Courses

Development of functional keyboard skills for music majors. Emphasized skills: technique, score reading, melodic harmonization, transposition, popular chord reading, & harmonization.

Development of keyboard skills through improvisation and approaches to accompanying movement, singing and instrumental playing. Techniques of sight-reading, transportation, and score reading are emphasized.

Students are introduced to the principles of biomechanics, joint kinematics, and muscle function, to enhance their understanding of normal human motion. Experiential lab sessions provide illustrations of these concepts as well as the opportunity to develop skill in assessing joint range of motion, muscle strength, and movement patterns.

Study of normal and abnormal human motion including gait and posture. Macrophysiological and biomechanical principles will be defined and applied to static and dynamic movement. Once developed, basic concepts are applied to specific joints, the trunk and spine.

Students participate in research on language and literacy skills in children with typical development and in children with a range of conditions, such as developmental language disorder, autism spectrum disorder and hearing impairment. Activities may include a literature review, learning laboratory techniques, collecting data, coding data, and statistical analysis. At the end of the semester, students complete a written report about a research project they worked on or give an oral presentation about the project at a lab meeting.

Students participate in small group laboratory experiences utilizing simulation, modeling, micro-counseling, & related foundational counseling skills in an experiential learning base. Learning of basic communicating skills necessary in interviewing, counseling, & other helping relationships. Skills learned apply to a wide range of professional counseling with children, adolescents & adults.

This course provides an in-depth look at analyzing and evaluating research studies in the behavioral sciences, including developing skills in coding and analyzing data, assessing and improving the reliability of measures, and presenting results.

Students conduct research on normal and disordered voice production under the supervision of a faculty member, the biopsychosocial aspects of voice, transgender voice, effects of risk factors on voice, singing, and the impact of neurological disorders on voice. Activities may include a literature review, learning laboratory techniques, collecting data, coding data, analyzing data, and statistical
analysis. At the end of the term, students complete a written report about a research project they worked on or give an oral presentation about the project at a lab meeting.

Students conduct research on language acquisition and development under the supervision of a faculty member, focusing on children with typical development, late talkers or children with or at risk for a language or communication disorder (such as autism spectrum disorder). Activities may include a literature review, learning laboratory techniques, collecting data, coding data, and statistical analysis. At the end of the semester, students complete a written report about a research project they worked on or give an oral presentation about the project at a lab meeting.

Students conduct research on normal swallowing function and disordered swallowing (known as dysphagia) under the supervision of a faculty member, focusing on the measurement of biomechanical and functional aspects of swallowing. Activities may include a literature review, learning laboratory techniques, collecting data, coding data, and statistical analysis. At the end of the semester, students complete a written report about a research project they worked on or give an oral presentation about the project at a lab meeting.

Students conduct research on speech and language production under the supervision of a faculty member, focusing on both behavioral and neurological aspects of neurotypical adults as well as adults with acquired communication disorders subsequent to stroke. Activities may include a literature review, learning laboratory techniques, collecting data, coding data, and statistical analysis. At the end of the semester, students complete a written report about a research project they worked on or give an oral presentation about the project at a lab meeting.

Students conduct research on speech motor control, under the supervision of a faculty member, focusing on children with speech sound disorders (such as childhood apraxia of speech) and adults following facial reconstruction. Activities may include a literature review, learning laboratory techniques, collecting data, coding data, and statistical analysis. At the end of the semester, students complete a written report about a research project they worked on or give an oral presentation about the project at a lab meeting.

Students conduct research on speech perception and spoken language processing and on the acoustic properties of speech under the supervision of a faculty member, focusing on children and adults with typical speech and language skills and with language and reading impairments. Activities may include a literature review, learning laboratory techniques, collecting data, coding data, and statistical analysis. At the end of the semester, students complete a written report about a research project they worked on or give an oral presentation about the project at a lab meeting.

Students conduct research on developmental stuttering under the supervision of a faculty member, focusing on the factors that contribute to the variability of stuttering events. Activities may include a literature review, learning laboratory techniques, collecting data, coding data, and statistical analysis. At the end of the semester, students complete a written report about a research project they worked on or give an oral presentation about the project at a lab meeting.

Students conduct research on speech development and disorders under the supervision of a faculty member, focusing on the use of technologies to enhance the delivery of speech intervention and/or the measurement of outcomes. Activities may include a literature review, learning laboratory techniques, collecting data, coding data, and statistical analysis. At the end of the semester, students complete a written report about a research project they worked on or give an oral presentation about the project at a lab meeting.

By writing fragments of a reading autobiography, students explore the impact of their language development of literary texts read at home and at school. These experiences are then reflected upon to explore implications for the teaching of literature from preschool through college.

Students will explore the first and second language acquisition process and their implications for the development of literacy skills in multicultural settings. Particular focus will be on both remedial and development processes for acquiring advanced reading and writing skills across the curriculum in middle childhood and adolescence. Emphasis is also placed on the varieties of language and literacy acquisition processes and the role of culture, family, and society in learning.

This course offers an overview of current knowledge of ASD in the field of Communication Disorders and related areas. Students learn about current theories of underlying causal factors, as well as different educational approaches and settings. Special emphasis is placed on Language and Communication skills as well as Speech Language Pathology assessment and intervention. As part of the course requirements, students conduct individual case studies throughout the course.