Chair: Deena Bernstein (Speech and Theatre Bldg., Room 226)
Graduate Program Director: Joyce F. West (Speech and Theatre Bldg., Room 131)
Department Faculty: Professors: Deena K. Bernstein, Martin R. Gitterman, John L. Locke, Barbara Weinstein; Associate Professors: Stephen A. Cavallo, Mira Goral, Sandra Levey, Joyce F. West; Assistant Professors: Cheryl Smith Gabig, Liat Seiger-Gardner, Jim Tsiamtsiouris; Lecturers: Jacqueline Aquilino-Jirak, Diana Almodovar, Mary Boylan, Lynn Rosenberg, Christine Rota-Donahue. Clinical Director: Carolyn McCarthy
The Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences offers students preprofessional coursework in typical and atypical communication processes within the context of a liberal arts education. The B.A. program prepares students for graduate study in Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology.
PROGRAM
36-CREDIT MAJOR IN SPEECH PATHOLOGY AND AUDIOLOGY, B.A.
All applicants to the program must first apply for admission to the College. After being admitted to the College, students apply to the Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences to declare a major in Speech Pathology and Audiology. Applicants must maintain a minimum cumulative index of 2.7 (B-) in the following four courses in order to continue in the major: SPV 221 (LNG 230), SPV (LNG) 245, SPV (LNG) 247, and SPV 249. Students who do not achieve a cumulative G.P.A. of 2.7 in these four courses may use them as a minor in Speech Pathology and Audiology.
Credits (36)
The required credits are distributed as follows:
12 courses required for continuation in the major: SPV (LNG) 245, SPV (LNG) 247, SPV 249, and SPV 221(LNG 230).
20 SPV 246 (LNG 160), SPV (LNG) 248, SPV (LNG) 212, SPV 326, SPV 327, SPV 328, and SPV 430.
4 PSY 226 or ENW 201.
MINOR
The Department minor consists of 12 credits taken at the 200 level or higher.
*Courses preceded by an asterisk are not expected to be offered in 2009-2011.
SPV 101: Introduction to American Sign Language I. 4 hours, 4 credits. Elements of basic grammar, practice in signed receptive and expressive skills. A brief spoken orientation to the history of the deaf community and its culture will be given to offer an appropriate context in which to use the language. Students are expected to spend additional hours in the language lab. Note: If taken to fulfill the foreign language requirement, SPV 101 is not credited without SPV 102.
SPV 102: Elementary American Sign Language 2. 5 hours, 5 credits. Continuation of elementary American Sign Language 1, emphasizing vocabulary development and increasing fluency in the language structure: regional and stylistic variations in American Sign Language; advanced work in deaf culture, folklore, and literature. Students are expected to spend additional hours in the language lab. PREREQ: SPV 101. Note: If taken to fulfill the foreign language requirement, SPV 102 is not credited without SPV 101.
SPV 162: Language, Speech, and Hearing. 3 hours, 3 credits. An overview of the systems of language, speech, and hearing. The course will deal with the bases of normal communication, the roles of speech pathologists, audiologists, speech scientists, and professionals in allied areas in the study, diagnosis, and treatment of language, speech, and hearing problems.
SPV 221 (LNG 230): Language Acquisition. 3 hours, 3 credits. Study of speech, language, and communication skills in typically developing children. Exploration of gender, multicultural, multilinguistic, and socioeconomic variations in language development. Analysis of the processes involved in language learning and use and the foundations of language and literacy from infancy through the school-age years to complex language development over the lifespan.
*SPV 230: Survey of Speech and Hearing Problems. 3 hours, 3 credits. (Recommended to teachers, social workers, nurses, and psychologists. Not open to students qualifying for New York State teaching certification in speech and hearing handicapped or to students qualifying for positions as speech and hearing therapists in hospitals or speech centers.)
SPV 245: Articulatory Phonetics. 3 hours, 3 credits. Fundamentals of articulatory phonetics; descriptive analysis of spoken forms of American English.
SPV 246: Introduction to Linguistics. 3 hours, 3 credits. Survey of linguistic science, with special attention to descriptive and applied linguistics.
SPV 247: Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism. 3 hours, 3 credits. Anatomy, physiology, and neurophysiology of the speech and vocal mechanism; physiological studies of speech.
SPV 248: Acoustic Phonetics. 3 hours, 3 credits. Theoretical experimental approaches to speech acoustics. The analysis and synthesis of the speech wave. Acoustic cues for speech perception. PREREQ: SPV 245.
SPV 249: Hearing Science. 3 hours, 3 credits. Anatomy, physiology, and neurophysiology of hearing mechanism; physics of sound; and psychophysical studies of hearing.
SPV (LNG) 312: Bilingualism. 3 hours, 3 credits. The nature of bilingualism as a societal and as an individual human phenomenon; linguistic and applied linguistic issues will be included. Psycholinguistic, sociolinguistic, neurolinguistic, and educational aspects of bilingualism will be covered. PREREQ: SPV 245 or LNG 150 or 160, or BBE 171 and 301.
*SPV 322: Introduction to Grammar. 3 hours, 3 credits. PREREQ: SPV 246.
*SPV 323: Introduction to Phonology. 3 hours, 3 credits. PREREQ: Either SPV 245 or 246.
*SPV 324: Semantics. 3 hours, 3 credits.
*SPV 325: The Contrastive Analysis of English with Other Languages. 3 hours, 3 credits. PREREQ: Either SPV 245 or 246.
SPV 326: Speech Pathology: Functional Disorders. 3 hours, 3 credits. Nature, etiology, assessment, and treatment of speech disorders (specifically articulation and fluency) and language disorders in preschool children, school-age children, and adolescents. Issues concerning multiculturalism and multilingualism are included. PREREQ: A minimum cumulative G.P.A. of 2.7 in SPV (LNG)245, SPV (LNG)247, SPV 249, and SPV 221 (LNG 230).
SPV 327: Speech Pathology: Organic Disorders. 3 hours, 3 credits. Nature, etiology, assessment, and treatment of cleft palate, voice disorders, aphasia, cerebral palsy, and other neurological disorders. PREREQ: A minimum cumulative G.P.A. of 2.7 in SPV (LNG) 245, SPV (LNG) 247, SPV 249, and SPV 221 (LNG 230).
SPV 328: Introduction to Audiology. 3 hours, 3 credits. Development, administration, and interpretation of hearing tests; disorders of hearing; and implications of hearing loss for communication. PREREQ: A minimum cumulative G.P.A. of 2.7 in SPV (LNG) 245, SPV (LNG) 247, SPV 249, and SPV 221 (LNG 230).
*SPV 329: Social and Regional Dialects of English. 3 hours, 3 credits. PREREQ: SPV 245.
SPV 429: Organization of Speech and Hearing Programs. 3 hours, 3 credits. (Required for New York State Teaching Certificate as teachers of students with speech-language disabilities.)Organizing and administering a program of rehabilitation in speech, language, and hearing in public systems. PREREQ: SPV 326, 327, and 328, and Departmental permission.
SPV 430: Clinical Observation in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. 4 hours, 2 credits. Clinical observation in speech-language pathology and audiology. Supervised observation of 25 hours of clinical practice. PREREQ: SPV 326, 327, and 328.
*SPV 453: Special Studies in Speech and Hearing Sciences. 3 hours, 3 credits. PREREQ: Departmental permission.
SPV 487: Independent Study in Speech and Hearing Sciences. One semester, 3 credits (maximum 6 credits). Independent study of special problems and independent research in speech and hearing sciences. PREREQ: Departmental permission.
SPV 491: Research Project in Speech and Hearing Sciences. One semester, 3 credits (maximum 6 credits). Individual research and reading under direction of a faculty member of the Department. An honors essay or some other suitable presentation in speech and hearing sciences is required. PREREQ: Departmental permission.