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2021-2022 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses

 

Spanish

General Education Category A must be completed prior to taking any upper-division course except upper-division language courses where students meet formal prerequisites and/or competency equivalent for advanced study.
  

  • SPAN 429 - Studies in 19th and 20th Century Spanish Poetry

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 330 .
    Examines salient poets from last two centuries, including Rosalía de Castro, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Antonio Machado, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Vicente Aleixandre, Federico García Lorca, Gloria Fuertes, Jaime Gil de Biedma, and other more contemporary figures. Undergraduates register in SPAN 429; graduates register in SPAN 529  

    Letter grade only (A-F) (Seminar 3 hours) Double Numbered with: SPAN 529  
  

  • SPAN 430 - Spanish Civilization

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 300 .
    Characteristic features of Spanish culture with special attention to the various institutions, economic, social and cultural configurations, and the ways of thinking.

    Both grading options.
  

  • SPAN 438 - Studies in Golden Age Literature

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 330 .
    Survey of 16th and 17th century masterpieces from Spain such as La Celestina, Lazarillo de Tormes, Los desengaños amorosos and their intersections with notions of hegemony, sexuality, gender, race, and class.

    Both grading options. Double Numbered with: SPAN 538  
  

  • SPAN 439 - Modern Spanish Narrative

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 330  or consent of instructor.
    Representative 19th and 20th century novelists. Undergraduates register in SPAN 439, graduates register in SPAN 539 . (Seminar)

    Both grading options. Double Numbered with: SPAN 539  
  

  • SPAN 440 - Civilized Barbarisms: Nature, War and Race in Latin American Fiction

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 341  
    Study of Latin American fiction dealing with military conflicts, economic and ecological struggles, and ethnic strife from the late nineteenth century to the present.

    Both grading options. Double Numbered with: SPAN 540  
  

  • SPAN 441 - Studies in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Spanish American Narrative

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 341  or consent of instructor.
    Critical analysis of 19th and 20th century Spanish American prose fiction. Undergraduates register in SPAN 441, graduate register in SPAN 541 . Undergraduates register in SPAN 441, graduates register in SPAN 541 .

    Both grading options. (Seminar 3 hours). Double Numbered with: SPAN 541  
  

  • SPAN 442 - Nation Building and Women’s Writing in Nineteenth-Century Spanish America

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 341 .
    Explores field of Spanish American women writers during nineteenth century and concept of nation building. Several genres are studied: epistolary narrative, short-story, travel narratives, essay, autobiography, and the novel.

    Both grading options. Double Numbered with: SPAN 542  
  

  • SPAN 444 - Nineteenth-Century Spanish America and the National Family Romance

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 341 .
    Advanced course studies Spanish American canonical writers during the nineteenth century in relation to the concept of “family romance.” These fictions constitute the foundational master narratives that were the guiding fictions for the new independent nations.

    Both grading options. Double Numbered with: SPAN 544  
  

  • SPAN 445 - Latin American Civilization

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 300  
    Analysis of main currents in Latin American civilization.

    Both grading options.
  

  • SPAN 446 - Studies in Spanish Culture

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 330  
    Deals with some aspect of Spanish culture in an interdisciplinary fashion during a given period. Topics could include social, political, theoretical, and/or historical perspectives on the arts. Undergraduates register in SPAN 446; graduates register in SPAN 546 .

    Letter grade only (A-F). (Seminar 3 hours) May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units. Double Numbered with: SPAN 546  
  

  • SPAN 447 - The Invention of Spain: Visions in Conflict

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 330 .
    A social, historical and literary study of Spain from 1808 through the beginning of the Spanish Civil War in 1936. Many groups struggle to impose their vision of Spain as it emerges from the War of Independence in 1808, transitioning from the Antiguo Régimen to nationhood.

    Both grading options. Double Numbered with: SPAN 547  
  

  • SPAN 448 - Romanticism and Realism

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 330 .
    A systematic tracing of the derivation of Spanish Romanticism in narrative forms, in its European and Peninsular trajectories and its transformation into realism toward mid nineteenth century.

    Both grading options. Double Numbered with: SPAN 548  
  

  • SPAN 449 - Dictatorship to Democracy: Film and Literature in Spain (1930-today)

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 330 .
    Advanced course explores Spanish culture through film and literature of the pre-Civil War period, the Franco period, and the transition to democracy, the advanced democracy of Spain today.

    Both grading options. Double Numbered with: SPAN 549  
  

  • SPAN 450 - Studies in Colonial Spanish American Literature

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 341 .
    Focuses on canonical works from Spanish-American Colonial period (1500-1800). Covers large selection of literary texts of colonial period, including chronicles, relaciones, letters, diaries, poetry, autobiography, and travel literature.

    Both grading options. Double Numbered with: SPAN 550  
  

  • SPAN 455 - Hispanic Cinema of the Americas

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 300 .
    Focuses on development of New Hispanic Cinema produced in the United States and Latin America. Explores major themes and trends of New Hispanic Cinema: “Nueva Ola” in Argentina, “Cinema Novo: the Cuban revolutionary cinema, and “Magic Realism” of the Southwest.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SPAN 460 - Studies Spanish American Culture

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 341 .
    In-depth study of some essays which have dealt with problem of what Spanish American nations are, and what they should be during the republican era. Includes authors from both nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

    Both grading options. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units with different topics in different semesters.
  

  • SPAN 461 - Introduction to Translation and Interpretation

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 300  with a “B” or better or instructor’s consent.
    Designed to introduce student to basic techniques essential to terminology acquisition, concentration, written and sight translation and consecutive and simultaneous interpretation.

    Both grading options.
  

  • SPAN 462 - Written and Sight Translation I: English/Spanish

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 461  or instructor’s consent.
    Designed to train students in sight and written legal, financial, medical and technical translation, and to introduce the student to the basic techniques that are essential to terminology acquisition. (English into Spanish).

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SPAN 463 - Written and Sight Translation II: Spanish/English

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 461  or consent of instructor.
    Designed to train students in sight and written legal, financial, medical and technical translation, and to introduce the student to the basic techniques that are essential to terminology acquisition. (Spanish into English).

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SPAN 464 - Consecutive Interpretation I

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 461  or consent of instructor.
    Designed to train students in forensic consecutive interpretation.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SPAN 465 - Consecutive Interpretation II

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 461  or consent or instructor.
    Designed to train students in Medical, Civil Legal, Business, Technical and State Agencies consecutive interpretation, and basic techniques that are essential to terminology acquisition and to techniques relating to interpreting in the consecutive mode sentences of up to forty words in length.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SPAN 466 - Simultaneous Interpretation English/Spanish

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 461  or consent of instructor.
    Designed to introduce the student to the techniques that are essential to the five simultaneous operations that form an integral part of simultaneous interpretation.(English into Spanish).

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SPAN 467 - Simultaneous Interpretation Spanish/English

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 461  or instructor’s consent.
    Designed to introduce the student to the techniques that are essential to the five simultaneous operations that form an integral part of simultaneous interpretation. Spanish into English.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SPAN 490 - Selected Topics in Spanish

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 310  or consent of Instructor
    Study of a particular aspect of Spanish literature, language or culture.

    Letter grade only (A-F). May be repeated to a maximum of 9 units with different topics. Topics announced in Schedule of Classes.
  

  • SPAN 491 - Nobel Poets and Others

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 330  or SPAN 341 .
    Critical analysis of representative works of Nobel Poets (Aleixandre, Jiménez. Mistral, Neruda and Paz) and other significant poets (Albertik, Bécquer, Darío, García Lorca, Garcilaso, Góngora, Guillén, Vallejo, etc.) Undergraduate register in SPAN 491, graduates register in SPAN 591 .

    Both grading options. (Seminar 3 hours) Double Numbered with: SPAN 591  
  

  • SPAN 492 - Studies in Hispanic Theater

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 341  or consent of Instructor.
    Representative Spanish and Spanish American plays. Undergraduates register in SPAN 492; graduates register in SPAN 592 .

    Both grading options. Double Numbered with: SPAN 592  
  

  • SPAN 493 - Women and War

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 310 .
    Examines the relationship between women and war in a literary context. Undergraduates register in 493; graduates register for SPAN 593 .

    Letter grade only (A-F). (3 hours lecture) Double Numbered with: SPAN 593  
  

  • SPAN 494 - Internship in Spanish

    (1-3 units)

    Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and department chair.
    Field work in Spanish, supplemented by readings and tutorials under the direction of a faculty member. Internships, small group discussion/teaching, and other assignments directed by a supervising faculty member.

    Both grading options. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units. No more than 3 units may be applied to the major in Spanish.
  

  • SPAN 499 - Independent Study

    (1-3 units)

    Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and department chair.
    Individual projects or directed readings with a professor of the student’s choice.

    Both grading options. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units. (Requires tutorial meetings and demonstrations of progress as defined in a written proposal.)
  

  • SPAN 500 - Don Quijote and the Critics

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 310 .
    Designed to guide students through a close reading of Cervantes’s Don Quijote, with a special emphasis on various theoretical approaches to the text. The class will provide a basic introduction to literary criticism.

    Both grading options. Double Numbered with: SPAN 400 
  

  • SPAN 510 - AP Spanish Literature & Culture: Theory Into Practice

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate level coursework or consent of instructor
    The “AP Spanish Literature and Culture: Theory into Practice” course covers the theoretical and practical aspects of teaching the literatures and cultures of Spain, Latin America, and Hispanic United States.  Students analyze and learn how to teach literary texts within historical, sociocultural, and geopolitical contexts. 


     

    Letter Grade Only (A-F) Not repeatable for credit Double Numbered with: 410

  

  • SPAN 525 - Teaching Spanish as a Heritage Language in the United States

    (3 Units)

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate Standing.
    Prepares language teachers to work with heritage language speakers (students who speak a language other than English at home), with particular emphasis on Spanish speakers. Topics include: heritage grammars, the linguistic and social characteristics that shape heritage languages in the United States, and pedagogical methods and approaches for teaching heritage languages.

    Letter Grade Only (A-F). Not repeatable for credit Double Numbered with: 425
  

  • SPAN 526 - Spanish Morphology and Syntax

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
    Morphemic and syntagmatics analysis of Spanish; introduction to transformational grammar.

    Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 3 hours) Double Numbered with: SPAN 426 
  

  • SPAN 527 - Contrastive Analysis of Spanish and English

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
    Study of known points of similarity and differences between the two languages.

    Letter grade only (A-F). Double Numbered with: SPAN 427 
  

  • SPAN 529 - Studies in 19th and 20th Century Spanish Poetry

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 330  
    Examines salient poets from last two centuries, including Rosalía de Castro, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Antonio Machado, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Vicente Aleixandre, Federico García Lorca, Gloria Fuertes, Jaime Gil de Biedma, and other more contemporary figures. Undergraduates register in SPAN 429 ; graduates register in SPAN 529.

    Letter grade only (A-F). (Seminar 3 hours) Double Numbered with: SPAN 429 
  

  • SPAN 538 - Studies in Golden Age Literature

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 330 .
    Survey of 16th and 17th century masterpieces from Spain such as La Celestina, Lazarillo de Tormes, Los desengaños amorosos and their intersections with notions of hegemony, sexuality, gender, race, and class.

    Both grading options. Double Numbered with: SPAN 438 
  

  • SPAN 539 - Modern Spanish Narrative

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 330  or consent of instructor.
    Representative 19th and 20th century novelists.

    Letter grade only (A-F). (Seminar) Undergraduates register in SPAN 439 , graduates register in SPAN 539. Double Numbered with: SPAN 439 
  

  • SPAN 540 - Civilized Barbarisms: Nature, War and Race in Latin American Fiction

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 341 .
    Study of Latin American fiction dealing with military conflicts, economic and ecological struggles, and ethnic strife from the late nineteenth century to the present.

    Both grading options. Double Numbered with: SPAN 440 
  

  • SPAN 541 - Studies in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Spanish American Narrative

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 341  or consent of instructor.
    Critical analysis of 19th and 20th century Spanish American prose fiction. Undergraduates register in SPAN 441 , graduates register in SPAN 541

    Letter grade only (A-F). (Seminar 3 hours). Double Numbered with: SPAN 441 
  

  • SPAN 542 - Nation Building and Women’s Writing in Nineteenth-Century Spanish America

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 310  and SPAN 341  or instructor’s consent.
    Explores field of Spanish American women writers during nineteenth century and concept of nation building. Several genres are studied: epistolary narrative, short-story, travel narratives, essay, autobiography, and the novel.

    Both grading options. Double Numbered with: SPAN 442 
  

  • SPAN 544 - Nineteenth-Century Spanish America and The National Family Romance

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 310  and SPAN 341  or consent of instructor.
    Advanced course studies Spanish American canonical writers during the nineteenth century in relation to the concept of “family romance.” These fictions constitute the foundational master narratives that were the guiding fictions for the new independent nations.

    Both grading options. Double Numbered with: SPAN 444 
  

  • SPAN 546 - Studies in Spanish Culture

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 330  
    Deals with some aspect of Spanish culture in an interdisciplinary fashion during a given period. Topics could include social, political, theoretical, and/or historical perspectives on the arts. Undergraduates register in SPAN 446 ; graduates register in SPAN 546.

    Letter grade only (A-F). (Seminar 3 hours) May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units. Double Numbered with: SPAN 446 
  

  • SPAN 547 - The Invention of Spain: Visions in Conflict

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 300 , SPAN 310 , SPAN 330 .
    Social, historical and literary study of Spain from 1808 through the beginning of the Spanish Civil War in 1936. Many groups struggle to impose their vision of Spain as it emerges from the War of Independence in 1808, transitioning from the Antiguo Régimen to nationhood.

    Both grading options. Double Numbered with: SPAN 447 
  

  • SPAN 548 - Romanticism and Realism

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 300 , SPAN 310  and SPAN 330 .
    A systematic tracing of the derivation of Spanish Romanticism in narrative forms, in its European and Peninsular trajectories and its transformation into realism toward mid nineteenth century.

    Both grading options. Double Numbered with: SPAN 448 
  

  • SPAN 549 - Dictatorship to Democracy: Film and Literature in Spain (1930-today)

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 310  and SPAN 330  or consent of instructor.
    Advanced course explores Spanish culture through film and literature of the pre-Civil War period, the Franco period, the transition to democracy, and the advanced democracy of Spain today.

    Letter grade only (A-F). Double Numbered with: SPAN 449 
  

  • SPAN 550 - Studies in Colonial Spanish American Literature

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 310  and SPAN 341 .
    Focuses on canonical works from Spanish-American Colonial period (1500-1800). Covers a large selection of literary texts of colonial period, including chronicles, relaciones, letters, diaries, poetry, autobiography, and travel literature.

    Both grading options. Double Numbered with: SPAN 450 
  

  • SPAN 560 - Studies in Spanish American Culture

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 341 .
    In-depth study of some of the essays which have dealt with the problem of what the Spanish American nations are, and what they should be during the republican era. Includes authors from both nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

    Both grading options. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units.
  

  • SPAN 590 - Selected Topics in Spanish

    (3 units)

    Study of a particular aspect of Spanish literature, language or culture.

    Letter grade only (A-F). May be repeated to a maximum of 9 units with different topics. Topics announced in Schedule of Classes.
  

  • SPAN 591 - Nobel Poets and Others

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 330 , SPAN 341 , or consent of instructor.
    Critical analysis of representative works of Nobel Poets (Aleixandre, Jimenez. Mistral, Neruda and Paz) and other significant poets (Albertik, Becquer, Dario, Garcia Lorca, Garcilaso, Gongora, Guillen, Vallejo, etc.) Undergraduates register in SPAN 491 , graduates register in SPAN 591.

    Letter grade only (A-F) Double Numbered with: SPAN 491 
  

  • SPAN 592 - Studies in Hispanic Theater

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 330  or SPAN 341 , or consent of instructor.
    Representative Spanish and Spanish American plays.

    Letter grade only (A-F). Undergraduates register in SPAN 492 ; graduates register in SPAN 592. Double Numbered with: SPAN 492 
  

  • SPAN 593 - Women and War

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 310 .
    Examines the relationship between women and war in a literary context. Undergraduates register in SPAN 493 ; graduates register for SPAN 593.

    Letter grade only (A-F). (3 hours lecture) Double Numbered with: SPAN 493 
  

  • SPAN 599 - Directed Studies

    (1-3 units)

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing, advanced to candidacy, consent of the instructor and chair or graduate advisor.
    Selected topics on Hispanic Studies to be pursued in-depth.

    Letter grade only (A-F). May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units with different topics with consent of graduate advisor and department chair.
  

  • SPAN 640 - Selected Topics - Seminar in Spanish American Literature

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 341  or consent of instructor.
    Study of particular period, genre or author.

    Letter grade only (A-F). (Seminar 3 hours) May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units with different topics in different semesters. Topics announced in Schedule of Classes.
  

  • SPAN 650 - Research Methods and Critical Theory

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 310 .
    An introduction to Master’s level research methods, including information technology, library literacy, research paper preparation, conference presentations, and professionalization issues related to M.A.-level work. The idiom of critical theory will be introduced in an application-based setting.

    Letter grade only (A-F). (Seminar 3 hours).
  

  • SPAN 691 - Seminar in Spanish Literature - The Spanish Civil War and Its Artistic Repercussions

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 330 , SPAN 341  or consent of instructor.
    Examines fiction dealing with war themes written during and after the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). It includes authors such as Arturo Barea, Constancia de la Mora, Cesar Vallejo, Pablo Neruda, Dolores Ibárruri, Ernest Hemingway, Juan Goytisolo, George Orwell, and Ana María Matute.

    Letter grade only (A-F). (Seminar 3 hours) May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units.

Speech-Language Pathology
  

  • SLP 60 - Selected Topics in Communicative Disorders

    (1 unit)

    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Speech, language and hearing therapy to students enrolled in the University.
    Both grading options. May be repeated to a maximum of 2 units. Topics announced in the Schedule of Classes.
  

  • SLP 261 - Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanism

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: Speech Language Pathology majors and Pre-Speech Languange Pathology majors only.
    Anatomical, physiological and neurological components of the speech and hearing mechanism. Designed for students planning to enter the clinical program in communicative disorders.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SLP 271 - Phonetics

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: Speech Language Pathology majors and Pre-Speech Language Pathology majors only.
    Phonetic basis of speech sounds and the various factors which influence pronunciation. Consideration is given to linguistic variations, regional dialects and standards.

    Letter grade only (A-F). (Discussion 2 hours, Laboratory 3 hours.)
  

  • SLP 329 - Language Acquisition: From Birth Through Adolescence

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: A grade of “‘C” or better in SLP 261  and SLP 271  and Speech Language Pathology majors only. Exclude freshmen.
    Introduction to language learning and its impact upon communication, socialization and literacy. Study of the form, content and use of language across time with an emphasis upon first language learning. Cognitive, cultural and emotional factors are considered.

    Letter grade only (A-F). Not open for credit to students with credit in LING 329 .
  

  • SLP 330 - Speech and Hearing Science

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: A grade of “‘C” or better in SLP 261  and SLP 271  and Speech-Language Pathology majors only. Exclude freshmen.
    Examination of the anatomical, physiological, psychological and acoustic aspects of speech. Through readings, discussions, videos, and interactive software the student is expected to become more aware and analytical of the instrumentation and scientific basis of production and perception of speech.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SLP 373 - Introduction to Audiology

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: A grade of “‘C” or better in SLP 261  and SLP 271  and Speech Language Pathology majors only. Exclude freshmen.
    Introduction to audiology; acoustics, anatomy and physiology of the ear, pure-tone audiometry/masking, speech audiometry/ masking, principles of taking a case history, and report writing.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SLP 440 - Aural Rehabilitation

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in SLP 329 , SLP 330 , SLP 373 , and SLP 477  and Speech Language Pathology majors only. Freshmen excluded.
    Nature of hearing impairment and impact on communicative function. Procedures for assessment and management of hearing loss, including amplification, counseling, and self-report scales. Focus is primarily adult clients but will include some information regarding children.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SLP 456 - Introduction to Speech Sound Disorders

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in SLP 440 , SLP 464 , SLP 476 , and SLP 481A  and Speech Language Pathology majors only. Exclude Freshmen.
    The purpose of the course is to apply knowledge of phonology/phonetics to heterogeneous speech sound disorders (SSD). The course covers etiologies of SSD, phonological processes, standardized and non-standardized assessments, differential diagnosis, dialectical variations, principles in target selection and intervention.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SLP 460 - Multicultural and Multilingual Issues in Speech- Language Pathology

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: A grade of “C” or better in SLP 456 , SLP 466 , SLP 472 , and SLP 483  and Speech Language Pathology majors only. Freshmen excluded.
    Provides understanding of non-discriminatory assessment process for linguistically and culturally diverse clients referred for speech-language assessment. Includes information relative to cultural differences, use of interpreters/translators, biases of assessment, and differential diagnoses, such as language disorder versus language difference.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SLP 462 - Speech-Language Pathology Assistant (SLPA) Practicum

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: At least 33 units in SLP completed with “B” or better. Speech-Language Pathology majors only. Exclude freshmen.
    For students interested in receiving a license to work as a SLPA. Weekly lecturers covering the laws, practices and ethics governing SLPAs and 70 hours of supervised undergraduate clinical practicum.

    Credit/ no credit grading only. Course fee may be required.
  

  • SLP 464 - Cultural Competence in Behavior Management and Counseling in Speech-Language Pathology

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: A grade of  “C” or better in SLP 329 , SLP 330 , SLP 373 , and SLP 477  and Speech-Language Pathology majors only. Freshmen excluded.
    This course provides entry-level knowledge in both counseling skills and behavior management using a cultural competence framework necessary for future speech-language pathologists. Both counseling and behavior management sections aim to help students develop their cultural competence through discussion on 1) cultural diversity, 2) the influence of cultural values, traditions, communication, and learning styles on the delivery of speech and language services, and 3) considerations when working with interpreters/translators.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SLP 466 - Introduction to Motor Speech Disorders and Fluency Disorders

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: A grade of  “C” or better in SLP 440 , SLP 464 , SLP 476 , and SLP 481A . Speech-Language Pathology majors only. Freshmen excluded. 
    Covers theoretical bases of normal and disordered speech production; the anatomical and physiological bases of motor speech disorders and fluency disorders. Differential diagnosis will also be stressed in discussion of etiology and characteristics of motor speech disorders and fluency disorders. 

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SLP 472 - Introduction to Augmentative and Alternative Communication

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in SLP 440 , SLP 464 , SLP 476 , and SLP 481A . Speech-Language Pathology majors only. Freshman excluded.
    An understanding of relevant topics in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), assistive technology (AT); assessment and management of patients with severe communication impairments. Topics will include a variety of disabilities in both pediatric and adult patients, across varying communication environments. 

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SLP 476 - Introduction to Voice Disorders/Oro‑facial Mechanism

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in SLP 329 , SLP 330 , SLP 373 , and SLP 477  and Speech Language Pathology majors only. Freshmen excluded.
    Processes of phonation and resonance and their application to etiology, diagnosis and therapy of functional and organic voice disorders, such as those arising from laryngeal pathology, vocal abuse, neurological impairment, auditory impairment and oro-facial abnormalities.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SLP 477 - Introduction to Swallowing Disorders

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: A grade of “C” or better in SLP 261  and SLP 271  and Speech-Language Pathology majors only. Exclude freshmen.
    Anatomy, physiology, and neuroanatomy of normal swallowing. Neurological and oncologic disorders which affect the swallow process. Evaluation of the patient with dysphagia will include clinical and instrumental analysis. Treatment plans based on history and evaluative results will be designed and examined.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SLP 481A - Introduction to Language Disorders in Children

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in SLP 329 , SLP 330 , SLP 373 , and SLP 477  and Speech-Language Pathology majors only. Exclude freshmen.
    An analysis of the components of language and how each is involved with language disorders in children. Provide for the understanding and recognition of variables for the assessment and clinical management of child language disorders.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SLP 481B - Introduction to Acquired Neurogenic Communication Disorders in Adults

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in SLP 456 , SLP 466 , SLP 472 , and SLP 483 . Speech Language Pathology majors only. Exclude freshmen.
    Neurophysiological and neurolinguistic basis for acquired language and communication disorders associated with various neurological pathologies in adults. Provides for the recognition and understanding of variables for the assessment and clinical management of acquired neurogenic communication disorders.  

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SLP 483 - Introduction to Clinical Management

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in SLP 440 , SLP 464 , SLP 476 , and SLP 481A . Speech-Language Pathology majors only. Freshmen excluded.
    Discuss different types of assessment commonly used in speech-language pathology, psychometric properties of a test, different types of assessment and procedures, modifications/accommodations, and general assessment principles across various speech and language disorders.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SLP 485 - Introduction to Autism Spectrum Disorders for Speech-Language Pathologists

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in SLP 456 , SLP 466 , SLP 472 , and SLP 483  and Speech-Language Pathology majors only. Freshmen excluded.  
    Foundational areas prerequisite to understanding ASD including historical perspectives, diagnostic systems, theorized etiologies, and behavioral characteristics are differentiated. Components of early identification, social pragmatics of language acquisition, social-communication across age levels, and evidence-based assessment and interventions are examined.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SLP 489 - Clinical Observations and Professional Writing for Prospective Speech-Language Pathologists

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in SLP 456 , SLP 466 , SLP 472 , and SLP 483 . Speech-Language Pathology majors only. Freshman excluded.
    The course provides entry-level professional writing for prospective speech-language pathologists and speech-language pathologist assistants. Students develop preliminary skills on data collection, documentation, and therapy planning. Students will also complete 25 hours of clinical observations.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SLP 491 - Proctoring in Communicative Disorders

    (2‑3 units)

    Prerequisite: Department consent. Freshmen are prohibited from enrolling in upper division courses.
    Students shall engage in peer teaching and examination scoring in undergraduate courses under the specific direction of the course instructor. Open only to students who have achieved the grade of “A” in the course in which they are serving as proctor.

    Both grading options. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units.
  

  • SLP 499 - Directed Studies in Communicative Disorders

    (1‑3 units)

    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
    Independent study under supervision of a faculty member.

    Both grading options. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units. Not acceptable for graduate credit toward the master’s degree.
  

  • SLP 575 - Educational Topics in Speech-Language Pathology

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SLP 696 , SLP 662 , SLP 663 , and SLP 667 .
    Review ethics, evidence-based practice, legislation, Common Core State Standards, and the role of SLPs in public school settings, including service delivery, school reform, accountability, and eligibility criteria.  Contemporary educational issues related to holistic approaches to promote advocacy, tele-practice, and inter-professional practice for students with complex cognitive, communication, and social-emotional needs will also be discussed.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SLP 590 - Selected Topics in Communicative Disorders

    (1-3 units)

    Topics from the most recent developments and issues in speech-language pathology and audiology.

    Both grading options. May be repeated to maximum of 6 units with different topics. Topics announced in the Schedule of Classes.
  

  • SLP 661 - Seminar in Cognitive-Communication Disorders after Acquired Brain Injury

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SLP 696 , SLP 663 , SLP 665 , and SLP 667 . Open to graduate students in Speech-Language Pathology only.
    This course is designed to provide the knowledge base for acquired brain injury and other related neurological disorders associated with acquired neurogenic cognitive-communication disorders. This course also covers the neuropathological variables and assessment and rehabilitation management of cognitive-communication disorders.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SLP 662 - Seminar in Language and Literacy Disorders in School-Age Children and Adolescents

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SLP 696 , SLP 663 , and SLP 667  
    Discuss oral and written language continuum, literacy development and disorders and language-based learning disabilities in school-age children and adolescents. Comprehensive assessment and intervention approaches to enhance literacy development will also be covered.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SLP 663 - Seminar in Preschool Language Disorders and Speech Sound Disorders

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: Admission to Speech-Language Pathology graduate program.
    Components of communication, language, speech and emergent literacy are discussed in preschool children with various types and severities of disorders. Clinical decision-making processes and evidence-based speech and language interventions are covered.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SLP 665 - Seminar in Aphasia and Related Neurogenic Language Disorders

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: Admission to Speech-Language Pathology graduate program.
    Provides the knowledge base for the screening, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of aphasia and related neurogenic language disorders. This course covers the etiology and neuropathological variables associated with neurogenic language disorders and methods of assessment and rehabilitation management of aphasia and related neurogenic communication disorders.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SLP 666 - Seminar in Motor Speech Disorders

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites:  SLP 696 , SLP 663 , SLP 665 , and SLP 667  
    Discuss etiology, associated speech characteristics, assessment, and treatment management of motor speech disorders, including apraxia of speech and dysarthria. Emphasis on differential diagnosis, clinical decision-making process and application of evidence-based treatment intervention.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SLP 667 - Seminar in Autism Spectrum Disorders

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: Admission to Speech-Language Pathology graduate program.
    Historical perspectives, assessment procedures, intervention approaches, and parent training programs for management of clients diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SLP 668 - Seminar in Dysphagia

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite(s): SLP 477 , SLP 696 , SLP 661 , SLP 665 , and SLP 666  
    This course is designed to enhance the knowledge of swallowing disorders in all age groups that result from a variety of medical conditions. Students will learn the techniques for assessing swallowing function and rehabilitation treatment approaches for dysphagia.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SLP 669A - Multicultural Clinical Practice: Child-Adolescent Speech and Language Clinic

    (2 units)

    Prerequisites: SLP 696 , SLP 663 , and SLP 667  
    On-campus clinical practice. Students work with individuals with children and adolescents (age 0-21 years) with speech and language delay or disorders. Students conduct assessments, implement treatment, and employ best practices for clients from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. 

    Letter grade only (A-F). Course fee may be required.
  

  • SLP 669H - Clinical Practice‑Special Programs

    (2 units)

    Prerequisites: At least one of the SLP 669A  through J courses.
    Specialized practice placement to obtain experience with speech, language, and hearing disorders.

    Letter grade only (A-F). Course fee may be required. May be repeated to a maximum of 4 units.
  

  • SLP 669J - Multicultural Clinical Practice: Adult Acquired Neurogenic Speech and Language Clinic

    (2 units)

    Prerequisites: SLP 696 , SLP 665  
    On-campus clinical practice. Students work with individuals with acquired speech-language and/or cognitive-communication disorders resulting from various neurological disorders. Students conduct assessments, implement treatment, and employ best practices for clients from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

    Letter grade only (A-F). Course fee may be required.
  

  • SLP 670 - Clinical Internship in Speech-Language Pathology

    (5 units)

    Prerequisites: Completion of SLP 669A, SLP 669J, and all graduate seminars except SLP 575  
    Advanced off-campus clinical practicum. Students work with individuals with various types and severities of communication and swallowing disorders from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in either a hospital, rehabilitation center, skilled nursing facility, or private practice.

    Letter grade only (A-F). Course fee may be required
  

  • SLP 672 - Seminar in Augmentative and Alternative Communication

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SLP 661 , SLP 662 , SLP 663 , SLP 665 , SLP 666 , SLP 667 , and SLP 696  
    This course covers topics in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and assistive technology for individuals with complex communication needs across the age span and disability category. Evidence-based assessment and treatment intervention in AAC will be discussed.

    Letter grade only (A-F)
  

  • SLP 676 - Seminar in Voice, Resonance and Fluency Disorders

    (3 Units)

    Prerequisites: SLP 661 , SLP 662 , SLP 663 , SLP 665 , SLP 666 , SLP 667 , and SLP 696  
    Discuss etiologies, clinical characteristics, assessment approaches, and treatment interventions of voice, resonance, and fluency disorders. Emphasis on conducting formal and informal assessment, differential diagnosis, clinical decision-making process, and application of evidence-based treatment.

    Letter grade only (A-F)
  

  • SLP 678 - Clinical Methods in Speech-Language Pathology

    (1 Unit)

    Prerequisites: SLP 696 , SLP 663 , SLP 665 , SLP 667  
    The course covers procedures for working in various practicum settings including HIPAA regulations, professionalism, code of ethics, cultural issues, documentation, service delivery, and interprofessional collaboration. 

    Credit/No Credit grading only May be repeated to a maximum of 2 units with different topics in different semesters.
  

  • SLP 686A - Public School Practicum in Speech-Language Pathology

    (5 units)

    Prerequisites: Pass the CBEST and complete SLP 669A, SLP 669J, and all graduate seminars except SLP 575  
    Advanced off-campus clinical practicum. Students work with children and adolescents from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds with various types and severities of speech and language disorders in public schools. Required for Speech-Language Pathology Services Credential (SLPSC).

    Letter grade only (A-F). Course fee may be required. (120 direct contact hours of supervised clinical field work and a two-hour monthly seminar on campus are required)
  

  • SLP 695 - Directed Readings

    (1‑3 units)

    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Open to graduate students in Speech-Language Pathology only.
    Readings in communication sciences/disorders. Required of all candidates for the master’s degree not electing the thesis option. Under special circumstances, may be repeated to a maximum of 6 units.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SLP 696 - Research Methods: Applied and Basic

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: PSY 110  or equivalent or consent of instructor. Professional issues related to research and clinical settings. Application of scientific method, experimental design (group and single subject) and related statistical methods (parametric and nonparametric). Evaluate literature in the field.
    Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 3 hours.)
  

  • SLP 697 - Directed Research

    (1‑3 units)

    Prerequisite: SLP 696  and instructor consent. Open to graduate students in Speech-Language Pathology only.
    Independent research under supervision of a faculty member.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SLP 698 - Thesis

    (1‑4 units)

    Prerequisites: Advancement to candidacy for master’s degree. Department consent. Open to graduate students in Speech-Language Pathology only.
    Preparation, completion and submission of an acceptable thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the master’s degree.

    Both grading options.

Statistics
  

  • STAT 90 - Foundations for Statistics

    (1 unit)

    Corequisite: STAT 108  or PSY 110  or HDEV 190  or SOC 170 .
    Topics and skills that support student success in the introductory statistics which may include beginning algebra, ratios, probability, graphical and tabular displays of data, elementary data analysis, measures of central tendency and variability, and linear models.

    Supplemental: This course is designed as a co-requisite course and should only be taken with introductory statistics. Students required to enroll in this co-requisite course must remain enrolled in both courses for the semester. Students will not be permitted to withdraw from one of the courses (either STAT 90 or one of the corequisite courses listed above) and not the other.

    Credit/ No-Credit option (Activity 2 hours). May be repeated to a maximum of 2 units in different semesters.

  

  • STAT 108 - Statistics for Everyday Life

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Appropriate CSU Multiple Measures Placement or concurrent enrollment in STAT 90 .

    Exploratory data analysis, methods of visualizing data, descriptive statistics, misuse and manipulation of data in statistical analysis, probability, binomial and normal distributions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression, contingency tables.

    Both grading options. (Lecture 2 hours, activity 2 hours.) Not open for credit to students with credit in MATH 108, MATH 180, MATH 380; or MTED 105, MTED 205, MTED 305.
 

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