Undergraduate courses

003:000 Speech Pathology and Audiology Cooperative Education Assignment (0 s.h.): Internships administered by the Cooperative Education Program; filled on competitive basis. Faculty approval, satisfactory completion of Cooperative Education Program requirements, and consent of the Cooperative Education Program director required.

003:015 Introduction to Speech & Hearing Processes and Disorders (3 s.h.): Speech, language, auditory behavior as fields of scientific study; major types of speech, hearing, language disorders. Offered fall and spring semesters.

003:029 First-Year Seminars (1 s.h.): Small discussion class taught by a faculty member; topics chosen by instructor; may include outside activities (e.g., films, lectures, performances, readings, visits to research facilities). Prerequisite: first- or second-semester standing.

003:096 Research Practicum (arr.): Individual or small group participation in faculty research projects. Consent of instructor required.

003:097 Honors Seminar (2 s.h.): Research topics and procedures in speech and hearing sciences; ongoing faculty research, research opportunities possible research projects. Open only to honors students planning to complete an honors thesis.

003:098 Honors Thesis (2 s.h.): Close work with a faculty mentor. Prerequisite: 003:097.

003:099 Topics in Hearing, Language, Speech Processes and Disorders (1 s.h.): Seminar; opportunities for clinical observation. Open only to honors students. Offered fall and spring semesters.

Courses with either undergraduate or graduate credit

003:110 Phonetics: Theory and Applications (3 s.h.): Basic concepts: articulatory and acoustic description of speech sound production, dialect variations, language differences; development of phonetic transcription skills with emphasis on English phonetics, clinical applications to developing and disordered speech. Offered fall semesters. Course Website

003:111 Basic Acoustics for Speech & Hearing (3 s.h.): Principles of sound, simple harmonic motion, sound pressure and intensity, decibels, complex waves, Fourier analysis, resonance and filters, distortion, transmission of sound. Offered spring semesters. Prerequisite: 029:008 or 029:011..

003:112 Anatomy and Physiology of Speech Production (4 s.h.): Normal anatomy, physiology of structures used to produce speech; principles, methods for instrumental study of speech production. Offered spring semesters. Prerequisite: 003:110. Pre- or corequisite: 003:111 or consent of instructor. Course Website

003:113 Introduction to Hearing Science (4 s.h.): Normal auditory process; anatomy and physiology of auditory system; subjective correlates of auditory stimuli. Offered fall semesters. Prerequisite: 003:111 or consent of instructor.

003:114 Introduction to Voice Disorders (2 s.h.): Basic foundations for management of voice disorders. Offered spring semesters. Prerequisite: 003:112. Course Website

003:115 Structural Disorders (2 s.h.): Therapy approaches used to treat speech production and swallowing disorders associated with disorders that affect structure and physiology of the speech and swallowing mechanism; basic knowledge necessary for clinical practice by clinicians who do not specialize in management of patients with head and neck cancer, cleft palate, or neurological disorders. Offered fall semesters.

003:116 Basic Neuroscience for Speech and Hearing (3 s.h.): Basic anatomy, physiology of central nervous system; emphasis on neural systems involved in normal and disordered communication. Offered fall semesters. Prerequisite: course in biological sciences or zoology or physiology, or consent of instructor. Same as 103:177. Course Website

003:117 Psychology of Language (3 s.h.): Theoretical, empirical investigations of linguistic behavior; behaviorist, rationalist models in context of formal linguistic structure and context of models of speech perception and production. Offered spring semesters. GE: social sciences. Prerequisites: 103:100 or consent of instructor. Same as 103:172. Course Website

003:118 Language Development (1-3 s.h.): Models of children’s language acquisition; child language/communication development from infancy through school age, in the context of current developmental research. Offered spring semesters. GE: social sciences. Prerequisites: 031:001 and 103:100 or consent of instructor for undergraduates; consent of instructor for graduate students. Same as 103:176.

003:140 Manual Communication (1 s.h.): Training in use of sign systems in manual communication. Course Website

003:145 Developmental Speech and Language Disorders (3 s.h.): The nature of developmental disorders--basic concepts, including behavioral characteristics, developmental patterns, and theories of etiology; assessment and intervention principles in phonology, semantics, morphology, and syntax. Offered fall semesters. Prerequisites: 003:015; 003:110 or 103:110; 003:112 and 003:118; or consent of instructor.

003:146 Neurogenic Disorders of Language (3 s.h.): Language disorders secondary to acquired brain damage in adults; issues in clinical intervention. Offered fall semesters. Prerequisites: 003:015, 003:110 or 103:110: 003:112, and 003:116; or consent of instructor.

003:147 Neurogenic Disorders of Speech (2 s.h.): Nature of speech disorders secondary to acquired brain damage in adults; issues in clinical intervention. Offered spring semesters. Prerequisite: 003:116.

003:165 Communication Disorders and Aging (2 s.h.): Instruction to speech, language, and hearing processes and disorders among older adults; survey of characteristics of communication and communication breakdown, remediation, and strategies for improving communication with older adults with communication disorders; primarily for nonmajors and service providers other than speech-language pathologists and audiologists. Offered summer sessions of odd years. Same as 153:165.

003:183 Introduction to Stuttering (2 s.h.): Theoretical perspectives on the nature of stuttering, including onset and development, basic phenomena, beginning treatment principles. Offered spring semesters. Prerequisite: 003:112.

003:185 Hearing Loss and Audiometry (3 s.h.): Introduction to profession of audiology; overview of hearing disorders, evaluation, treatment; basic pure-tone and speech audiometry. Offered fall semesters. Pre- or corequisite: 003:113.

003:186 Problems: Speech/Hearing Processes and Disorders (arr): Independent study/reading. Offered each semester. Repeatable. Consent of instructor required.

Graduate courses

003:135 Foundations of Clinical Practice I (3 s.h.): Basic concepts of clinical practice, including models of diagnosis, fundamentals of clinical data collection and measurement, treatment planning, professional writing. Offered fall semesters. Prerequisites: 003:015, 003:110 or 103:110; 003:112, 003:118, and 07P:025; or equivalents; or consent of instructor; Corequisite: 003:145. (Graduate students only.)

003:136 Foundations of Clinical Practice II (1 s.h.): Advanced concepts of clinical practice, including principles of human behavior change, clinical decision making, generalization, transfer and maintenance, models of service delivery, ethical practice, advanced professional writing. Offered spring semesters. Prerequisites: 003:135 or consent of instructor. (Graduate students only.)

003:137 Foundations of Clinical Practice III (1 s.h.): Advanced principles of clinical practice, including risk management, public policy and models of third-party reimbursement, professional issues. Offered fall semesters. Prerequisite: 003:136. (Graduate students only.)

003:201 Principles of Voice Production (3 s.h.): Basic physical, physiological, pedagogical principles in understanding professional, nonprofessional, impaired voice production; vocal anatomy, voice classification; control of loudness, pitch, register, quality; efficient, inefficient use of voice; instrumentation for voice analysis, synthesis. Offered fall semesters. Offered summer session (Denver, CO) Same as 025:201. On-line textbook tutorials.

003:202 Methods of Teaching Voice (3 s.h.): Comparison of pedagogical techniques; attitude assessment, language aptitude, physical, emotional characteristics; mental images modifying respiratory, phonatory, articulatory behavior; vocal hygiene; performance anxiety; student/teacher relationships. Offered spring semesters. Consent of instructor required. Same as 025:202.

003:204 Voice for Performers (2 s.h.): Same as 025:216, 049:201.

003:206 Language Disorders in Children 0-18 Years (3 s.h.): Disorders resulting from phonological, semantic, pragmatic, and morphosyntactic deficits; receptive, expressive problems; special assessment and intervention procedures. Offered fall semesters of even years. Prerequisite 003:145 or equivalent.

003:213 Voice Habilitation (2-3 s.h.): Application of methods of intervention in development, training, rehabilitation of vocal behavior; motor learning, efficacy of treatment strategies, factors affecting compliance with recommended therapy. Offered fall semesters. Prerequisites: 003:114 or equivalent. Same as 025:356.

003:218 Psycholinguistics (3 s.h.): Theoretical, empirical issues in psycholinguistics; models demonstrating relation of formal language structure to psychological operations used in speech perception, production; laboratory emphasis on paradigmatic research in psycholinguistics. Offered fall semesters. Consent of instructor required. Same as 103:218.

003:219 Fundamentals of Laboratory Instrumentation (3 s.h.): Electrical circuits, emphasis on application of instrumentation used in speech and hearing; laboratory focus on instrumentation. Offered spring semesters.

003:221 Instrumentation for Voice Analysis (2 s.h.): Same as 025:357.

003:222 Speech and Hearing Anatomy (2 s.h.): Laboratory course in anatomy of speech and hearing mechanisms; instruction in dissection techniques. Offered summer sessions. Prerequisite: 003:112 or equivalent.

003:224 System and Signal Theory for Speech and Hearing Sciences (3 s.h.): Principles of linear-systems theory applied to speech and auditory research, including system functions, filter properties, convolution, Fourier transform. Offered spring semesters. Prerequisite: introductory calculus.

003:228 Stroboscopy (1 s.h.): How to perform video laryngoscopy using a rigid scope and applying knowledge of normalcy and pathophysiology; how to interpret findings; describe and report then concisely. Offered summer sessions. Prerequisite: 003:114.

003:230 Advanced Hearing Science and Speech Perception (4 s.h.): Perception of speech and other sounds by human listeners, how these perceptual abilities relate to the physiology of the auditory system; perception of speech by hearing impaired listeners through hearing aids or cochlear implants. Offered spring semesters. Prerequisite: 003:113 or consent of instructor. Same as 103:230.

003:233 Aphasia (2 s.h.): Assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of aphasia and other acquired language and cognition-based communication disorders. Offered spring semesters. Prerequisites: 003:117 and 003:146 or equivalent; or consent of instructor. Corequisite: 003:136.

003:236 Swallowing Disorders (2 s.h.): Physiology of normal, abnormal swallowing; assessment, treatment of swallowing disorders in adults, children. Offered fall semesters. Prerequisites: 003:112, 003:115 or equivalent, and 003:116; or consent of instructor. Course Website

003:237 Cleft Palate and Related Disorders (2 s.h.): Nature, etiologies, principles of treatment of common disorders associated with cleft lip and palate, associated disorders. Offered spring semesters. Prerequisite: 003:115 or equivalent.

003:238 Professional Issues in Audiology I / Capstone Project (1 s.h.): Individual work with a faculty member on audiology topics. Offered fall semesters. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

003:239 Professional Issues in Audiology II (2 s.h.)

003:240 Hearing Aids I (3 s.h.): Hearing aids, diagnostic procedures; laboratory emphasis on measurement procedures. Offered spring semesters. Prerequisite: 003:185 or consent of instructor.

003:242 Hearing Aids II (3 s.h.): Evaluation, verification procedures; emphasis on advanced technologies, strategies. Offered fall semesters. Prerequisite: 003:240 or consent of instructor

003:243 Hearing Aids Assembly and Repair (1-2 s.h.): Hands-on work with components, fabrication of shells and earmolds, assembly of ITE hearing aids; repair of different types and models. Offered spring semesters. Consent of instructor required.

003:244 Rehabilitative Audiology (3 s.h.): Theory, procedures for assessment, rehabilitation of speech, hearing, language deficits of people with hearing impairment. Offered spring semesters. Prerequisites: 003:145 and 003:185, or equivalents.

003:245 Pediatric Audiology (2 s.h.): Theory, procedures for assessment, rehabilitation of pediatric populations; laboratory emphasis on test administration through supervised laboratory sessions. Offered fall semesters. Prerequisite: 003:185 or consent of instructor.

003:246 Advanced Audiology (3 s.h.): Theory, procedures for assessment of hearing loss in adult and pediatric populations; experience in test administration through supervised laboratory sessions. Offered fall semesters. Prerequisite: 003:185 or consent of instructor.

003:247 Medical Audiology (2 s.h.): Genetic, acquired, traumatic pathologies that affect auditory systems; nature, etiology, principles of assessment, treatment. Offered summer sessions even years. Prerequisite: 003:185 or consent of instructor.

003:248 Measurement Theory and Applied Statistics (3 s.h.)

003:249 Cochlear Implants (3 s.h.): Introduction to cochlear implantation; history of cochlear implantation, introduction to cochlear technology, basics of device programming and trouble shooting, candidacy issues, outcomes in children and adults, auditory rehabilitation specific to cochlear recipients, the auditory brainstem implant, future trends in cochlear implantation. Offered fall semesters. Prerequisites: 003:185 and 003:244.

003:250 Acoustics of Speech (4 s.h.): Sound generation, propagation, radiation in human speech production; acoustic phonetics; analysis, synthesis, perception of speech. Offered fall semesters of odd years. Prerequisites: 003:111, 003:112, and a year of calculus; or consent of instructor. Same as 103:275.

003:251 Biomechanics of Speech (4 s.h.): Mechanics of air and tissue movement in speech production; muscle physiology and mechanics; computer simulation of articulatory and phonatory processes. Offered fall semesters of even years. Prerequisites: 003:111 and 003:112 or equivalents, and a year of calculus; or consent of instructor.

003:25 Educational Audiology (2 s.h.): Training in skills necessary for working with the school-age population; case management and aural rehabilitation, amplification and classroom hearing technology, identification and assessment practices, federal legislation that affects services. Offered spring semesters. Prerequisites: 003:185, and 003:244 or equivalent 003:240 for AuD students.

003:256 Physiology of Hearing (3-4 s.h.): Anatomy of auditory system, cochlear mechanics, electrophysiology of peripheral, central auditory nervous system; laboratory emphasis on physiological techniques used in study of ear. Offered fall semesters. Prerequisites: 003:113, 003:224, and consent of instructor.

003:260 Designing Assistive Devices (1-3 s.h.): System design (hardware and software) useful in building augmentative and alternative communication devices for the profoundly impaired; opportunity to build systems for theoretical and/or applied purpose; interdisciplinary, clinical perspectives. Offered summer sessions. Consent of instructor required.

003:282 Phonological Development and Disorders (2 s.h.): Advanced topics in the area of phonological development and disorders. Current theoretical approaches to phonological analysis and typical phonological acquisition will be applied assessment and intervention of children with phonological disorders. Offered spring semesters. Prerequisites: 003:110 or 103:110, 003:118, 003:135, and 003:145; or consent of instructor.

003:283 Stuttering (2 s.h.): Issues, approaches to treatment of children, adults. Offered fall semesters. Prerequisites: 003:183 or equivalent. Corequisite: 003:135 or equivalent; or consent of instructor.

003:290 Objective Measures (3 s.h.): Introduction to evoked potential techniques for assessing auditory and vestibular function. Offered spring semesters. Prerequisites: 003:219 and consent of instructor.

003:292 Advanced Rehabilitative Audiology (2 s.h.): Current and developing procedures for assessment, habilitation of adults and children with hearing losses. Offered spring semesters. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

003:301 Practicum: Speech-Language Pathology (arr): Supervised clinical practice. May be repeated. Open only to M. A. professional emphasis students. Offered each semester. Corequisite: 003:135 or equivalent.

003:302 Practicum: Speech-Language Assessment (arr): Supervised clinical practice involving evaluation of individuals for speech or language impairments. Repeatable. Prerequisites: M.A. speech-language pathology emphasis and consent of instructor.

003:304 Speech Pathology Student Teaching (arr): Supervised clinical practice involving evaluation of individuals for speech or language impairments in the elementary schools. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

003:310 Scientific Writing (3 s.h.): Principles of writing for scientific posters, journal articles, grant proposals; effective communication of concepts and data.

003:311 Clinical Practice in Audiology (arr.): Supervised clinical practice; lecture topics such as cerumen management, ototoxicity, newborn screening, business practices, supervision. May be repeated. Open only to AuD students and requires consent of instructor.

003:312 Practicum: Hearing Measurement (arr): Evaluation of individuals for hearing impairment and its impact; clinical practice. May be repeated. Consent of instructor required.

003:314 Audiology Student Teaching (arr): Supervised teaching and observation in an area of audiology in the elementary schools.

003:315 Clinical Rotations in Audiology (arr).

003:350 Preceptorship in Augmentative Communication (1 s.h.): Approaches to development of alternate modes of communication for individuals with limited oral communication. Offered fall semesters. Consent of instructor required.

003:510 Seminar: Introduction to Research in Speech and Hearing (1 s.h.): Philosophy of science; basic principles of research; issues in conducting research; review of research opportunities in the department. Offered fall semesters.

003:511 Introduction to Doctoral Research (1 s.h.): Topics related to development and execution of research; doctoral program, use of library, human and animal subject issues, philosophy of science, use of common research tools, reading and writing research papers, research grant preparation. Offered fall and spring semesters. Consent of instructor required.

003:515 Proseminar (0 s.h.): Presentation of research ideas, results by faculty, students. Repeatable.

003:520 Seminar: Developmental Language Disorders (2 s.h.): Critical issues, research; multicultural issues in service delivery; phonological approaches to speech sound disorders, single-subject designs in intervention, language assessment and remediation studies. Offered fall and spring semesters of odd years. Repeatable. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

003:521 Seminar: Stuttering (2 s.h.): Theoretical issues, research literature. May be repeated. Offered spring semesters of even years. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

003:523 Seminar: Voice (2 s.h.): Research on normal and disordered voice production, perception; vocal abuse, fatigue, endurance; perceptual correlates of vocal pathologies; models of voice production; spasmodic dysphonia; assessment of voice improvement. Offered spring semesters of odd years; offered summer session in Denver, CO. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

003:525 Seminar: Cleft Palate (2 s.h.).

003:526 Seminar: Rehabilitative Audiology (2 s.h.): Theoretical issues, research literature. May be repeated. Offered fall semesters. Consent of instructor required.

003:528 Seminar: Neurogenic Communication Disorders (2 s.h.): Speech, language, and cognitive problems associated with neurological disorders. May be repeated. Offered spring semesters.

003:530 Seminar: Communication Disorders and Aging (2 s.h.): Emphasis on application of gerontology to speech-language pathology. Offered summer sessions of even years. Prerequisite:consent of instructor.

003:535 Seminar: Evoked Potentials (2 s.h.): Auditory evoked potentials: theory, applications, current issues. Repeatable. Offered summer sessions of odd years. Consent of instructor required.

003:536 Seminar: Experimental Audiology (2 s.h.): Topics related to experimental procedures for listeners with hearing loss. May be repeated. Offered summer sessions of odd years. Consent of instructor required.

003:537 Seminar: Clinical Audiology (2 s.h.): Selected topics. May be repeated. Offered fall semesters. Consent of instructor required.

003:538 Seminar: Auditory Physiology (2 s.h.): Topics of interest to group. May be repeated. Offered springl semesters of even years. Consent of instructor required.

003:539 Seminar: Tinnitus (2 s.h.): Clinical management and treatments of tinnitus; mechanisms, psychological problems, and treatments including counseling, sound therapies; published articles, topic summaries. Offered fall semesters.

003:590 Research (arr.): Consent of instructor required. Repeatable.

			Courses offered by the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders are planned to meet the needs of students preparing for careers in clinical service, college and university teaching, and research concerned with speech, language or hearing processes and disorders. The department also offers courses for students with vocational and professional goals in other fields -- for example, engineering, psychology, education, speech, theater arts, dentistry, and medicine -- whose preparation may be enriched by the study of speech and hearing processes and their disorders. Coursework offered by the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders is designated numerically as 003, with three additional digits further categorizing the class: 003:0_ _ are undergraduate courses; 003:1_ _ provide either undergraduate or graduate credit; 003:2_ _ ; 003:3_ _ ; and 003:5_ _ designate graduate coursework. Use the links at left to read descriptions of the coursework. Several classes have associated websites, and links are provided within the descriptions. copyright, The University of Iowa (2009). All rights reserved.