This hands-on exploratory course is designed to introduce students to the nature of sound energy as it relates to musical acoustics and its biophysical impacts on vocal and hearing health. Course fee required.

Majors only. Characteristics of American English speech sounds and the International Phonetic Alphabet symbols used to represent them. Typical and atypical phonological processes and the transcription of speech sound errors.

Normal speech and language development and their relationship to other aspects of child development. Should be taken after the English composition LAC requirement is completed.

Prerequisites: BIO 100 and BIO 105 or BIO 110; and BIO 245. Sophomores or above. Structure and function of the speech and auditory/vestibular mechanisms.