SLPA Courses Offered by Northern Arizona University

All courses apply to the undergraduate program in Speech-Language Sciences and Technology.

SST 191: Communication Disorders in Literature and Media (3 credits).  This course serves as the introduction to speech-language pathology and Audiology and is also a liberal studies course (can also be used for the liberal studies requirements at NAU in the applied sciences category).

SST 202: Phonetics (3 credits). This course addresses the way speech sounds are made, the special symbols used to represent them, and their acoustic and perceptual features.

SST 251: Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and hearing Mechanism (3 credits). This course looks at the structure of the speech mechanism, muscles, and neurology involved with speech production.

SST 301: Training Module for Speech-Language Pathology Assistants: Childhood Communication Disorders (3).  This course examines the typical speech, voice, language, and hearing pathologies seen in young children.  It includes but is not limited to articulation, fluency, phonology, and developmental language disorders.  It also addresses developmental apraxia of speech and childhood dysarthria and dysphagia as seen in children with cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy. 

SST 302: Training Module for Speech-Language Pathology Assistants: Adult Neurogenic Communication Disorders (3). This course addresses aphasia, apraxia of speech and the dysarthrias typically seen in adults.  Cognitive disorders as seen in traumatic brain injuries (TBI) as well as adult dysphagia are also addressed. 

SST 303: Training Module for Speech-Language Pathology Assistants: Speech and Hearing Screening and Therapeutic Principles (3).  This course is specifically designed to provide speech-language pathology assistants with the ASHA (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association) approved in screening and therapies. 

SST 304: Case Studies and Management for Speech-Language Pathology Assistants (3). This course is designed to provide the student with actual cases seen by the instructor (or staff) and a review of diagnostic and treatment strategies.