SHS Department Approved Courses

Undergraduate Courses Approved by the Department of Speech and Hearing Science

(may be taken towards General Education requirements or as electives).
NOTE: These courses are not required for the major but may satisfy specific General Education requirements (where noted) or elective hours required for the major or to count towards the 128 hours required for graduation. Students are not required to take General Education courses in the major and general electives are not restricted to the major. For course descriptions, see the course catalog.

Course list

• SHS 120—Children, Communication and Language Ability, Behavioral Sciences course—3 hours
  Offered Fall and Spring as full semester and second 8 week courses.
• SHS 171—Evolution of Human Communication—3 hours
  Behavioral Sciences course. Offered Spring only.
• SHS 121—American Sign Language (formerly SHS 199Q)—4 hours—Offered Fall only.
• SHS 221—American Sign Language 2 (Formerly SHS 199W)—4 hours—Offered Spring only
• SHS 321—American Sign Language 3 (Formerly SHS 199S)—4 hours—Offered Fall only.
• Note: sequence has been approved to meet the University’s foreign language requirement provided ASL 3 was taken as SHS 321.
• SHS 199—Undergraduate Open Seminar—1 to 5 hours (May be repeated)
  Offered Fall and Spring.
  
  Section IND (to be arranged)
  
  • LCD G—Hearing Health for the Individual and Society (2nd 8 week course)—3 hours
    Offered Fall and Spring.
  • LCD U11—Sign Language 2 (for Unit One students or with instructor permission)—1 hour
    Offered Fall and Spring.
  • LCD U12—Sign Language 1 (for Unit One students or with instructor permission)—1 hour
    Offered Fall and Spring.
  • LCD WE1—Sign Language 1 (for Weston Exploration students)—1 hour
    Offered Fall and Spring.
• SHS 222 Section DQP— Language and Culture of Deaf Communities (formerly SHS 199DQP)—3 hours
  US Minority Culture course and Social Sciences course (as of 8/06).
  Offered Fall and Spring.
• SHS 252—American Deaf Culture and Education (formerly EDPSY 399JS)—3 hours
  U.S. Minority Culture course. Same as EPSY 252, SP ED 252. See listing under EPSY 252.
• SHS 270—Communication Disability in the Media—4 hours
  Advanced Composition and Social Sciences course.
  Offered Fall and Spring.
• SHS 271—Communication and Aging—3 hours
  Social Sciences course. Offered Fall only.
• SHS 390—Individual Study—2 to 4 hours
  Offered Fall and Spring. Prerequisite: Ten hours of speech and hearing science and written approval by the faculty member who will sponsor and supervise the student’s work. IND (to be arranged)
• SHS 395—Honors Individual Study—2 hours
  Offered Fall and Spring.
  Prerequisite: Senior standing; a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or consent of the head of the department.
• SHS 410—Introduction to Stuttering—3 hours for undergraduates
  Offered Spring only through Spring 2007; fall only beginning Fall 2007
  Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
• SHS 411—Introduction to Voice Disorders—3 hours for undergraduates
  Fall only. Pre-requisite: Consent of instructor. SHS 300 and SHS 301 strongly recommended.
• SHS 470—Neural Bases in Speech Language—4 hours—Offered Fall only. For graduate students & seniors only (seniors beginning Fall 2007).
  Prerequisite: SHS 300 and 301 or equivalent or consent of instructor.
• SHS 473—Augmentative and Alternative Communication—3 hours (if taken for undergraduate credit)
  Offered Spring only. For seniors and graduate students in SHS only.