VOICE, CRANIOFACIAL, AND FLUENCY DISORDERS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: CS&D 201 , 202 , 240 and Junior standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and summarize how structures of the head and neck develop to produce communication and swallowing is vital to understanding dysfunction. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify and summarize how craniofacial disorders impair communication and swallowing, thus affecting health, well-being, and quality of life. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify and summarize how craniofacial disorders can be evaluated and treated, improving communication and swallowing and quality of life. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Identify and summarize how craniofacial disorders are treated with an interdisciplinary team, which includes the patient and their caregivers. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Identify and summarize how voice is produced and used in communication is vital to understanding dysfunction. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Identify and summarize how voice disorders impair communication, thus affecting health, well-being, and quality of life. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Identify and summarize how voice disorders can be evaluated and treated, improving communication and quality of life. Audience: Undergraduate 8. Identify and summarize how fluency disorders manifest and affect communication is vital to evaluation and treatment. Audience: Undergraduate 9. Identify and summarize how fluency disorders impact communication, thus health, well-being, and quality of life. Audience: Undergraduate 10. Identify and summarize how fluency disorders can be evaluated and treated, improving communication and quality of life. Audience: Undergraduate 11. Identify and summarize the rationale for helping individuals accept dysfluency as part of their daily life is vital to living with stuttering. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and summarize how structures of the head and neck develop to produce communication and swallowing is vital to understanding dysfunction. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify and summarize how craniofacial disorders impair communication and swallowing, thus affecting health, well-being, and quality of life. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify and summarize how craniofacial disorders can be evaluated and treated, improving communication and swallowing and quality of life. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Identify and summarize how craniofacial disorders are treated with an interdisciplinary team, which includes the patient and their caregivers. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Identify and summarize how voice is produced and used in communication is vital to understanding dysfunction. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Identify and summarize how voice disorders impair communication, thus affecting health, well-being, and quality of life. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Identify and summarize how voice disorders can be evaluated and treated, improving communication and quality of life. Audience: Undergraduate 8. Identify and summarize how fluency disorders manifest and affect communication is vital to evaluation and treatment. Audience: Undergraduate 9. Identify and summarize how fluency disorders impact communication, thus health, well-being, and quality of life. Audience: Undergraduate 10. Identify and summarize how fluency disorders can be evaluated and treated, improving communication and quality of life. Audience: Undergraduate 11. Identify and summarize the rationale for helping individuals accept dysfluency as part of their daily life is vital to living with stuttering. Audience: Undergraduate