This seminar is designed to provide a forum for presentation and discussion of faculty and doctoral student research projects. Topics may also include: teaching and learning styles and grant writing. Must be repeated until candidacy is achieved.

Current methods and strategies used in research of communication processes.

Advanced review of the process of speech production, acoustic phonetics, coarticulation, and speech perception with emphasis on laboratory research methods.

Basic and advanced principles of the acoustics and physiology of speech production.

Advanced study of psychological and physiological acoustics.

Intensive study of the theoretical foundations underlying syntax, semantics, pragmatics, phonology, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, sociolinguistics, and applied pragmatics.

Advanced study of neurosciences as they relate to processes and pathologies of human communication, including functional neuroanatomy and clinical neurology. Interdisciplinary research paradigms will also be discussed.

Laboratory experiences in speech science.

Laboratory experiences in hearing science.

Laboratory experiences in language science.

Laboratory experiences in communication neuroscience.

Intensive review of current research in speech production. May include normal and disordered processes. Topics may include acoustic phonetics, physiological phonetics, prosody, production and perception, fluency and voice. May be repeated.

Intensive literature review of current knowledge and research in hearing and hearing disorders. Topics may include cochlear mechanics, complex signal processing, electrophysiological measures, development of hearing, hearing in the elderly, and hearing in other species. May be repeated.

Intensive literature review of current methods, problems, and strategies in language research. Topics may include normal language acquisition, language-learning disorders, clinical aphasiology, and neurolinguistics. May be repeated.

Independent study under the direction of a graduate faculty member. May be repeated. Requires special permission.

Research under the direction of a graduate faculty member. May be repeated. Requires special permission.

Supervised professional experiences in administration under the guidance of faculty mentors. May be repeated.

Supervised professional experiences in clinical teaching under the guidance of faculty mentors. May be repeated.

Supervised professional experiences in academic teaching under the guidance of faculty mentors. May be repeated.

Independent research under the direction of a graduate faculty member. May be repeated. Requires special permission.