Apr 19, 2024  
2014-2015 Catalog 
    
2014-2015 Catalog FINAL VERSION - Closed for Revisions

Course Descriptions



 

 

Communication

  
  • COMM 329 - Topics in Journalism


    Description:
    Typical offerings include new journalism, photo journalism, literary journalism, journalism history, business journalism. Subtitle will designate area.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons instr.

    May repeat for credit with different subtitle.

    3 cr.

  
  • COMM 330 - Public Relations Laboratory


    Description:
    Training in methods used by institutions to relate to their respective publics. Subtitle will designate area.

    Prerequisites:
    Prereq COMM 230  or cons instr.

    May repeat for credit with different subtitle.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as COMM 530 .
  
  • COMM 333 - Case Studies in Public Relations


    Description:
    Examine and critique various cases involving public relations activities and campaigns.

    Prerequisites:
    COMM 230  or cons instr.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as COMM 533 .
  
  • COMM 334 - Writing for Public Relations


    Description:
    Training in writing press releases, newsletters, brochures, and other public relations tools.

    Prerequisites:
    COMM 221 , COMM 230  or cons instr.

    3 cr.

  
  • COMM 336 - Communication and Promotional Strategies


    Description:
    Basic principles of promotion as they apply to various areas of communication especially relationship of promotion to print and electronic media.

    3 cr.

  
  • COMM 338 - Special Topics in Public Relations


    Description:
    Subtitle will designate area.

    May repeat with different subtitles.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as COMM 538 .
  
  • COMM 339 - Crisis Communication


    Description:
    Study various crisis communication situations including definitions, planning, reputation management and annual report communication. Emphasis on comprehensive crisis communication plan.

    Prerequisites:
    COMM 230  

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as COMM 539 .
  
  • COMM 342 - Organizational Communication Laboratory


    Description:
    Organizational communication processes such as leadership and management communication skills, communication training and development, and communication and performance appraisal process. Subtitle will designate area.

    Prerequisites:
    COMM 240  or cons instr.

    May repeat for credit with different subtitle.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as COMM 542 .
  
  • COMM 343 - Organizational Communication Assessment


    Description:
    Theories and procedures for assessing communication effectiveness in organizations especially communication audit techniques and designing solutions to communication problems in organizations.

    Prerequisites:
    COMM 240  or cons instr.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as COMM 543 .
  
  • COMM 345 - Small Group Communication


    Description:
    Study communication theories, practices, and skills used in organizations as part of group/team process. Includes group meeting skills, decision making, and group leadership.

    Prerequisites:
    COMM 240  

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as COMM 545 .
  
  • COMM 348 - Special Topics in Organizational Communication


    Description:
    Subtitle will designate area.

    May repeat with different subtitles.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as COMM 548 .
  
  • COMM 349 - Organizational Communication Topics


    Description:
    May include communication in corporate culture, communication and labor relations, organizational communication and motivation, and employee communication patterns. Subtitle will designate area.

    Prerequisites:
    COMM 240  or cons instr.

    May repeat for credit with different subtitle.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as COMM 549 .
  
  • COMM 351 - Writing for Visual Media


    Description:
    Writing for visual media, including corporate video, multimedia, documentary, podcasting, and blogging.

    Prerequisites:
    COMM 192  or cons instr.

    3 cr.

  
  • COMM 352 - Audio Production


    Description:
    Training in audio production across multiple formats such as sportscasting, producing non-fiction, producing fiction, and producing video post-production.

    Prerequisites:
    COMM 192  or cons instr.

    May repeat for credit with different subtitles.

    3 cr.

  
  • COMM 353 - Media Production II


    Description:
    Advanced hardware and software. Create projects for variety of delivery systems. External hard drive required. See Division of Communication for specifications.

    Prerequisites:
    COMM 192  and COMM 253 .

    3 cr.

  
  • COMM 354 - Special Topics in Media Studies


    Description:
    Subtitle will designate area.

    May repeat with different subtitles.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as COMM 554 .
  
  • COMM 356 - Media Production Workshop


    Description:
    Culminating experience in media production. Individuals and teams develop media projects for clients. External hard drive required. See Division of Communication for specifications

    Prerequisites:
    COMM 353  

    May repeat for credit with different subtitle.

    3 cr.

  
  • COMM 359 - Topics in Broadcasting


    Description:
    Typical offerings include broadcast programming and management, criticism of broadcasting, mass media effects, and audience research. Subtitle will designate area.

    Prerequisites:
    COMM 190  or cons instr.

    May repeat for credit with different subtitle.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as COMM 559 .
  
  • COMM 360 - Film History: Beginning to 1940


    Description:
    Development and international trends of the motion picture from late 19th century to 1940.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU1

    3 cr.

  
  • COMM 361 - Film History: 1940 to Present


    Description:
    Development and international trends of the motion picture from 1940 to present.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU1

    3 cr.

  
  • COMM 362 - Topics in Film History


    Description:
    Significant national and international trends, issues, artists in the film history such as American films of the 20-30s, American films of the 40-50s, American films of the 60-70s, films of Alfred Hitchcock.

    May repeat for credit with different subtitle.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU1; GEP: ART

    3 cr.

  
  • COMM 363 - Film and Television Genres


    Description:
    Examine media narrative forms that share common stylistic and narrative conventions and themes such as survey of film and television genres, the American musical film, and images of the American West. Subtitle will designate area.

    May repeat with different subtitle.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU1; GEP: ART

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as COMM 563 .
  
  • COMM 364 - Soviet Film and Culture


    Description:
    Examine needs of art and government in a totalitarian political system.

    May not earn credit in both COMM 364 and same topic of HIST 341.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: NW

    Typically Offered:
    Not currently offered

    3 cr.

  
  • COMM 365 - Writing for the Media


    Description:
    Writing for specific media contexts such as ad copywriting, scriptwriting, writing for public relations. Subtitle will designate area.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons instr.

    May repeat for credit with different subtitle.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as COMM 565 .
  
  • COMM 367 - French Film and Culture


    Description:
    Study French film classics in context of French history and culture. Interdisciplinary introduction to important films and filmmakers. Evokes French café culture of passionate debate about art and social issues.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU1

    Typically Offered:
    Not currently offered

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as COMM 567 .
  
  • COMM 369 - Topics in Film


    Description:
    Typical offerings include film theory and criticism, and survey of documentary film. Subtitle will designate area.

    Prerequisites:
    COMM 160  or cons instr.

    May repeat for credit with different subtitle.

    3 cr.

  
  • COMM 373 - Communication and Social Change


    Description:
    Study communication theories, media, methods, and strategies for affecting or resisting change in society.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GEP: GA

    3 cr.

  
  • COMM 374 - Art of Criticism


    Description:
    Apply critical approaches for understanding, analyzing, evaluating, and appreciating selected forms of communication.

    Prerequisites:
    Jr st.

    3 cr.

  
  • COMM 382 - Health Communication


    Description:
    Overview of central topics and analytic domains in health communication, including research covering the interpersonal, organizational, and mass communication levels of analysis.

    Prerequisites:
    jr st or cons. instr.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as COMM 582 .
  
  • COMM 383 - Interpersonal Communication in Organizations


    Description:
    Examine the theory and practice of interpersonal communication in organizational settings.

    Prerequisites:
    COMM 240  or COMM 280 .

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as COMM 583 .
  
  • COMM 385 - Interpersonal Communication Laboratory


    Description:
    Interpersonal communication processes such as nonverbal communication or communication strategies. Subtitle will designate area.

    Prerequisites:
    COMM 280  or cons instr.

    May repeat for credit with different subtitle.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as COMM 585 .
  
  • COMM 387 - Interviewing


    Description:
    Introduction to and application of interviewing skills and strategies.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons instr.

    3 cr.

  
  • COMM 388 - Special Topics in Interpersonal Communication


    Description:
    Subtitle will designate area.

    May repeat with different subtitle.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as COMM 588 .
  
  • COMM 389 - Personal Communication Topics


    Description:
    Such as conflict management and interpersonal sales. Subtitle designates area.

    Prerequisites:
    COMM 280  or cons instr.

    May repeat for credit with different subtitle.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as COMM 589 .
  
  • COMM 390 - Seminar


    Description:
    Study and discuss new development, special problem, or area of interest in the field of communication. Subtitle will designate area.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons instr.

    May repeat for credit with different subtitle.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as COMM 590 .
  
  • COMM 392 - Communication Ethics


    Description:
    Examine moral theories across various communication contexts. Practice in determining and defending ethical decisions.

    Prerequisites:
    Jr st.

    3 cr.

  
  • COMM 394 - Business and Professional Communication


    Description:
    Development of advanced skills in written and oral communication, with emphasis on audience analysis, critical thinking, and professionalism.

    Prerequisites:
    COMM 101 , jr st

    3 cr.

  
  • COMM 395 - Special Topics


    Description:
    Subtitle will designate communication topic.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons instr.

    May repeat for credit with different subtitle.

    1-3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as COMM 595 .
  
  • COMM 396 - Communication and Gender


    Description:
    Study communication behaviors as they affect and are affected by gender.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as COMM 596 .
  
  • COMM 397 - Intercultural Communication


    Description:
    Theories of intercultural communication and skills that allow for effective communication between cultures.

    Prerequisites:
    jr st.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GEP: GA

    3 cr.

  
  • COMM 398 - Communicating About Roads, Development, and Nature.


    Description:
    How messages take us from one place to the next: from vagueness to purpose, from ideas to reality, from nowhere to somewhere - just like roads, which take us from raw nature to development, from workaday life to recreation, and from the world we leave behind to the new one ahead.

    Notes:
    Travel along the Yellowstone Trail or similar historic highway, general physical fitness, and special fee required.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GEP: ER, IS

    3 cr.

  
  • COMM 431 - Public Relations Capstone. Public Relations Campaigns


    Description:
    Training in campaign planning including research. Develop themes, identify relevant publics, develop appropriate messages.

    Prerequisites:
    sr st, COMM 221 , COMM 230 , COMM 334 , and 3 addl 300-level credits in public relations or cons instr.

    3 cr.

  
  • COMM 440 - Interpersonal and Organizational Communication Capstone


    Description:
    Apply knowledge acquired in the major to a project in the community. May include experience with planning, conducting, and presenting research for external clients, facilitating discussion, problem solving, offering and receiving feedback.

    Prerequisites:
    sr st; COMM 345  plus at least 12 cr. of IPO coursework completed or cons instr.

    3 cr.

  
  • COMM 460 - Media Studies Capstone


    Description:
    Under faculty direction, compile and construct an electronic portfolio and, working in groups, create a multimedia publication/project.

    Prerequisites:
    sr st; COMM 321  or COMM 356  or cons instr.

    3 cr.

  
  • COMM 480 - Communication Internship


    Description:
    Supervised field experience with a cooperating agency in fields related to communication; evaluation and review sessions with intern coordinator and agency supervisor; culminating paper. May apply 8 cr max to graduation and 3 cr max to major.

    Prerequisites:
    Approved comm major with jr/sr st and cons intern director.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GEP: XL

    1-8 cr.

  
  • COMM 485 - Externship in Communication


    Description:
    Part-time foreign placement through UW-Stevens Point International Programs in a communication focused externship. 3 cr max apply to major.

    Prerequisites:
    2.75 GPA in communication major; sr st; interview with division head or designee.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GEP: XL

    6 cr.

  
  • COMM 499 - Special Work


    Description:
    Upperclass communication majors and minors may arrange for independent study with cons div head. May apply 3 cr max to major.

    Credit based on scope of the project.

  
  • COMM 524 - Environmental Journalism: Communicating About Science


    Description:
    Supplementing basic journalistic writing with techniques in investigating and writing about science. In-depth research, analysis and communicating to varied audiences about significant environmental issues; basic reporting experience helpful but not required.

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as COMM 324 .
  
  • COMM 525 - Media Law


    Description:
    Legal issues for media professionals including journalists and producers of electronic media.

    Prerequisites:
    COMM 190  or COMM 230  or cons instr.

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as COMM 325 .
  
  • COMM 530 - Public Relations Laboratory


    Description:
    Training in methods used by institutions to relate to their respective publics. Subtitle will designate area.

    Prerequisites:
    Prereq COMM 230  or cons instr.

    May repeat for credit with different subtitle.

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as COMM 330 .
  
  • COMM 533 - Case Studies in Public Relations


    Description:
    Examine and critique various cases involving public relations activities and campaigns.

    Prerequisites:
    COMM 230  or cons instr.

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as COMM 333 .
  
  • COMM 538 - Special Topics in Public Relations


    Description:
    Subtitle will designate area.

    May repeat with different subtitles.

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as COMM 338 .
  
  • COMM 539 - Crisis Communication


    Description:
    Study various crisis communication situations including definitions, planning, reputation management and annual report communication. Emphasis on comprehensive crisis communication plan.

    Prerequisites:
    COMM 230  

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as COMM 339 .
  
  • COMM 542 - Organizational Communication Laboratory


    Description:
    Organizational communication processes such as leadership and management communication skills, communication training and development, and communication and performance appraisal process. Subtitle will designate area.

    Prerequisites:
    COMM 240  or cons instr.

    May repeat for credit with different subtitle.

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as COMM 342 .
  
  • COMM 543 - Organizational Communication Assessment


    Description:
    Theories and procedures for assessing communication effectiveness in organizations especially communication audit techniques and designing solutions to communication problems in organizations.

    Prerequisites:
    COMM 240  or cons instr.

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as COMM 343 .
  
  • COMM 545 - Small Group Communication


    Description:
    Study communication theories, practices, and skills used in organizations as part of group/team process. Includes group meeting skills, decision making, and group leadership.

    Prerequisites:
    COMM 240  

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as COMM 345 .
  
  • COMM 548 - Special Topics in Organizational Communication


    Description:
    Subtitle will designate area.

    May repeat with different subtitles.

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as COMM 348 .
  
  • COMM 549 - Organizational Communication Topics


    Description:
    May include communication in corporate culture, communication and labor relations, organizational communication and motivation, and employee communication patterns. Subtitle will designate area.

    Prerequisites:
    COMM 240  or cons instr.

    May repeat for credit with different subtitle.

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as COMM 349 .
  
  • COMM 554 - Special Topics in Media Studies


    Description:
    Subtitle will designate area.

    May repeat with different subtitles.

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as COMM 354 .
  
  • COMM 559 - Topics in Broadcasting


    Description:
    Typical offerings include broadcast programming and management, criticism of broadcasting, mass media effects, and audience research. Subtitle will designate area.

    Prerequisites:
    COMM 190  or cons instr.

    May repeat for credit with different subtitle.

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as COMM 359 .
  
  • COMM 563 - Film and Television Genres


    Description:
    Examine media narrative forms that share common stylistic and narrative conventions and themes such as survey of film and television genres, the American musical film, and images of the American West. Subtitle will designate area.

    May repeat with different subtitle.

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as COMM 363 .
  
  • COMM 565 - Writing for the Media


    Description:
    Writing for specific media contexts such as ad copywriting, scriptwriting, writing for public relations. Subtitle will designate area.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons instr.

    May repeat for credit with different subtitle.

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as COMM 365 .
  
  • COMM 567 - French Film and Culture


    Description:
    Study French film classics in context of French history and culture. Interdisciplinary introduction to important films and filmmakers. Evokes French café culture of passionate debate about art and social issues.

    Typically Offered:
    Not currently offered

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as COMM 367 .
  
  • COMM 582 - Health Communication


    Description:
    Overview of central topics and analytic domains in health communication, including research covering the interpersonal, organizational, and mass communication levels of analysis.

    Prerequisites:
    jr st or cons. instr.

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as COMM 382 .
  
  • COMM 583 - Interpersonal Communication in Organizations


    Description:
    Examine the theory and practice of interpersonal communication in organizational settings.

    Prerequisites:
    COMM 240  or COMM 280 .

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as COMM 383 .
  
  • COMM 585 - Interpersonal Communication Laboratory


    Description:
    Interpersonal communication processes such as nonverbal communication or communication strategies. Subtitle will designate area.

    Prerequisites:
    COMM 280  or cons instr.

    May repeat for credit with different subtitle.

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as COMM 385 .
  
  • COMM 588 - Special Topics in Interpersonal Communication


    Description:
    Subtitle will designate area.

    May repeat with different subtitle.

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as COMM 388 .
  
  • COMM 589 - Personal Communication Topics


    Description:
    Such as conflict management and interpersonal sales. Subtitle designates area.

    Prerequisites:
    COMM 280  or cons instr.

    May repeat for credit with different subtitle.

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as COMM 389 .
  
  • COMM 590 - Seminar


    Description:
    Study and discuss new development, special problem, or area of interest in the field of communication. Subtitle will designate area.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons instr.

    May repeat for credit with different subtitle.

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as COMM 390 .
  
  • COMM 595 - Special Topics


    Description:
    Subtitle will designate communication topic.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons instr.

    May repeat for credit with different subtitle.

    1-3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as COMM 395 .
  
  • COMM 596 - Communication and Gender


    Description:
    Study communication behaviors as they affect and are affected by gender.

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as COMM 396 .
  
  • COMM 701 - Introduction to Communication Graduate Studies


    Description:
    Overview of historical, theoretical, conceptual, and philosophical foundations of the field of communication.

    3 cr.

  
  • COMM 702 - Seminar in Communication Research Methods


    Description:
    Examine methods used to study communication activities such as qualitative, quantitative, and historical communication research methods and applications. Subtitle will designate area.

    May repeat for credit with different subtitle.

    3 cr.

  
  • COMM 720 - Seminar in Mass Communication


    Description:
    Examine theory and research in mass communication. Topics such as mass communication theory, mass media effects, contemporary problems in mass media research, contemporary research in broadcasting. Subtitle will designate area.

    May repeat for credit with different subtitle.

    3 cr.

  
  • COMM 730 - Seminar in Public Relations


    Description:
    Examine theory and research in public relations. Topics such as comparative models, crisis communication, media effects, media relations, international public relations, public relations as practiced within various contexts. Subtitle will designate area.

    May repeat for credit with different subtitle.

    3 cr.

  
  • COMM 740 - Seminar in Interpersonal Communication


    Description:
    Examine theory and research in interpersonal communication. Topics such as interpersonal communication theory, analysis of dyadic communication, interpersonal skills for management, small group dynamics. Subtitle will designate area.

    May repeat for credit with different subtitle.

    3 cr.

  
  • COMM 770 - Seminar in Organizational Communication


    Description:
    Examine theory and research in organizational communication. Topics such as organizational communication theory, management and organizational communication, communication in corporate cultures, interpretive research in organizational settings. Subtitle will designate area.

    May repeat for credit with different subtitle.

    3 cr.

  
  • COMM 780 - Project Credit


    Description:
    If you are completing a project option for your degree, enroll in at least one credit of 780 each semester you are working on your project.

    1-3 cr.

  
  • COMM 790 - Seminar


    Description:
    In-depth study of a specific area of importance to communication scholars. Subtitle will designate area.

    3 cr.

  
  • COMM 796 - Independent Study


    Description:
    Planned study to supplement preparation in area of specialization; regular conferences with staff supervisor.

    1-3 cr.

  
  • COMM 797 - Colloquium


    Description:
    Presentation/discussion of current research within the profession by our faculty and students. Meets periodically throughout the semester.

    1 cr.

  
  • COMM 799 - Thesis Credit


    Description:
    If you are completing a thesis option for your degree, enroll in at least one credit of COMM 799 each semester you are working on your thesis.

    1-6 cr.


Communication Sciences and Disorders

  
  • COMD 567 - Survey of Communication Disorders for Educators


    Description:
    An overview of communication disorders (e.g. autism, hearing impairment, specific language impairment) in school-age children and the educational impact. Focus on practical application through uncerstanding of RTI, classroom interventions, and student accommodations.

    Prerequisites:
    Admission to Professional Ed Prog for special ed students; or jr or sr st in CSD.

    Typically Offered:
    (II)

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as CSD 367 .
  
  • COMD 700 - Professional Issues and Portfolio Development for Speech-Language Pathology Externs


    Description:
    Discuss pertinent issues related to the school externship experience, completion of the professional portfolio.

    Prerequisites:
    con reg COMD 795  or COMD 798 .

    1 cr.

  
  • COMD 710 - Research Methods in Communicative Disorders


    Description:
    Become a knowledgeable consumer of research in the area of Communicative Disorders. Learn to critically review research literature in helping to make clinical decisions based on the principles of Evidence-Based Practice.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons instr.

    Typically Offered:
    (Y1, II)

    2 cr.

  
  • COMD 711 - Clinical Instrumentation I


    Description:
    Graduate students enrolled in COMD 723  and COMD 784  will be provided with information regarding the purpose for and operation of a variety of perceptual assessment and instrumental evaluations and treatment strategies for voice and fluency disorders. Gain experience in completing perceptual assessments, operating the instruments, obtaining specific measurements and interpreting the measurements for several of the characteristics associated with fluency and voice disorders.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons instr.

    Typically Offered:
    (Y1, II)

    1 cr.

  
  • COMD 712 - Clinical Instrumentation II


    Description:
    Graduate students enrolled in COMD 788 will be provided with information regarding the purpose and operation of a variety of perceptual assessment and instrumental evaluations and treatment strategies for resonance disorders. Gain experience completing perceptual assessments, operating the instruments, obtaining specific measurements and their interpretation for several characteristics associated with craniofacial disorders.

    1 cr.

  
  • COMD 713 - Clinical Instrumentation III


    Description:
    Graduate students enrolled in COMD 724  will be provided with information regarding the purpose and operation of a variety of perceptual assessment and instrumental evaluations and treatment strategies for resonance disorders. Gain experience completing perceptual assessments, operating the instruments, obtaining specific measurements and their interpretation for several characteristics associated with motor speech disorders.

    1 cr.

  
  • COMD 715 - Gross Anatomy of the Head and Neck


    Description:
    Gross human anatomy for human communication; dissections of the head and neck to view structural relationships of the mechanisms.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons instr.

    Typically Offered:
    (Y1, SUM)

    2 cr.

  
  • COMD 723 - Fluency Disorders


    Description:
    Research related to causes, onset, development, and maintenance of stuttering and other speech fluency disorders. Assessment and treatment of preschoolers, school-age children, adolescents, and adults.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons instr.

    Typically Offered:
    (Y1, I)

    2cr.

  
  • COMD 724 - Neuromotor Speech Disorders


    Description:
    Examine developmental and acquired dysarthria, and acquired apraxia of speech in the following areas: neurologic etiology; differential diagnosis; assessment, and treatment.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons instr.

    Typically Offered:
    (Y2, I)

    2 cr.

  
  • COMD 735 - Language Disorders: School Age and Adolescents


    Description:
    Impact of language-based disorder and effect on literacy development and academic success. Includes information processing, memory, word finding, nonliteral language, problem-solving abilities using various assessments and curriculum-based intervention techniques that facilitate academic and social development.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons instr.

    Typically Offered:
    (Y2, I)

    3 cr.

  
  • COMD 738 - Early Intervention


    Description:
    Identification, assessment, program planning and intervention procedures for families of infants and toddlers with or at-risk for disabilities. Biological and environmental risk factors, management, and role of interdisciplinary teams in prevention and early intervention.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons instr.

    Typically Offered:
    (Y1)

    2 cr.

  
  • COMD 740 - Aphasia and Age-related Changes


    Description:
    Examine the acquired language impairment aphasia, its impact on a person’s daily life, as well as methods and techniques for assessment and intervention. Communication and aging issues are also discussed.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons instr.

    Typically Offered:
    (Y1, I)

    3 cr.

  
  • COMD 741 - Cognitive-Communication Disorders


    Description:
    Examine the cognitive-communication disorders resulting from right hemispere damage, traumatic brain injuries, an ddegenerative conditions such as dementia.

    2 cr.

  
  • COMD 742 - Autism Spectrum Disorders


    Description:
    Assessment and intervention approaches based on current theoretical perspectives of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Focus on different methods of enhancing communication and socialization abilities of this population.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons instr.

    Typically Offered:
    (I)

    3 cr.

  
  • COMD 745 - Advanced Study in Phonological Disorders


    Description:
    Review contemporary issues related to articulation and phonology. Assessment and treatment strategies for clinically and culturally diverse child and adult populations.

    Prerequisites:
    CSD 345  or equiv.

    Typically Offered:
    (Y2, I)

    2 cr.

  
  • COMD 746 - Dysphagia


    Description:
    Normal swallowing function as a foundation for exploring contemporary issues in the clinical and instrumental assessment of swallowing disorders in infants, children and adults. Management procedures for swallowing disorders across the lifespan emphasizing multidisciplinary aspects of treatment.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons instr.

    Typically Offered:
    (Y1, II)

    3 cr.

  
  • COMD 763 - Aural Rehabilitation/Habilitation


    Description:
    Counseling and intervention programs and techniques for re/habilitating communication skills of children and adults with hearing loss.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons instr.

    Typically Offered:
    (Y1, SUM)

    1-3 cr.

  
  • COMD 765 - Augmentative and Alternative Communication


    Description:
    A lifespan approach to assess, intervene, and manage individuals who are nonspeaking because of developmental, motor, or acquired disabilities; determine and develop different communication opportunities supported by a multimodal communication approach incorporating both low and high technological approaches. Lab experiences include various voice output systems and different assistive technology computer software.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons instr.

    Typically Offered:
    (Y1, I)

    3 cr.

 

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