Concepts in Communication Sciences

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Describe the normal process of speech, language, hearing, and swallowing throughout life and across cultures.

• Identify how human communication, including speech, language, hearing, and swallowing, changes throughout life.

• Explain the many varieties of normal communication through observation of children and adults in your family or community in their everyday surroundings.

• Self-evaluate your own communication strengths and challenges in a communication skills evaluation process.

• Demonstrate your knowledge of (a) prevention of a communication disorder or (b) a population at risk by creating information to share with the class.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Quizzes	26 points
Online Assignments	10 points
Midterm Exam	25 points
Final Exam	25 points
Reflection Paper	14 points

Grading Scale

Points/Percentage	Letter Grade
95-100%	A
90-94.99%	A-
88-89.99%	B+
84-87.99%	B
80-83.99%	B-
78-79.99%	C+
74-77.99%	C
70-73.99%	C-
68-69.99%	D+
64-67.99%	D
60-63.99%	D-
Below 60%	F

Attendance/Participation:

Attendance/participation is not a graded component included in the student's final grade for this course.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

Prelock, P., & O'Brien, A. (2026). Communication Sciences and Disorders Across the Lifespan. Plural Publishing. ISBN13: 978-1-63550-453-8