Credits: 3 
This course is an introduction to clinical methodology for conducting efficacious assessment and treatment of individuals with communication disorders. We place emphasis on methodological approaches to collecting and analyzing data for informed clinical decision-making in a framework of holistic, patient-centered care.

Credits: 3 
This course is about the neuroanatomical and neurophysiological bases of language, hearing, sensory and motor function. We place special emphasis on brain behavior and behavioral consequences to speech, language and hearing as a result of neurologic injury or disease.

Credits: 3 
This course examines the nature, assessment and treatment of articulation and phonological disorders across the lifespan. We address normal and disordered patterns of speech sounds and phonological development, including characteristics of special populations.

Credits: 3 
The course provides practicum experience in speech-language pathology, including areas such as speech sound production, voice and resonance, fluency and fluency disorders, receptive and expressive language, social aspects of communication, cognitive aspects of communication, augmentative and alternative communication modalities, swallowing/feeding and hearing. Credit/no-credit only.

Credits: 1 
This course covers contemporary professional issues, including scope of practice, work settings, standards of ethical conduct, certification, licensure and other related credentialing issues, policy and regulatory considerations. Credit/no-credit only.

Credits: 1 
This course is where you’ll study a selected topic or complete research under the supervision of your faculty mentor.

Credits: 3 
This course examines empirical methods in speech, language and hearing sciences, with an emphasis on understanding, evaluating, and generating and applying research designs and methods. 

Prerequisite: Introductory, undergraduate-level statistics course that’s computational in nature

Credits: 3 
This course requires you to conduct an examination of assessment and intervention approaches to developmental language disorders in children from the pre-linguistic level through the developing language stage (birth to age 5). 

Prerequisite: SPHSC 539 

Credits: 4 
This course provides an overview of the nature, evaluation and management of acquired language and cognitive-communication disorders in adults. We address aphasia, alexia, agraphia, right brain injury, dementia and traumatic brain injury. We also examine the systems that support language (e.g., attention, verbal working memory) and focus on the underlying neuropathologies and evidence-based approaches to assessment and management of these disorders. 

Prerequisite: SPHSC 501

Credits: 2 
This course examines the nature, assessment and management of voice production and voice disorders. We provide an introduction to perceptual and instrumental methods of measuring voice that are used to help identify voice disorders. Learn various approaches to treating voice disorders and review the evidentiary basis for these treatments. 

Prerequisite: SPHSC 501

Credits: 3 
This course provides practicum experience in speech-language pathology, including areas such as speech sound production, voice and resonance, fluency and fluency disorders, receptive and expressive language, social aspects of communication, cognitive aspects of communication, augmentative and alternative communication modalities, swallowing/feeding and hearing. Credit/no-credit only.

Credits: 1

This course is where you’ll study a selected topic or complete research under the supervision of your faculty mentor.

Credits: 1 
This course integrates diverse interprofessional perspectives to prepare you for effective practice as collaborative team members. Credit/no-credit only. 

Credits: 3 
This course examines the nature, assessment and management of the dysarthria, acquired apraxia or speech, and childhood apraxia of speech. 

Prerequisites: SPHSC 501 and SPHSC 539

Credits: 4 
This course examines the anatophysiologic bases of swallowing function and dysfunction. We address the causes and types of acquired dysphagia and related disorders in adults. We introduce perceptual and instrumental methods of examining and evaluating swallowing. Examine various approaches to treating dysphagia and review the evidentiary basis for these treatments. 

Prerequisite: SPHSC 501 

Credits: 3 
This course examines the principles and procedures used in the assessment and treatment of school-aged speech-and-language disorders.

Credits: 3 
This course provides practicum experience in speech-language pathology, including areas such as speech sound production, voice and resonance, fluency and fluency disorders, receptive and expressive language, social aspects of communication, cognitive aspects of communication, augmentative and alternative communication modalities, swallowing/feeding and hearing. Credit/no-credit only. 

Credits: 1 
This course is where you’ll study a selected topic or complete research under the supervision of your faculty mentor.

Credits: 3 
This course covers a number of statistical concepts, including measurement scales, central tendency, variability, sampling distributions, confidence intervals, null hypothesis significance testing (z/t/chi-square), statistical power, and simple regression and correlation. We recommend that you have completed coursework in either pre-algebra or algebra.

Credits: 3 
This course examines evaluation and intervention strategies for individuals with severe communication impairments, both acquired and developmental. We provide you with a framework for clinical decision-making and an overview of multi-modal communication strategies, including the use of high-technology devices and software, as well as low-technology approaches incorporating books, boards and picture exchanges. 

Prerequisites: SPHSC 529, SPHSC 531, SPHSC 532 and SPHSC 536

Credits: 2 
This course provides an introduction to counseling theory and practice in speech-language pathology, audiology and related fields. We provide opportunities for learning and practicing counseling skills. We address key counseling issues, including professional boundaries, intense emotions, and the counselor's feelings and reactions.

Credits: 3 
This course provides practicum experience in speech-language pathology, including areas such as speech sound production, voice and resonance, fluency and fluency disorders, receptive and expressive language, social aspects of communication, cognitive aspects of communication, augmentative and alternative communication modalities, swallowing/feeding and hearing. Credit/no-credit only.

Credits: 4 
This course is where you’ll study a selected topic or complete research under the supervision of your faculty mentor.

Credits: 3 
This course examines the nature, assessment and treatment of stuttering and other fluency disorders in children and adults. We address fluent and dysfluent speech characteristics, typical speech development and production, human learning and principal theories of stuttering. 

Prerequisite: SPHSC 501

Credits: 6 
This course is your advanced practicum experience in speech-language pathology, which occurs at both the UW and in community-based settings. We cover areas such as speech-sound production, voice and resonance, fluency and fluency disorders, receptive and expressive language, social aspects of communication, cognitive aspects of communication, augmentative and alternative communication modalities, swallowing and feeding, and hearing. Credit/no-credit only.

Prerequisite: SPHSC 553

Credits: 1 
In this course, we’ll cover contemporary professional issues, including scope of practice, work settings, standards of ethical conduct, certification, licensure and other related credentialing, policy and regulatory considerations. Credit/no-credit only.

Credits: 1
This course is a platform where you can present and exchange scientific information (research data, new hardware and hardware development, scientific papers, etc.) resulting from ongoing research projects with your classmates and faculty. Credit/no-credit only.

Credits: 2 
This course is where you’ll study a selected topic or complete research under the supervision of your faculty mentor.

Credits: 3 
This course covers quantitative methods for students in the social, behavioral, and health sciences. We focus on understanding, estimating, interpreting and reporting results for univariate multiple regression models for metrical and categorical outcomes from a frequentist perspective. 

Prerequisite: EDPSY 490 

Credits: 2 
This course examines principles and procedure used in the assessment and treatment of pediatric swallowing and feeding disorders. We cover typical development of feeding and swallowing skills. Learn how to use a systems approach to assessment, including clinical and instrumental techniques and evidenced-based intervention strategies applicable to infants and children across different pediatric practice settings. 

Prerequisites: SPHSC 501 and SPHSC 534

Credits: 6 
This course is your advanced practicum experience in speech-language pathology, which occurs at both the UW and in community-based settings. We cover areas such as speech-sound production, voice and resonance, fluency and fluency disorders, receptive and expressive language, social aspects of communication, cognitive aspects of communication, augmentative and alternative communication modalities, swallowing and feeding, and hearing. Credit/no-credit only.

Prerequisite: SPHSC 553

Credits: 1 
This course is a platform where you can present and exchange scientific information (research data, new hardware and hardware development, scientific papers, etc.) resulting from ongoing research projects with your classmates and faculty. Credit/no-credit only.

Credits: 2 
This course is where you’ll study a selected topic or complete research under the supervision of your faculty mentor.

Credits: 3 
This course examines typical quantitative research designs in educational research with specific regard to different kinds of validity considerations, including critical quantitative methods. Your course project focuses on a proposal for developing, adapting, refining or repurposing an observed measure of a latent construct. Learn the American Psychological Association (APA) citation style. 

Prerequisite: EDPSY 490

Credits: 2 
This course covers how to apply and summarize pertinent theory, clinical issues and trends related to the practice of speech-language pathology across the lifespan. We address special considerations of educational and healthcare/community practice settings. Credit/no-credit only.

Prerequisite: Successful completion of all foundational didactic and clinical practicum coursework 

Credits: 6 
This course is your advanced practicum experience in speech-language pathology, which occurs at both the UW and in community-based settings. We cover areas such as speech-sound production, voice and resonance, fluency and fluency disorders, receptive and expressive language, social aspects of communication, cognitive aspects of communication, augmentative and alternative communication modalities, swallowing and feeding, and hearing. Credit/no-credit only.

Prerequisite: SPHSC 553

Credits: 1
This course is a platform where you can present and exchange scientific information (research data, new hardware and hardware development, scientific papers, etc.) resulting from ongoing research projects with your classmates and faculty. Credit/no-credit only.

Credits: 2 
This course is where you’ll study a selected topic or complete research under the supervision of your faculty mentor.

Credits: 10 
This course is your advanced practicum experience in speech-language pathology, which occurs at both the UW and in community-based settings. We cover areas such as speech-sound production, voice and resonance, fluency and fluency disorders, receptive and expressive language, social aspects of communication, cognitive aspects of communication, augmentative and alternative communication modalities, swallowing and feeding, and hearing. Credit/no-credit only.

Prerequisite: SPHSC 553

Credits: 2 
This course is where you’ll study a selected topic or complete research under the supervision of your faculty mentor.