Postbaccalaureate Program
The department offers a postbaccalaureate program designed for nontraditional and returning students. A specialized one-year course sequence allows a student with a bachelor's degree in another field to prepare for entry to a master's degree program in speech-language pathology or audiology.
| Courses common to Pullman and Spokane students | ||
| Required of Pullman students only | ||
| Required of Spokane students only |
| Postbaccalaureate Speech and Hearing Sciences Course Descriptions |
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SHS 371 |
Language Development (3) Normal development of the cognitive, linguistic, and pragmatic components of language; introduction to language disorders in children. |
SHS 372 |
Hearing and Hearing Disorders (3) Acoustic and psychophysiologic aspects of normal hearing; the nature and consequences of hearing disorders. |
SHS 373 |
Clinical Phonetics (2) Analysis and transcription of speech sounds as it relates to the remediating of unintelligible or disordered speech. |
SHS 375 |
Phonetics (3) Description and classification of American English speech sounds; practice using the International Phonetic Alphabet to transcribe normal and disordered speech sounds. |
SHS 376 |
Speech Sound Disorders (3) Clinical phonetics and transcription; evaluation and treatment of atriculatory disorders; delayed phonological acquisition; dysarthria; and dyspraxia. |
SHS 377 |
Anatomy and Physiology of Speech Production (3) Anatomical and physiological basis of speech production and the pathologies and aberrations that require the services of a communication disorders specialist. |
SHS 378 |
Speech & Hearing Sciences (3) Basis of acoustics, acoustic phonetics, psychoacoustics, and speech perception, and instrumentation for measurement of related phenomena. |
SHS 461 |
Clinical Apprenticeship in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (2 [1-3]) Pre-practicum preparation; observation of and assisting in therapy; state laws; clinical methods. |
SHS 472 |
Audiometry (3 [2-3]) Prereq 372. Principles and procedures in basic identification and assessment of hearing impairment; introduction to differential diagnosis of auditory pathologies. |
SHS 477 |
Aural Rehabilitation (3) Theories and methods in aural rehabilitation for persons who are hearing impaired; amplification; educational audiology; counseling techniques. |
SHS 478 |
Language Impairment (3) Prereq 371. Assessment and habilitation for the preschool and elementary-age child with language disorders. |
SHS 479 |
Neuroanatomy (3) Neuroanatomical and neurophysiological bases of speech production and audition; neuropathologies of speech, language, and audition. |
SHS 482 |
Assessment of Speech and Language (3) Prereq SHS 376 or c//, 475 or c//; 478. Principles, techniques, and materials involved in exploring the nature of speech and language disorders; planning programs of therapy. |
Students that have not completed a statistics course (200-level or above) will need to do so before beginning the graduate program.
Schedules
2-semester tentative schedule, WSU Pullman »
2-semester tentative schedule, WSU Spokane »
Initial ESA Certification Course Offered Online
SHS 471: Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology in the Public Schools, available online beginning fall 2010, satisfies the Washington State Office of the Superintendent for Public Instruction (OSPI) course requirement for initial ESA certification for speech-language pathologists and audiologists seeking to work in the public schools.
See WSU Online for enrollment information.