COSD 50300 Clinical Practicum in Speech-Language Pathology II. Prerequisite: COSD 40300, and a cumulative TCU GPA of 2.5 or higher. Student must be recommended for enrollment by COSD faculty. A minimum of two semesters required for undergraduate students. A maximum of three semesters is allowed. Graduate students with less than 30 clinical hours will be considered for enrollment in COSD 50300. Supervised clinical experience in management of the most common speech and language disorders.

COSD 50323 Counseling Special Populations and Their Families. Prerequisite: Senior or graduate standing. Theories, principles and practices in counseling special populations and their families with a focus on the communicatively impaired. Appropriate counseling strategies and techniques are explored with practical application experiences included.

COSD 50343 Advanced Aural Rehabilitation. Prerequisite: Senior or graduate standing and COSD 30343 and 30363 or permission of instructor. Theories of assessment and intervention in identification and aural rehabilitation of hearing-impaired and deaf children and adults. Includes methods of evaluation and training in the areas of audition, amplification, speech, language, speech-reading, assistive listening devices, cochlear implants, and communication modes and strategies.

COSD 50350 Clinical Practicum in Audiology. Prerequisites: Senior or graduate standing. Students must be recommended for enrollment by the Communication Disorders CD faculty. Such recommendations are based on the student's: 1) performance in COSD coursework with a grade of "C" or better expected in all COSD courses; and 2) previous clinical experience and performance with students expected to complete two semesters of COSD 40300 with a grade of "C" or better. A laboratory course in basic audiological testing techniques involving assessments and evaluation of the hearing function. 1-3 semester hours.

COSD 50353 Psycholinguistics. Prerequisite: Senior or graduate standing. Phonetics or permission of instructor. An introduction to the history, scope, problems, and present state of the psychology of language. Includes survey of theories and methods of investigation of several disciplines concerned with the scientific studies of language.

COSD 50363 Seminar on Stuttering. Prerequisite: Senior (with permission of instructor) or graduate standing. A study of fluency development and breakdown in children and adults. Descriptions and development of speech fluency, onset and development of stuttering, characteristics of stuttering and people who stutter, and theories of stuttering are reviewed.

COSD 50373 Medical Aspects of Speech-Language Pathology. Prerequisite: Senior or graduate level standing in speech-language pathology or permission of instructor. A study of the medical and biophysical bases of communication disorders and the relevant medical management of such issues as part of the total treatment program.

COSD 50383 Seminar on Voice Disorders. Prerequisite: Senior (with permission of instructor) or graduate standing. A study of theories, classification systems and etiologies, with emphasis on respiration, phonation, resonance and articulation factors as they relate to disorders of voice.

COSD 50393 Basic Evaluative Instruments for Language Disorders. Theory, administration and interpretation of basic evaluative instruments and indications for therapy.

COSD 50970 Directed Studies in Communication Disorders. Prerequisites: Senior or graduate standing; permission of instructor. Directed study focusing on specialized topic in communication sciences and disorders. (1-6 semester hours, 3 hours maximum per semester.)

COSD 60233 Speech, Language, and Cognition in Adult Bilinguals. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in speech-language pathology and consent of instructor. Study of literature in neurolinguistics, psycholinguistics and sociolinguistic aspects of bilingualism in adulthood. Includes current practices in the assessment and treatment of communication disorders in non-English speaking and bilingual adults.

COSD 60273 Assessment and Treatment of Communication Disorders in Bilingual Children. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in speech-language pathology and consent of instructor. Study of bilingual speech and language development, societal and individual influences on bilingualism, and current practices in the assessment and treatment of communication disorders in non-English speaking and bilingual children.

COSD 60300 Practicum in Speech-Language Pathology. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in speech-language pathology and permission of instructor. Advanced clinical practice and evaluation of speech and language disorders. One semester hour required for each semester a student performs clinical practice up to six hours.

COSD 60313 Motor Speech Disorders. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in speech-language pathology. A study of the effects of neuropathology on motor speech performance skills. Etiology, symptomatology, evaluation, and treatment of motor speech disorders in children and adults are examined.

COSD 60323 Evaluation and Diagnosis. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in speech-language pathology and permission of instructor. A study of the theory, and some participation and observation of diagnostic teams working with speech and language problems.

COSD 60343 Advanced Language Disorders in Children. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in speech pathology and permission of instructor. Principles in the assessment and treatment of language disorders in infants, preschoolers, school-aged and adolescents.

COSD 60353 Sociolinguistics. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. Study of social use of language by ethnically and culturally different individuals who speak a different language or dialect. Special emphasis will be given to the Mexican-American in the Southwest.

COSD 60363 Orofacial Pathologies/AAC. Prerequisite: COSD 30303 or permission of instructor. This two-part course includes study of the pathology of structure and function of the speech mechanism as related to cleft palate followed by a study of the use of augmentative and alternative technology for individuals with severe communication disorders.

COSD 60383 Advanced Study of Language and Language Development. Intensive study and analysis of language in normal children at various developmental levels.

COSD 60390 Seminar on Communication Disorders. In depth study of a communication disorder. Seminar content may vary and may include such topics as dysphagia, organic disorders in children, assessment and treatment of voice disorders, and assessment and treatment of articulation disorders. Three hour maximum per semester.

COSD 60393 Adult Neurolinguistic Disorders. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in speech-language pathology. A study of the effects of neuropathology on the language skills of adults. Etiology, symtomatology, evaluation, and treatment of adult neurogenic language disorders including aphasia, dementia, right CVA, and traumatic brain injury are examined.

COSD 60970 Directed Studies in Communication Disorders. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. Advanced study of specialized topic in communication sciences and disorders.

COSD 70313 Assessment and Treatment of Stuttering. Prerequisites: COSD 50363; senior or graduate standing. A study of the assessment and treatment of stuttering in preschool, school-aged, and adults who stutter. Assessment issues including behavioral and attitudinal analyses are reviewed. Differential treatment is discussed in terms of current therapies.

COSD 70323 Research in Communication Sciences and Disorders. A review of research design and evaluation in communication sciences and disorders. Emphasis on improved skills in both consuming and producing research in the fields of speech science, speech-language pathology and audiology.

COSD 70343 Dysphagia. Prerequisites: COSD 60313 and 60393; or permission of instructor. This course examines the etiology, symptomatology, evaluation, and treatment of swallowing disorders.