Speech Pathology
Course Descriptions - Spring 2010 - Speech Pathology
January 31, 2010 - June 17, 2010
COC 208 - Phonetics
The study of the sounds of the English language and its application to speech correction. Introduces the student to basic anatomy and physiology of the speech mechanism. Identification of acoustic properties of speech sounds and their phonetic application. Instruction in reading and transcribing of the International Phonetic Alphabet of American English patterns. Prerequisite (or corequisite): COC 101. 3 credits.
Anatomy and physiology of the ear, psychoacoustics of the speech mechanism, and applications to speech pathology. The study of sound as related to speech and hearing. The anatomy and physiology of the hearing mechanism is studied in depth as a basis for normal speech and language development. 3 credits.
PSY 311/COC 361 Psycholinguistics
Psychology of language and the higher mental processes. Modern conceptions of syntactic, semantic, and lexical structure of language. Prerequisite: PSY 101. 3 credits.
COC 401 - Speech Pathology II
Rehabilitation The rehabilitation and therapeutic approaches to communications disorders such as delayed language, articulation, phonology, cleft palate, cerebral palsy, voice, stuttering, hearing, and aphasia. This course will include early intervention at ages 0-3 and a discussion of Alzheimer's disease. A supervised clinical practicum where the student is an observer for no less than 25 hours is also part of the course. Note: The practicum is fully supervised by an ASHA-certified member of our faculty at all times. Students are placed at various sites. Prerequisite: COC 310. 4 credits
