” portion of the program. Therefore, students are required to meet with a CSD advisor to identify classes that are appropriate for their plan of study. 

Catalog Year

2019-2020

Degree

Minor

Total Credits

16

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Program Requirements

Core

Classification and management of speech, language, and hearing disorders and how their effects can marginalize a population.

Prerequisites: none

Goal Areas: GE-07

Diverse Cultures: Purple

Restricted Electives

Choose 13 - 15 Credit(s).

Procedures for observing, describing, analyzing behaviors associated with human communication. Open to non-majors.

Prerequisites: none

Goal Areas: GE-1B

Functional anatomy of the ear, common pathologies, and measurement of hearing and sound.

Prerequisites: none

Acquisition and sequences of phonological, syntactical, morphological and semantic features of language across the lifespan. Theory and research.

Prerequisites: none

This course is designed to provide the students with a comprehensive knowledge base of the auditory and speech sciences as they relate to communication disorders. The major emphasis is on the characteristics of sound and sound transmission and the relationship to speech perception.

Prerequisites: none

Using IPA to analyze and transcribe the sounds of English, emphasizing understanding the process involved to produce phonemes in normal, culturally different and disordered speech.

Prerequisites: none

Anatomy and Physiology with specific focus on structure and function of speech, language, and hearing mechanisms. Specific systems include respiration, phonation, articulation, hearing, and neurology (peripheral and central).

Prerequisites: none

Types and characteristics of language disorders in children.

Prerequisites: none

Lab associated with CDIS 402. Practice in applying course content to the language of children.

Prerequisites: none

Description, etiology, assessment and management of voice and resonance disorders.

Prerequisites: none

Habilitative audiology and the instruction of the hearing- impaired, including hearing aids, speech reading and auditory training.

Prerequisites: none

Tests, measures, procedures and processes for the evaluation and diagnosis of speech and language.

Prerequisites: none