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The course offerings at Clarion University of PA go through an extensive review process by the Committee on Courses and Programs of Study (CCPS). This course offerings list is a comprehensive list of courses that could be offered; it does not mean they are currently being offered.

For a complete list of courses offered on the current or upcoming schedules, see the Registrar's page Schedule of Classes.

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Course Id (currently sorted in Ascending order)	Course Title	Course Description
CRJT 245	Corrections	Provides students with an overview and analysis of the management and organization of correctional institutions. Discusses current practices and trends in the area of corrections including treatment of criminal personalities. Annually
CRJT 255	Juvenile Justice	Examines the formal and informal methods of dealing with the problems of juvenile crime, including the ways in which procedures differ from those involving adult offenders. Provides an analysis of recent trends in juvenile courts and the control and treatment of juvenile offenders. Annually.
CRJT 260	Policing	Provides an overview of issues in policing and law enforcement as well as an examination of the practices of police agencies in the United States. Examines organizational structures for delivering police services and issues concerning police and com,munity interactions. Annually
CRJT 275	Substantive Crim Justice Law	Examination of the preliminary crimes of solicitation, conspiracy, and attempt. An analysis of the specific elements of crimes against the person and crimes against property. A consideration of defenses to alleged criminal behavior is also undertaken. Annually.
CRJT 304	Crime, Politic & Public Policy	Course treats the ways in which government treats crime as a public policy matter, with a predominant focus on legislative and executive branch activity. Topics may vary somewhat from year to year. Examples of policies to be examined and evaluatedinclude: reducing the incidence of crime, the politics of imprisonment, punitive and restorative justice, decriminalization, drugs and crime, death penalty, gun control, hate crimes, ""zero tolerance"" approaches, pornography, corporate crime, organized crime, and terrorism. The constitutional and legal framework of policies will also be considered.\|
CRJT 325	Special Topic Criminal Justice
CRJT 328	Ethics and Criminal Justice	This course is a survey of ethical issues for practitioners within the criminal justice system. Topics include: ethics of decision-making, origins of the concept of justice, dilemmas of police officers as crime fighters and public servants, fighting corruption, ethics and investigative methods, ethics as it relates to punishment, institutional and community corrections.
CRJT 363	Criminal Procedure	A study of the law as it relates to arrest, search, and seizure with emphasis on present controlling legal decisions and historical development, philosophy, and public policy issues underlying these decisions. Prerequisite: PS 211, CRJT 110 or permission of instructor. Annually
CRJT 399	Criminal Justice CO-OP	Internship opportunities for students in their particular area of interest with local or state institutions.
CSD 125	Intro Comm Disorders	Introduces communication disorders. Encompasses the variety of problems humans may have in speech, language, and hearing. Focuses on the nature of such problems, their causes, their impacts on people, methods for their evaluation, and methods for their management. Includes an orientation to the professions of speech-language pathology and audiology.
CSD 150	Speech Science	Analyzes models of the speech mechanism. Emphasizes normal aspects of the physiology and acoustics of speech production. Fall, annually.
CSD 156	Phonetics & Phonology	Transcription of normal and deviant speech using the International Phonetic Alphabet. Applies phonetics and phonemics to language and speech pathology. Explores instruments used in speech and hearing. Spring, annually.
CSD 251	Anat Speech Hear Mech	Study of the anatomy and physiology of the speech and hearing mechanisms. Fall, annually.
CSD 257	Dev Seq in Lang Speech	Study of the development of language and speech in the normal child. Normative data in speech and language development are studied.
CSD 258	Lang Disorders In Childr	Provides students with an understanding of language disorders in children, etiological factors associated with them, diagnostic and evaluative techniques, and therapeutic methodologies. Prerequisite: CSD 257. Spring, annually.
CSD 290	Speech, Lang & The Young Child	Emphasizes the language development of young children as a portion of their physical, cognitive and social-emotional growth from birth to eight years of age. Provides a framework for observation of normally developing phonological, morphosyntactical, semantic, and pragmatic skills in the young child as well as the documented changes which can be observed in the child with a language disorder. Focuses on the role physical, cognitive, social-emotional, and linguistic factors play in the preliteracy and early literacy experience. Prerequisite: ED 110, ED 121, ECH 235.\|
CSD 352	Speech Disorders	Begins with an overview of the professions of speech pathology and audiology. Discusses communication disorders using the theoretical basis for service delivery models, communicative development, and cultural differences. Emphasizes diagnosis, team management, and treatment strategies of articulation, voice, resonance, and stuttering disorders. Observation experience is provided. Fall, annually.
CSD 353	Adult Comm Disorders	Reviews the theoretical basis for communication disorders. Emphasizes diagnosis, team management, and treatment strategies of adult language disorders such as aphasia, apraxia, and swallowing disorders.
CSD 357	Applied Linguistics	Study of linguistics fundamentals and theories. Explores specific techniques for analyzing phonological, morphosyntactical, semantic, and pragmatic aspects of speech/language in children and adults. Emphasizes the application of these assessment results to clinical practice. Prerequisite: ENG 263.
CSD 422	Clinical Externship	Supervised observation of and participation in clinic and/or school environments. Provides observational experience.
CSD 433	Instrm & Psychoacoustics	Deals with instruments used in a speech and hearing program and also covers basic principles of hearing science. Provides some information on psychoacoustics. Spring, annually.
CSD 454	Professional Practicum	Explores current professional issues and trends in the practice of speech-language pathology and audiology. Includes licensure and certification. Emphasizes ethical/legal restrictions and obligations that influence professional practitioners.
CSD 455	Spch Lang & Hear Prob
CSD 460	Intro To Audiology	Investigates the nature of hearing disorders and the audiological, medical, social, psychological, and educational implications. Fall, annually.
CSD 463	Aural Rehabilitation	A comprehensive study of auditory rehabilitation, emphasizing auditory training, speech reading, and speech training. Prerequisite: CSD 460. Spring, annually.
CSD 465	Manual Communication	Covers a comprehensive review of the theories of manual communication, including an introduction to the major manual communication systems. Students learn to sign and finger spell for use in communicating with and rehabilitation of the deaf and hardof hearing.
CSD 467	Clinical Observation	Covers basic information pertaining to the profession of speech pathology and audiology. Provides an orientation to the facilities, equipment, and operations of the Clarion University Speech and Hearing Clinic. Examines various types of clinical reports and teaches basic observational skills both in the classroom and clinic as a prerequisite for client contact for speech and hearing science majors.
CSD 472	Sem In Speech Science	Begins with a review of the speech mechanism as a servosystem and transducer, and basic knowledge of the physics of sound. Focuses on the concept that the speech mechanism is a chain of events physiologically, acoustically, and perceptually. Examines each link in this chain of events in terms of basic knowledge, pertinent research, and each link's contribution to the speech chain as a whole. Prerequisite: CSD 156.
CSD 475	Augmentative & Altern Comm	Introduces the student to various augmentative/alternative communication systems prevalent in the field. Current and comprehensive information relative to type of disorder. Disgnosis and treatment discussed. Emphasizes the application of unique crite,"ria in diagnostic and the administration of competent and flexible management strategies in rehabilitation. Fall, annually.
CSD 498	Special Topics	Examines various areas of speech pathology and audiology. Professor selects format most suitable to the study. May be offered on request of students, subject to the availability of staff. Enrollment by consent of the instructor. On demand.

Course Id (currently sorted in Ascending order)

Course Title

Course Description

CRJT 245

Corrections

Provides students with an overview and analysis of the management and organization of correctional institutions. Discusses current practices and trends in the area of corrections including treatment of criminal personalities. Annually

CRJT 255

Juvenile Justice

Examines the formal and informal methods of dealing with the problems of juvenile crime, including the ways in which procedures differ from those involving adult offenders. Provides an analysis of recent trends in juvenile courts and the control and treatment of juvenile offenders. Annually.

CRJT 260

Policing

Provides an overview of issues in policing and law enforcement as well as an examination of the practices of police agencies in the United States. Examines organizational structures for delivering police services and issues concerning police and com,munity interactions. Annually

CRJT 275

Substantive Crim Justice Law

Examination of the preliminary crimes of solicitation, conspiracy, and attempt. An analysis of the specific elements of crimes against the person and crimes against property. A consideration of defenses to alleged criminal behavior is also undertaken. Annually.

CRJT 304

Crime, Politic & Public Policy

Course treats the ways in which government treats crime as a public policy matter, with a predominant focus on legislative and executive branch activity. Topics may vary somewhat from year to year. Examples of policies to be examined and evaluatedinclude: reducing the incidence of crime, the politics of imprisonment, punitive and restorative justice, decriminalization, drugs and crime, death penalty, gun control, hate crimes, ""zero tolerance"" approaches, pornography, corporate crime, organized crime, and terrorism. The constitutional and legal framework of policies will also be considered.|

CRJT 325

Special Topic Criminal Justice

CRJT 328

Ethics and Criminal Justice

This course is a survey of ethical issues for practitioners within the criminal justice system. Topics include: ethics of decision-making, origins of the concept of justice, dilemmas of police officers as crime fighters and public servants, fighting corruption, ethics and investigative methods, ethics as it relates to punishment, institutional and community corrections.

CRJT 363

Criminal Procedure

A study of the law as it relates to arrest, search, and seizure with emphasis on present controlling legal decisions and historical development, philosophy, and public policy issues underlying these decisions. Prerequisite: PS 211, CRJT 110 or permission of instructor. Annually

CRJT 399

Criminal Justice CO-OP

Internship opportunities for students in their particular area of interest with local or state institutions.

CSD 125

Intro Comm Disorders

Introduces communication disorders. Encompasses the variety of problems humans may have in speech, language, and hearing. Focuses on the nature of such problems, their causes, their impacts on people, methods for their evaluation, and methods for their management. Includes an orientation to the professions of speech-language pathology and audiology.

CSD 150

Speech Science

Analyzes models of the speech mechanism. Emphasizes normal aspects of the physiology and acoustics of speech production. Fall, annually.

CSD 156

Phonetics & Phonology

Transcription of normal and deviant speech using the International Phonetic Alphabet. Applies phonetics and phonemics to language and speech pathology. Explores instruments used in speech and hearing. Spring, annually.

CSD 251

Anat Speech Hear Mech

Study of the anatomy and physiology of the speech and hearing mechanisms. Fall, annually.

CSD 257

Dev Seq in Lang Speech

Study of the development of language and speech in the normal child. Normative data in speech and language development are studied.

CSD 258

Lang Disorders In Childr

Provides students with an understanding of language disorders in children, etiological factors associated with them, diagnostic and evaluative techniques, and therapeutic methodologies. Prerequisite: CSD 257. Spring, annually.

CSD 290

Speech, Lang & The Young Child

Emphasizes the language development of young children as a portion of their physical, cognitive and social-emotional growth from birth to eight years of age. Provides a framework for observation of normally developing phonological, morphosyntactical, semantic, and pragmatic skills in the young child as well as the documented changes which can be observed in the child with a language disorder. Focuses on the role physical, cognitive, social-emotional, and linguistic factors play in the preliteracy and early literacy experience. Prerequisite: ED 110, ED 121, ECH 235.|

CSD 352

Speech Disorders

Begins with an overview of the professions of speech pathology and audiology. Discusses communication disorders using the theoretical basis for service delivery models, communicative development, and cultural differences. Emphasizes diagnosis, team management, and treatment strategies of articulation, voice, resonance, and stuttering disorders. Observation experience is provided. Fall, annually.

CSD 353

Adult Comm Disorders

Reviews the theoretical basis for communication disorders. Emphasizes diagnosis, team management, and treatment strategies of adult language disorders such as aphasia, apraxia, and swallowing disorders.

CSD 357

Applied Linguistics

Study of linguistics fundamentals and theories. Explores specific techniques for analyzing phonological, morphosyntactical, semantic, and pragmatic aspects of speech/language in children and adults. Emphasizes the application of these assessment results to clinical practice. Prerequisite: ENG 263.

CSD 422

Clinical Externship

Supervised observation of and participation in clinic and/or school environments. Provides observational experience.

CSD 433

Instrm & Psychoacoustics

Deals with instruments used in a speech and hearing program and also covers basic principles of hearing science. Provides some information on psychoacoustics. Spring, annually.

CSD 454

Professional Practicum

Explores current professional issues and trends in the practice of speech-language pathology and audiology. Includes licensure and certification. Emphasizes ethical/legal restrictions and obligations that influence professional practitioners.

CSD 455

Spch Lang & Hear Prob

CSD 460

Intro To Audiology

Investigates the nature of hearing disorders and the audiological, medical, social, psychological, and educational implications. Fall, annually.

CSD 463

Aural Rehabilitation

A comprehensive study of auditory rehabilitation, emphasizing auditory training, speech reading, and speech training. Prerequisite: CSD 460. Spring, annually.

CSD 465

Manual Communication

Covers a comprehensive review of the theories of manual communication, including an introduction to the major manual communication systems. Students learn to sign and finger spell for use in communicating with and rehabilitation of the deaf and hardof hearing.

CSD 467

Clinical Observation

Covers basic information pertaining to the profession of speech pathology and audiology. Provides an orientation to the facilities, equipment, and operations of the Clarion University Speech and Hearing Clinic. Examines various types of clinical reports and teaches basic observational skills both in the classroom and clinic as a prerequisite for client contact for speech and hearing science majors.

CSD 472

Sem In Speech Science

Begins with a review of the speech mechanism as a servosystem and transducer, and basic knowledge of the physics of sound. Focuses on the concept that the speech mechanism is a chain of events physiologically, acoustically, and perceptually. Examines each link in this chain of events in terms of basic knowledge, pertinent research, and each link's contribution to the speech chain as a whole. Prerequisite: CSD 156.

CSD 475

Augmentative & Altern Comm

Introduces the student to various augmentative/alternative communication systems prevalent in the field. Current and comprehensive information relative to type of disorder. Disgnosis and treatment discussed. Emphasizes the application of unique crite,"ria in diagnostic and the administration of competent and flexible management strategies in rehabilitation. Fall, annually.

CSD 498

Special Topics

Examines various areas of speech pathology and audiology. Professor selects format most suitable to the study. May be offered on request of students, subject to the availability of staff. Enrollment by consent of the instructor. On demand.