Courses - Communication Disorders: COMD 120: Medical Terminology 3 cr. The meaning, pronunciation and spelling of a large basic medical vocabulary will be introduced. Medical specialties, pathologies, and surgical diagnostics/therapeutic procedures are included. The morphological structure of the words, including roots, prefixes, suffixes and combining forms will be studied. Three hours of lecture. COMD 216: Anatomy and Physiology of Speech and Hearing 3 cr. Study of the structure, action, and control features of the speech and hearing mechanism. Three hours of lecture. COMD 145: Introduction to Communication Disorders 3 cr. Designed to meet the needs of the elementary teacher and the speech major. Fundamental course for the student specializing or interested in speech/language pathology. Three hours of lecture. COMD 234: Introduction to Speech Science 3 cr. Production, transmission, and perception of speech will be considered from the physical, physiological and psychological perspectives. Students will be introduced to technological advances in the study of speech science and interact with instrumentation used to analyze the speech signal. In addition, the importance of instrumentation to clinical assessment and management of communication disorders will be presented. Two hours of lecture, two hours of lab. COMD 235: Introduction to Audiology and Speech Science 3 cr. The physical and physiological nature of hearing will be described with special emphasis on causes and problems of hearing impairment. A variety of hearing diagnostics and screening procedures will be introduced accompanied by the specific instrumentation necessary to assess hearing acuity. The importance of interpretation of audiograms and other audiological reports will be addressed both for the speech/language pathologist and the classroom teacher. Two hours of lecture, two hours lab. COMD 236: Introductory Phonetics 3 cr. Articulatory phonetics with emphasis on transcription, principles of phonetics, and introduction to generative phonology. Brief introduction to American dialects. Three hours of lecture. COMD 264: Observation of Clinic Practicum 2 cr. The student will observe and discuss 40 clock hours of speech, language, and hearing therapy and evaluations utilizing both assigned clinical practicum sites and in-class videos. The student will analyze and keep a record of all observations. Grading will be on a pass/no credit basis. One hour of lecture and three hours of lab. COMD 290: Special Topics in Communication Disorders 3 cr. A course exploring current issues, themes or technologies in ways suitable for freshmen and sophomores. Topics will vary from offering to offering. May be repeated for a total of six term hours. Three hours of lecture. COMD 315: Normal Speech and Language Acquisition 3 cr. Prerequisite: All Block I courses. A normative and developmental study of the process of language acquisition, including articulatory, morphological, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic aspects of language. Includes theories of language development. Three hours of lecture. COMD 316: Language Disorders 3 cr. Prerequisite: All Block I courses. Causation, evaluation, and remediation of symbolic disorders, including disorders of oral and written language and special problems of the deaf, hard of hearing, and mentally retarded. Three hours of lecture. COMD 345: Articulation Disorders 3 cr. Study of the major approaches to the testing and remediation of articulation disorders. Includes theories of causality. Three hours of lecture. COMD 346: Disorders of Rhythm 3 cr. Study of the major approaches to testing and remediation of stuttering and other disorders of rhythm. Includes theories of causality. Three hours of lecture. COMD 347: Disorders of Voice 3 cr. Diagnosis and remediation of organic and functional voice disorders. Includes study of causation. Three hours of lecture. COMD 349: Introduction to Diagnostic and Clinical Methods 3 cr. Selection, administration, and scoring of basic standardized diagnostic tests and preparation of session plans and progress reports. Three hours of lecture. COMD 418: American Minority Group Dialects 3 cr. An introduction to the development of American dialects, including phonological, morphological, semantic and vocabulary features, with particular reference to the development of Black and Mexican American dialect. COMD 465: Diagnostic and Therapy Practicum 3 cr. Prerequisites: All Block I and Block II courses and a 2.9 overall GPA on last 60 hours completed (transfer students must have taken COMD 349 at LSUS). Student performs 50 ASHA certifiable clock hours of therapy and/or evaluation with communication impaired clients. The course may be repeated once. Not all students meeting these minimum requirements may be admitted. One hour lecture, six hours lab. COMD 490: Special Topics in Communication Disorders 3 cr. A course exploring current issues, themes or technologies in ways suitable for juniors and seniors. Topics will very from offering to offering. May be repeated for a total of six term hours. Three hours of lecture. COMD 491: Research in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology 3 cr. Prerequisites: All Block I and II courses. Basic designs for experimental and survey research will be studied. Students will read and analyze the design and statistical treatment of both recent and classic research and will design, carry out, and report on a research project. Three hours of lecture COMD 494: Seminar in Clinical Application 3 cr. Prerequisite: Block I and II courses. A new clinical topic will be studied each term. Review of recent developments and all acceptable evaluation/therapy procedures in current use in the area will be included. The course is an in-depth study of a narrow clinical area Three hours of lecture. << RETURN TO PREVIOUS PAGE This online catalog is for informational purposes only and is subject to modification. Final authority resides in the printed version of the catalog.