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2018-2019 Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

Course Numbering

The College of Wooster uses a five-digit course numbering system. The first three digits indicate the primary course number. The next two digits are the secondary course number and indicate whether there is a special focus for the course. For example:

The first letters are the department or program abbreviation. The next three digits are the primary course number (101 is the primary course number for all Introduction to Historial Study courses). The last two digits are the secondary course number. These two digits indicate that the special focus for this HIST 101 course is The History of Islam. A course with a given three-digit primary course number can only be taken once for credit unless specifically indicated otherwise by the department.

The following policy has been used in assigning primary course numbers:

  • 100-level courses are usually introductory courses; some 100-level courses do have prerequisites, and students are advised to consult the description for each course.
  • 200-level courses are usually beyond the introductory level, although many 200-level courses are open to first-year students and to majors and non-majors.
  • 300-level courses are seminars and courses primarily for majors but open to other students with the consent of the instructor.
  • The following numbers are for Independent Study: I.S. 40100 (Junior Independent Study), I.S. 45100 and I.S. 45200 (Senior Independent Study).

In addition to the regular course offerings, many departments offer individual tutorials under the number 40000 and internships under 41000. On occasion, departments will offer a course on a special topic as approved by the Educational Policy Committee, designated 19900, 29900, or 39900.

Abbreviation

In keeping with the general education requirements of the College’s curriculum
(see Degree Requirements ), course listings employ the following abbreviations:

W Writing Intensive 

C Studies in Cultural Difference

R Religious Perspectives

Q Quantitative Reasoning

AH Learning Across the Disciplines: Arts and Humanities

HSS Learning Across the Disciplines: History and Social Sciences 

MNS Learning Across the Disciplines: Mathematical and Natural Sciences

Except where otherwise noted, all courses carry one course credit.
 

Communication
  

  • COMD 14000 - Speech & Language Clinic Practicum

    Course Credit: 0.25
    SPEECH AND LANGUAGE CLINIC PRACTICUM Procedures and practices in the assessment and management of persons who are speech and/or language impaired as applied under the direct supervision of ASHA certified and state-licensed speech-language pathologists in the Freelander Speech and Hearing Clinic. Four semesters required by majors and minors for credit toward graduation. Alternatively, students may complete three semesters of COMD-14000 and a fourth semester of COMD-14400. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): COMD-14100, COMD-14300, and COMD-14500, with grades of C- or better; or permission of instructor. Prerequisites may be taken concurrently with COMD-14000 Annually. Fall and Spring.
  

  • COMD 14100 - Intro to Comm Sciences & Disorders

    Course Credit: 1
    INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS At the completion of this course, the student will possess knowledge of a host of speech, language and hearing disorders (including stuttering, voice, developmental language, aphasia, other neurogenic disorders, articulation/phonology, cleft palate and hearing disorders). The study of speech-language pathology and audiology and the nature of the clinical practices of these professions will also be addressed. Annually. Fall. [HSS]
  

  • COMD 14300 - Phonetic Transcription & Phonology

    Course Credit: 1
    PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION AND PHONOLOGY Content areas to be addressed include anatomy and physiology of the speech mechanisms; speech acoustics and speech science basics; introduction to articulation, phonological and speech intelligibility testing; spoken language and communication differences (multicultural aspects of spoken language, including dialects of American English); and disordered speech. In addiiton, the course will prepare the student to be a skilled practitioner in phonetic transcription using the International Phonetic Alphabet. Prerequisite(s): COMD-14100; or permission of instructor Annually. Fall.
  

  • COMD 14400 - Audiology Clinic Practicum

    Course Credit: 0.25
    AUDIOLOGY CLINIC PRACTICUM management of persons who have hearing concerns as applied under the direct supervision of ASHA certified and state-licensed audiologists in the Freelander Speech and Hearing Clinic. Prerequisite(s): COMD-24400 (previously offered as COMM-24400), three semesters of COMD-14000 (previously offered as COMM-14000; or permission of the instructor Annually. Fall and Spring.
  

  • COMD 14500 - Language Development in Children

    Course Credit: 1
    (EDUC)
    LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN At the completion of this course, the student will have comprehensive knowledge of the developmental process of children learning spoken language. Annually. Spring. [HSS]
  

  • COMD 20000 - Deafness: to Sign Or to Speak

    Course Credit: 1
    Deafness: To Sign or To Speak This course will address the nature and ramifications of deafness among children and adults, the definitions, history, changing status, and future of Deaf Culture in the U.S. and other areas of the world, societal perceptions of the Deaf, and interpersonal, educational, and vocational ramifications of deafness. [W]
  

  • COMD 24400 - Audiology

    Course Credit: 1
    AUDIOLOGY At the completion of this course, the student will have comprehensive knowledge, skills and abilities in the areas of both diagnostic and rehabilitative audiology. Prerequisite(s): COMD-14100; or permission of instructor Annually. Fall.
  

  • COMD 31600 - Anatomy & Physiology of Spch Mechanism

    Course Credit: 1
    ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE SPEECH This course will provide students with an understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the speech mechanism systems to be covered include respiration, laryngeal, articulator, nervous, and circulatory. Prerequisite(s): COMD-14100; or permission of instructor Spring.
  

  • COMD 34400 - Speech and Hearing Sciences

    Course Credit: 1
    SPEECH AND HEARING SCIENCES At the completion of this course the student will possess a knowledge of the physics and biology related to speech perception and production; the anatomy and physiology of the auditory systems (conductive, sensorineural and central auditor mechanisms); and the relationship between speech perception, audibility and speech production. Clinical application to populations with disordered hearing will be addressed. Prerequisite(s): COMD-14100 and COMD-24400 Spring.
  

  • COMD 34500 - Advanced Seminar in Comm Sci & Disorders

    Course Credit: 1
    ADVANCED SEMINAR IN COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS. A series of courses to focus on current topics of interest in the fields of speech, language, and hearing sciences and disorders. Prerequisite(s): COMD-14100; or permission of the instructor
  

  • COMD 37000 - Auditory Rehabilitation

    Course Credit: 1
    AUDITORY REHABILITATION This course will address the implications of hearing loss in children and adults including educational, vocational, social, and legislative concerns of children and adults with hearing impairments; hearing sensory technology; and assessment tools and intervention techniques used in order to maximize the communication skills of people with hearing impairment and their communication partners. Prerequisite(s): COMD-24400; or permission of instructor Annually. Spring.
  

  • COMD 40100 - Junior Independent Study

    Course Credit: 1
    JUNIOR INDEPENDENT STUDY The course examines how scholars conduct communication research and culminates with students writing a Junior Independent Study thesis under the direction of a faculty advisor. Topics include the selection of a research question or purpose; the use of the library for scholarly communication research; a broad overview of humanistic and social scientific methods; the evaluation of scholarly reserach; and guidelines for scholarly writing. The course involves a number of writing assignments as well as the drafting and revision of thesis chapters, in order to help students clarify their goals and articulate their research findings in a coherent way. Prerequisite(s): COMD-14100, minimum grade C-; COMD-14500, minimum grade C-; COMD-24400, minimum grade C-; COMM-35300; and completion of a W course. Annually. Spring.
  

  • COMD 45100 - Senior Independent Study

    Course Credit: 1
    SENIOR INDEPENDENT STUDY–SEMESTER ONE The first semester of the Senior Independent Study project, in which each student engages in creative and independent research guided by a faculty mentor and which culminates in a thesis and an oral examination in the second semester. Prerequisite(s): COMD-40100 Annually. Fall and Spring.
  

  • COMD 45200 - Senior Independent Study

    Course Credit: 1
    SENIOR INDEPENDENT STUDY–SEMESTER TWO The second semester of the Senior Independent Study project, which culminates in the thesis and an oral examination. Prerequisite(s): COMD-45100 Annually. Fall and Spring.