Undergraduate students must take the GRE and apply to Graduate School prior to the completion of the prescribed 96 undergraduate hours. Students whose grades in SPLP courses do not appear to demonstrate the potential for success in Graduate School should discuss the advisability of continuing in the Speech-Language Pathology Program with their advisor prior to beginning the third year. Total preprofessional course work is 44 semester credit hours. Total course work is 96 semester credit hours. A beginning course in sign language, including finger spelling and the system of signed English.
Course includes discussion of the professional aspects of speech-language pathology and audiology.
Principles of speech sound production, their acoustic correlates, and their perception. Instruction in the use of the International Phonetic Alphabet is included with application to communication disorders. Anatomy and physiology of the auditory mechanism and the nature, measurement, and psychoacoustics of sound. Cultural impacts on language development and usage are discussed. The anatomical and physiological bases of speech.