2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin - NMU Bulletin

SL 456 Language and Learning Disabilities in Children 4 cr.

• Offered: Winter
• Prerequisites: SL 150, SL 355 and SL 356, senior standing or instructor permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

A review of the literature regarding language and learning disabilities in children. Biological and linguistic aspects of these disturbances are stressed.

SL 400 Speech Sound Disorders 4 cr.

• Offered: Winter
• Prerequisites: SL 160, SL 200 and junior standing or instructor permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

The nature, assessment and treatment of articulation and phonological disorders will be discussed. In addition, remediation for articulation errors in apraxia, cleft palate, and deafness will be a focus of this course.  

SL 257 Fluency Disorders 4 cr.

• Offered: Winter
• Prerequisites: SL 150 or instructor permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Study of normal dysfluency, stuttering and cluttering. The development, measurement and treatment of stuttering are emphasized.

SL 356 Language Disorders 4 cr.

• Offered: Winter
• Prerequisites: SL 355 or instructor permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

The theoretical language disorders in children with a focus on the practical aspects of assessment and treatment.

SL 355 Language Development 4 cr.

• Offered: Fall
• Prerequisites: SL 150 and SL 200 or instructor permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Theories and conceptual models of language development in the young child. The roles of syntax, semantics and phonology are discussed in relationship to linguistic and developmental theories.

SL 351 Introduction to Audiology 4 cr.

• Offered: Fall
• Prerequisites: SL 150, SL 160 or instructor permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

The basic physics of sound, anatomy and physiology of the ear, pure tone testing and pathologies of the hearing mechanism.

SL 320 Speech and Voice Science 4 cr.

• Offered: Winter
• Prerequisites: SL 150, SL 160 and SL 200.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Study of the anatomy, physiology and acoustics in the production of perception of speech. Discussion of the normal parameters of voice. Introduction to the nature of voice disorders.

SL 200 Phonetics 4 cr.

• Offered: Fall
• Prerequisites: SL 150 and SL 160 or instructor permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Study of the acoustic and physiological bases for phonetic transcription of normal and disordered speech. Instruction in phonology and articulation of sounds of general American dialect, their disorders, assessment and treatment.

SL 160 Anatomy of the Speech and Hearing Mechanism 4 cr.

• Offered: Fall
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Study of the anatomical structures and the physiological function of the head, neck and thorax and their relationship to speech and voice production.

SL 150 Introduction to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences 4 cr.

• Offered: Fall Winter
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Introduction to modern linguistic theory and the biological, cognitive, and cultural bases of human communication. Emphasis is placed on the role of language in society including language variation and the social valuation of dialects. Students will be introduced to disorders of communication and the professions that evaluate and treat these disorders.