Murray State University

Course Syllabus Outline

DEPARTMENT:
 

Wellness & Therapeutic Sciences
Division of Communication Disorders
COURSE NUMBER: CDI 205            CREDIT HOURS: 3 Class Schedule
INSTRUCTOR: Creighton Miller
mick.miller@murraystate.edu		 Office Hours
TITLE:

 Introduction to Communication Disorders
http://mick.murraystate.edu/cdi205
CATALOG DESCRIPTION:

 An introduction to the areas of speech-language pathology and audiology. An integral part of this course is observation of therapy with speech, language and hearing disorders. 
PURPOSE:

 The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of the development of human speech and language communication and of the sorts of communication disorders which can occur in individuals, as well as to introduce students to the professions of speech-language pathology and audiology. 
COURSE OBJECTIVES:

  The student will demonstrate basic knowledge of1 ;
A.

 the profession of speech-language pathology (8),
B.

 normal human communication processes and language (8), 
C.

 the disorders of speech, voice and language (8),  
D.

 communication disorders of special populations (8),  
E.

 the clinical process and the communication disorders specialist (8).
CONTENT OUTLINE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     


  Topics
  Introduction, syllabus
Communication and its Disorders  
Specialists in Communication & its Disorders  
The Professions: Education and Organization
Anatomy and Physiology for Speech & Hearing  

   EXAMINATION (100 POINTS)

Articulation and its Disorders  
Language Acquisition & Disorders in Preschool Children  

   EXAMINATION (100 POINTS)

Fluency and its Disorders  
Voice and its Disorders  
Speech Disorders and Cleft Palate

   EXAMINATION (100 POINTS)

Neurologically based Communicative Disorders
Hearing and its Disorders

   EXAMINATION (100 POINTS)

Diversity and disorders of Communication

   FINAL EXAMINATION (200 POINTS)
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INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES:

 Lecture supported by overheads and audiovisual materials, demonstration activities, class presentations, reflection on and group discussion of professional issues. Use will be made of anatomic models as well as demonstrations and laboratory applications of basic principles to enhance students' learning.
FIELD, CLINICAL AND/OR    LABORATORY EXPERIENCES:

  
None.
RESOURCES:

 Assigned readings, facilities of the MSU Diagnostic and Remediation Center, audio, video and textual resources in the Communication Disorders materials room and the Waterfield Library, College of Education ATCOM Laboratory and the speech science laboratories of the Division of Communication Disorders.
GRADING PROCEDURES:

Student learning will be evaluated through a series of scheduled and unscheduled Performance Events: Scheduled assessments will include four one-hour examinations (100 points) and a Final Examination (200 points, comprehensive). All scheduled assessment events will be objective examinations (multiple choice, T/F, fill-in-the-blank, brief sentence, etc.). The one-hour examinations will emphasize recent information, but may also include materials from earlier assessments when deemed appropriate by the instructor. Scores on scheduled performance events will constitute 90% of the student's course grade. A number of unannounced quizzes will also be given during the term, and scores on these quizzes will constitute 10% of the overall course grade. Missed quizzes may NOT be taken later under any circumstances.   Supplemental Credit: With prior arrangement, students may submit an essay or an anatomical model whose score may be used to replace that of the student's lowest one-hour examination. These projects should be of appropriate quality as to meet Portfolio Expectations for the CDI program. Project preparation, submission and scoring guidelines .  

Points earned in course assessments will be transformed to percentage values and the departmental grading scale will be used to determine the student's final grade. 

     A=90%-100%, B=80-89%, C=70-79%, D=60-69%, E=0-59% 
ATTENDANCE POLICY:

 Class attendance and participation are required and will influence the final grade. This course is a scheduled activity: Students are expected to schedule all other activities for non-class times.
ACADEMIC HONESTY POLICY:

 All participants are expected to demonstrate the very highest standards of professional and academic integrity at all times. Cheating, plagiarism (submitting another person's material as one's own), or doing work for another person which will receive academic credit are all impermissible. This includes the use of unauthorized books, notebooks, or other sources in order to secure or give help during an examination, the unauthorized copying or examinations, assignments, reports, or term papers, or the presentation of unacknowledged material as if it were the student's own work. Disciplinary action may be taken beyond the academic discipline administered by the faculty member who teaches the course in which the cheating took place. Note: Faculty reserve the right to invalidate any examination or other evaluative measures if substantial evidence exists that the integrity of the examination has been compromised.
TEXT AND REFERENCES:

 Hegde, M. N. (1991). Introduction to Communicative Disorders (3rd ed.). Austin, TX: Pro-Ed. Publishers. 
PREREQUISITES:

 None.