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Speech-Language-Hearing: Sciences and Disorders

• SPLH 261 Survey of Communication Disorders (3).
• SPLH 566 Language Development (3).
• SPLH 764 Seminar in: Communication in Autism (3).

SPLH 261 Survey of Communication Disorders (3). SI

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Provides a general understanding of normal and deviant speech, language, and hearing in adults and children. This course considers the normal development of communication behavior, the nature of communication disorders, and the interaction of speech pathology and audiology with allied fields (e.g., education, medicine, psychology, special education). Optional e-mail assignment submission. Two unit tests; four video observations. View the SPLH 261 course preview. Instructor: Diane Loeb.

Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 819.50
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 819.50
Graduate resident students pay: 965.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 965.30

Materials (included in Tuition and Fees):

• DVD on communication problems, diagnostic and remediation techniques, speech disorders, and hearing loss.

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• Shames and Anderson, eds. Human Communication Disorders: An Introduction, 6th ed., Allyn and Bacon, 2002.

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SPLH 566 Language Development (3). SI

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Study of language acquisition in children, including phonologic, morphologic, syntactic, and semantic components. Methods of language measurement, the role of comprehension, and pragmatic aspects of language are included. Required online readings. Optional e-mail assignment submission. Five projects; midcourse and final examinations. View the SPLH 566 course preview. Instructor: Diane Loeb.

Only available for undergraduate credit.

Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 804.50
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 804.50
Graduate resident students pay: 950.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 950.30

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• Hoff. Language Development, 3rd ed., Wadsworth, 2005.

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SPLH 764 Seminar in: Communication in Autism (3).

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Online course. Provides students an introduction to characteristics and communication of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Presents an overview of provisions for family-centered services; the impact of culture on work with individuals with disabilities and their families; and recommended practices/framework for assessment and facilitation of communication for individuals with ASD. Nine written assignments; two projects. View the SPLH 764 course preview. Instructor: Jane Wegner.

Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 990.30
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 2,053.65
Graduate resident students pay: 990.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 2,053.65

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• Fadiman. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, Noonday, 1997.
• Wetherby and Prizant. Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Transactional Developmental Perspective, Brookes, 2000.
• Quill. Do-Watch-Listen-Say, Brookes, 2000.

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