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 
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 and 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: 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’ll 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 integrates diverse interprofessional perspectives to prepare you for effective practice as collaborative team members. Credit/no-credit only. 

Credits: 2 
This course examines systems of inequality in rehabilitation sciences; explores how internalized, interpersonal, institutional and structural spheres of systemic racism impact rehabilitative health outcomes; and addresses health disparities, social determinants of health and the impact of educational disparities on health and rehabilitation outcomes.

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: 3 
This course provides an overview of the nature of speech-language pathology practice in medical settings. We examine the delivery of speech-language pathology interventions in the context of health care and hospital structure and operations, medical procedures and treatments (such as tracheostomy and pharmacology), interprofessional collaboration and medical ethics. 

Prerequisites: SPHSC 501, SPHSC 531, SPHSC 532 and SPHSC 534

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: 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: 2 
This course examines dementia and right brain injury to understand the underlying neuropathologies, techniques for assessment and evidence-based interventions. 

Prerequisites: SPHSC 501 and SPHSC 532 

Credits: 2 
This course examines the principles and procedures used in the assessment and treatment of voice disorders seen in medical settings. We focus on instrumentation, such as laryngeal imaging, acoustics, aerodynamics and perceptual measures, and the interpretation of these measures. We explore the independent and collaborative assessment and treatment approaches used by both medical and speech-language pathology professionals for specific voice disorders. 

Prerequisites: SPHSC 533 and SPHSC 535 

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 covers 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: 2 
This course examines principles and procedures 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: 2 
This course is an advanced study in the nature, assessment and treatment of acquired communication and swallowing disorders associated with medically complex patients with etiologies and co-morbidities, such as degenerative diseases, brain tumors, strokes, hypoxia and anoxia, and cancer. 

Prerequisites: SPHSC 501, SPHSC 531 and SPSHC 532

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: 2 
This course is an advanced study in the nature, assessment and management of individuals with traumatic brain injury across the lifespan. We cover speech, language, cognitive and behavioral consequences. 

Prerequisites: SPHSC 501, SPHSC 532 and SPHSC 538

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 health care/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: 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