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 Unless otherwise stated, all courses are 3 credits.

70500 - Speech Science - 3 Credits  (Cross-listed with LING71100)
COURSE OFFERING:Spring 2013
Mon 2:00-4:00pm
Rm 7300
Instructor: Douglas Whalen
dwhalen@gc.cuny.edu
Office: 7400.16
(212)817-8806

This is a basic course which includes topics in speech acoustics, articulation, and speech perception.  Lectures and discussions are accompanied by a laboratory in which students learn basic acoustical analysis, direct measurement of articulators and perceptual testing techniques.

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70600 - Hearing Science - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2013
Tue 4:15 - 6:15 pm
Room 7102
Instructor: Glenis Long
glong@gc.cuny.edu
(212)817-8801

This course will provide a background in the anatomy, mechanics physiology of the auditory periphery (outer, middle and inner ear)  and the anatomy and physiology of the central nervous system, in addition to an introduction to psychoacoustics (the perception of auditory stimuli).  The laboratory experience will consist of acoustic and psychoacoustic research.  Students will be expected to complete experimental tasks using available equipment and write up the results of their experiments.

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70700 - Language Science - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2013
Thursday 4:15-6:15pm
Room 7102
Professor John Locke
john.locke@lehman.cuny.edu

70700 - Language Science - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2012
Thursday 4:15-6:15pm
Rm 7102
Instructor: Valerie Shafer
vshafer@gc.cuny.edu
Office: 7400.14
(212)817-8805

The purpose of this class is to introduce students to the theoretical constructs, methods and terminology of the Language Sciences. Students will become familiar with the major theoretical approaches (e.g., Principle and Parameters; Non-linear Phonology), and the principal methods (e.g., grammaticality judgments, psycholinguistic experiments), and the basic terminology (e.g., feature, agreement, prototype, cohesion) used in linguistics, psycholinguistics, and neurolinguistics.

Required Textbooks:

Articles:

"Language", L.Bloomfield
"Domain-General Learning Capabilities", J.Saffran, E.Thiessan
Tanenhaus
Cairns
EwenVanderHulstPhonlogicalStructure_Features1
ByBee
Hammond&Noonan
Morphemes
Ewen_VanderHulstPhonological Structure_Segments
Regional Social Variation
Morphology_Typology
Why Study Morphology
Regular Morphology, ByBeeGLakoff
SLevinson
George Lakoff 1
George Lakoff 2

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70900 - Introduction to Doctoral Research - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2013
Mon 10:00-12noon
Rm 7102
Instructor: Brett Martin
bmartin@gc.cuny.edu
Office: 7400.07
212-817-8810

The goal of this course is to provide an introduction into doctoral research. The course will include discussion of how to find a research topic, an overview of the structure an function of a research proposal, and how to critically review the research literature. Students will be required to complete a series of group and individual projects involving critical reading and writing on research topics in the Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences. The overall goal is to provide students with a sound overview of research to prepare them to begin their First Examination proposals.

71300 - Neurophysiology of Language - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2011
Tue 2:00-4:00pm
Instructor: Valerie Shafer
vshafer@gc.cuny.edu
(212)817-8805

This course will explore the theoretical views and methodologies applied by different disciplines to the study of the neurophysiology of language. Hypotheses concerning how language is organized and processed in the brain have been generated from linguistic, neurophysiological and neurological theories. Behavioral, neurophysiological, and neuroanatomical evidence will be used to critically examine these hypotheses and theories. The advantages and limitations of methods (e.g., dichotic listening, electrophysiology, functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, etc.), and populations (e.g., aphasics, specific language impairment, William's syndrome, etc.) used to understand the neurophysiology of language will also be discussed. 
(x-listed with LING79300)

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71500 - Introduction to Neurolinguistics - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2002 
Professor Loraine Obler, lobler@gc.cuny.edu, lkobler@bu.edu
Assisted by Elizabeth Ijalba
Office Hours: Wednesdays and Thursdays by appointment
212 817 8809, room 7400.08

The goal of this course is to acquaint students with the basic principles of studying the relation between language processing and the brain. Because neuroimaging studies are now becoming of great interest in the field, we will use a textbook that reviews the 'standard beliefs' and read coupled behavioral and imaging articles pertinent to the populations discussed in it (e.g., aphasics, right-brain-damaged patients, bilinguals).

In addition to the content, students will learn the structure of scientific articles and presentations in the field, learn how to read/listen to a research paper critically, learn, along with me, how to use the internet critically for research, and practice oral-presentation skills.

Also, class-members are expected to attend as much as possible of the Academy of Aphasia meetings that will be held at the GSUC this year October 20-22 OR pertinent talks at the ASHA meetings in November, and to attend at least one Neurolinguistic Lab meeting Thursdays, 10-12 on the following days: Sept. 12 and 26, Oct. 17 and 31, Nov. 14, and Dec. 12.

Course Textbook:Obler, L.K. and Gjerlow, K, Language and the Brain, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.

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71700 - The Acquisition of Language - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2003
Tue 4:15-6:15pm
Instructor: Helen Cairns 
hcairns@gc.cuny.edu

This course is a basic introduction to first language acquisition from birth through early school age. Special attention will be given to theoretical and empirical issues in morphological, syntactic and lexical development. No prior knowledge of either linguistics or child development will be assumed.

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71900 - Advanced Research Design and Practicum - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2013
Thu 4:15 - 6:15pm
Instructor: Glenis Long
glong@gc.cuny.edu
Room:  7102
Tel:       (212) 817-8801

In this course students learn to apply the scientific method to speech and hearing research. During the course of the semester, students learn how to formulate a research question, choose a research design and appropriate statistics. The students are required to write a research proposal and to prepare an Institutional Review Board application to accompany the proposal. (Prerequisite: Passed the First Exam).

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72000 - Research Practicum - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING
Fall 2011
Wed 4:15-6:15pm
Rm 7102
Instructor: Valerie Shafer
vshafer@gc.cuny.edu
Office: 7400.14
212-817-8805

In this practicum, students will discuss the design and execution of an empirical research project. Progress will be measured from a required written paper that includes the methods and results (pilot or completed results). 

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76400 - Instrumentation for Research in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2013
Thu 10:00am-2:00pm
Rm 7300
Instructors:
Baila Epstein
Epstein@brooklyn.cuny.edu
718.951.5000 x3071
Glenis Long 
glong@gc.cuny.edu
(212)817-8801

In this course students are introduced to various pieces of software, hardware, and laboratory techniques common to research laboratories in the speech, language, and hearing sciences. Basic principles underlying the generation, recording and analysis of sound are covered. Through lecture, hands-on experience, and structured experiments, students learn to use the basic tools that are important for research in this field.
Note: Course is in two parts, lecture and lab

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80100 - Advanced Auditory Physiology - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2003
Tue 6:30-8:30
Instructor: Glenis Long 
glong@gc.cuny.edu
(212)817-8801

The class will be a seminar course shaped to fit the interests of the participants. It is intended to be an in depth overview of the biological bases of hearing and will include the following topics: The acoustics and mechanical properties of the outer, middle and inner ears; The mechanical to electrical and electrical to mechanical function of haircells; Models of cochlear and middle ear function; The neurophysiology and pharmacology of the central auditory system; Efferent pathways in the auditory system; The evolution of the auditory system;  The development (from conception to death) of the ear; Changes in the cochlea as a consequence of exposure to noise and ototoxic drugs; Hair cell regeneration and plasticity.

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80400 - Nonparametric Statistics - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2010
Thur 4:15-6:15pm
Rm TBA
Instructor: Glenis Long
glong@gc.cuny.edu
(212)817-8801

The goal of this course is to introduce students to selected nonparametric statistics that are useful in analysis of clinical and experimental data. Students are expected to have had at least one graduate course in conventional statistics and to know basic terminology and concepts behind statistical testing. Students (and faculty) must work all homework to remain in the class (even if they are auditing); by the end of the course each student will have developed a “personal textbook” that can serve as a reference for applications of nonparametric methods. This will be in the form of a notebook which sets forth each of the techniques studied with its assumptions, possible applications, cautions, and worked-out examples. Grades for students taking the course for credit will be based on their personal textbook and classroom participation. Text books to be determined..

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80400 - Studies in Speech Science: Phonetic/Phonological Variability in Connected Speech - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2007
Mon 2:00-4:00pm
Instructor: Winifred Strange
212-817-8807 (GC)

Using acoustic analysis techniques, variability in the phonetic structure of connected speech will be investigated. Each student will select a topic, review the literature, develop an experimental corpus, and do detailed acoustic analysis of the patterns of variability in the acoustic realization of utterances. Possible topics include: deletion and epenthesis processes, phonological assimilation processes, phonetic cues for word juncture, variations in acoustic-phonetic structure as a function of speech register (clear speech vs. casual speech), foreign accentedness in connected speech, effects of sentence prosody and phonotactic structure on segmental cues. Students will report findings by oral presentation and written report. Class time will be used for students to discuss technical problems with acoustic measurement and theoretical problems in characterizing phonetic/phonological variation.

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80500 - Agrammatism: Theories and Evidence - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2008
Thu 2:00-4:00
Instructor: Loraine Obler
Room:  7400.08
Tel: 212-817-880 

In this class we will study the theoretical constructs that have been suggested to account for grammatical breakdown in language production and comprehension, reading such classics as those by Pick, Tissot, Kolk, Kean, Menn and Obler, Grodzinsky, Friedmann. We will debate whether agrammatism is primarily a phonological, morphological, or syntactic problem. 

While reading and hearing presentations on a number of dissertations on the topic, each student will design a research project in the form of a research proposal. On the day of the final exam, we will conduct a review-panel discussion of these proposals. 

Class will meet from Jan. 21-April 24, with some sessions extended to make up for the two classes to be missed in early May.

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80500 - Neural Basis of Language - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2007
Thu 6:30-8:30
Instructors:
Loraine Obler
Valerie Shafer
212-817-8801 (GC)

This course will explore theoretical models of the neural bases of language and how these models were developed using evidence from aphasiology and neurophysiology.  The history of methods used in the study of brain and language will be reviewed.  Research evidence for brain structure/language function relationships will be critically examined. After 10 classes that discuss different language levels (namely phonology, morphosyntax, lexicon, and discourse) from aphasiological and neurophysiological persectives, students will present oral papers on populations that have not been focused on this point in the class. These papers will be written up in place of a final exam.

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80500 - Electrophysiological Methods - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2006
Thu 2:00-4:00pm
Instructor: Valerie Shafer 
vshafer@gc.cuny.edu
(212)817-8805

This class will focus on electrophysiological methods used to investigate auditory and language processing. Three general topics will be covered: (1) Instrumentation, (2) design of electrophysiological studies, and (3) data analysis. The basis instrumentation necessary to collect electrophysiological data will be demonstrated. Students will learn why specific signal conditioning parameters are chosen for a given experimental question. The design of electrophysiological studies will be discussed. This will include an examination of the types of stimuli that can be investigated using electrophysiological techniques. Strengths and limitations of these methods will be critically examined and compared to behavioral and other brain imaging techniques. Methods of data analysis will be compared and contrasted. Novel electrophysiological and analysis techniques that are currently being developed will be introduced.

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80500 - Studies in Bilingualism - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2006
Thu 11:45-1:45pm
Instructor: Martin Gitterman
mgitterman@gc.cuny.edu

This course will involve reading and analyzing articles/chapters representative of the various areas of the discipline of bilingualism. Students will be expected to develop not only an understanding of the work of the major researchers/scholars working in bilingualism, but to offer their insights regarding the major controversies in the field. Weekly sessions will generally be devoted to an in-depth analysis of pre-assigned readings. Among the many questions to be considered are:

1. How does one define bilingual? bidialectal?
2, How, if at all, do the languages we speak affect the way we think/perceive?
3. How do children and adults differ in language learning?
4. How are languages organized in the brain?
5. What is bilingual education? How does it differ from ESL instruction? Which program(s) should be required of students?
6. What insights are gained by studying bilingualism within an international framework?

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80500 - Topics in Applied Linguistics - 3 Credits  (cross-listed with LING79200)
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2008
Mon 11:45-1:45pm
Rm 7395
Instructor: Martin Gitterman
mgitterman@gc.cuny.edu

This course will focus primarily on the phenomenon of learning a second language. Included will be the related study of second language instruction. Opposing views will be analyzed. Other topics in applied linguistics will also be addressed (e.g., social dialects, bilingualism, bilingual education, language shift, politics, and forensic linguistics).

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80600 - Topics in Hearing Science: Cochlear Implants - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2008
Mon 2:00-4:00pm
Rm 7102
Instructor: Brett Martin
(212)817-8810

This course will focus on current literature and trends in cochlear implants.

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80700 - Seminar in Speech and Language: Theories of Speech Perception - 3 Credits
COURSES OFFERING: Fall 2012
Mon 2:00-4:00pm
Instructor: Douglas Whelan
dwhalen@gc.cuny.edu
Office: 7400.16
(212)817-8806

Speech perception seems simple because all typically developing humans perform it easily, but humans are biologically geared to overcome the complications thanks to thousands of years of evolution. In this class, we will explore some of the phenomena that show speech perception to be quite involved, such variability, categoricity, categorical perception, loss of phonetic sensitivity during acquisition, and the effect of first language on second language perception. Major theories, such as Quantal Theory, the Motor Theory, acoustic theories generally and exemplar theory, will be discussed in detail. Implications for linguistic sound systems, language impairment, and second language learning will be explored. The course assumes familiarity with phonetics .

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80700 - Seminar in Speech and Language: The Evolution, Development and Biological Benefits of Language - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2012
Tue 4:15-6:15pm
Instructor: John Locke

This seminar offers an introduction to evolutionary developmental linguistics, a new endeavor that is concerned with interactions between evolutionary and developmental processes in the emergence of language in the human infant. These interactions are bidirectional: in the infant, language involves the maturation of evolved mechanisms that are heavily designed by genes; in the species, language was facilitated by the evolution and remodeling of developmental stages. By viewing language within this framework, we see that each stage of human life history, from infancy and childhood through juvenility and adolescence, contributed to linguistic capacity, and that each of these stages now makes a unique contribution to the development of language in pre-adult humans. By following an evolutionary-developmental trail, it becomes evident that human language has characteristics---some relating to continuity between such disparate systems as pragmatics and phonology, others relating to distinctions between speech and language---that have yet to be fully explored. During the semester, we will encounter some reproductive benefits of speaking, some sex differences that thread their way through evolution, development, and the communicative practices of modern adults, and some interesting patterns of nonverbal communication that vitally affect human relationships.

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80700 - Seminar in Speech and Language - 3 Credits (cross-listed with LING82200)@@@
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2005
Educational/Urban Linguistics
Thu 2:00-4:00pm
Instructor: Martin Gitterman
mgitterman@gc.cuny.edu
212-817-8802

This course will focus on language issues in urban centers (particularly the school setting). Topics in bilingualism and bidialectalism will be a major component of the course.

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80700 - Seminar in Auditory and Verbal Memory Development - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2006
Tue 6:30-8:30pm
Instructor: Miranda Cleary
(212)817-8813

This course will examine memory-related behavior and skills in children from infancy to adolescence. The focus will be on memory for auditory and auditory-verbal/spoken language inputs. We will investigate the role of memory in spoken language processing and acquisition. Topics will include sensory memory, short-term & working memory, and long-term memory. Memory function in several special/clinical populations of children will also be discussed (as per student interest). Class format will include lecture, organized discussion, and student presentations.

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80700 - Seminar: Second Language Acquisition: Reading in a Non-native Language - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2006
Tue 4:15-6:15pm
Instructor: Elaine Klein

The focus of this seminar will be non-native language (NNL) reading development. We will read and discuss recent research related to such questions as the following: 

• What is the relationship between native language (NL) and NNL reading skills? Relatedly: to what extent can second language learners with minimal NL reading skills learn to read successfully in the NNL (i.e. with or without NL support)?

• Are the prerequisite skills for beginning older NNL readers the same as those for emergent NL readers (e.g. phonemic awareness).

• To what extent and how are NL reading processes transferred to NNL reading and what are some of the consequences? Relatedly: how are orthographic and phonological processes affected when NL and NNL differ orthographically?

• What are the relative contributions of NL and NNL lexical and syntactic knowledge/processing on NNL reading? 

• To what extent and how does input modification (e.g. lexical and/or syntactic) affect NNL reading?

• What is the relationship between NNL listening comprehension (i.e. aural skills) and NNL reading?

Other questions and topics related to NNL reading development can be included, depending on the interests of the class.

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80700 - Seminar in Speech and Language: Electrophysiological Methods in Speech and Language - 3 Credits
COURSES OFFERING: Spring 2012
Thur 2:00-4:00pm
(Cross-listed with LING79400)
Instructor: Valerie Shafer
vshafer@gc.cuny.edu
(212)817-8805

This class will focus on electrophysiological methods used to investigate auditory and language processing. Three general topics will be covered: (1) Instrumentation, (2) design of electrophysiological studies, and (3) data analysis. The basic instrumentation necessary to collect electrophysiological data will be demonstrated. Students will learn why specific signal conditioning parameters are chosen for a given experimental question. The design of electrophysiological studies will be discussed. This will include an examination of the types of stimuli that can be investigated using electrophysiological techniques. Strengths and limitations of these methods will be critically examined and compared to behavioral and other brain imaging techniques. Methods of data analysis will be compared and contrasted. Novel electrophysiological and analysis techniques that are currently being developed will be introduced.

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80700 - Seminar in Speech and Language: Cognitive Sciences and Child Language Disorders - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2013
Mon 4:15 - 6:15pm
Instructor: Richard G. Schwartz (rschwartz@gc.edu)
Office: 7400.12
212-817-8804 (GC)

This seminar will focus on memory (working memory, and long-term procedural and declarative memory), attention, and executive functions (including attentional control) as they relate to the language deficits in various groups of children with language impairments. We will focus on theories of these cognitive processes, research methods (various tasks, behavioral approaches, imaging, fMRI, eye tracking), empirical evidence of deficits in clinical groups of children with language impairments (e.g., SLI, autism, dyslexia), and the relations among these deficits and specific language deficits. Students will develop reading lists for the seminar on a topic, will give a presentation, and will lead discussions.  A research proposal incuding a literature review, a proposed method and proposed data reduction is required.

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80700 - Seminar in Speech and Language: The Theory-Treatment Interface - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2013
Tue 2:00-4:00pm
(cross-listed with LING79400)
Instructor: Loraine Obler
lobler@gc.cuny.edu
(212)817-8809

In this class we will analyze papers that purport to link theory and treatment in Speech-Language Pathology in children and adults. Some simply assert treatment should be theory-based, others recommend treatments derived from theories or hypotheses, gold-standard derives treatments from theory and test whether these treatments work. After a set of introductory readings on theory in general and theory in Speech-Language Pathology in particular, students will report on articles in their particular areas of expertise. In addition to weekly journaling of the papers we read, a take-home final exam will permit students to integrate what they've learned in the class.
This class is officially graded pass-fail; meetings will be scheduled between students and the instructor to evaluate students' performance in the class.

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80800 - Development of the Auditory System: Phylogeny and Ontogeny - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2004
Thu 4:15-6:15pm
Instructor: Glenis Long
glong@gc.cuny.edu
212-817-8801 (GC)

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80800 - Otoacoustic Emissions - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2006
Thu 4:15-6:15
Instructor: Glenis Long
glong@gc.cuny.edu
(212)817-8801

This course will provide an overview of otoacoustic emissions (OAE). Topics covered will include; instrumentation and procedures for measuring evoked and spontaneous otoacoustic emissions (OAE), the cochlear processes responsible for their generations, the roles of the outer and middle ear and the potentials and limitations of OAE as research and clinical tools. 

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80800 - Seminar in Speech and Language: Cochlear Implants in Children - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2005
Mon 6:30-8:30pm
Instructor: Miranda Cleary
(212)817-8813

This course will provide an introduction to and intermediate-level review of issues in pediatric 
cochlear implantation. Topics will include the basics of device design, placement, and fitting, 
results from auditory psychophysical and speech perception testing, and outcomes for speech production and language development. Factors influencing individual variability in outcome will 
be examined. The format will include lecture, organized discussion, and student presentations.

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80800 - Auditory Physiology - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2008
Mon 2:00-4:00pm
Instructor: Glenis Long (glong@gc.cuny.edu)
Room:  7400.17
Tel:       212-817-8801 (GC)

The class will be a seminar course shaped to fit the interests of the participants. It is intended to be an in depth overview of the biological bases of hearing and will include the following topics: The acoustics and mechanical properties of the outer, middle and inner ears; The mechanical to electrical and electrical to mechanical function of haircells; Models of cochlear and middle ear function; The neurophysiology and pharmacology of the central auditory system; Efferent pathways in the auditory system; The evolution of the auditory system; The development (from conception to death) of the auditory system; Changes in auditory processing as a results of damage by noise and ototoxic drugs.  The emphasis will be on the central auditory system, but peripheral processing will be reviewed, as it influences much of the central processing. 

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80800 -  Seminar in Hearing: Development of the Peripheral Auditory System - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2011
Thu 4:15-6:15pm
Instructor: Glenis Long (glong@gc.cuny.edu)
Room:  7400.17
Tel:       212-817-8801 (GC)

This seminar will explore the structural and functional development of the peripheral auditory system. It will involve a detailed and integrated review of the behavioral, anatomical, and physiological changes that occur in the auditory system throughout evolution and during development. Tools for evaluating changes in the auditory periphery will be evaluated. Disorders of the auditory system will also be examined to improve our understanding of hearing impairment and to also improve our understanding of normal auditory function. The specific topics covered will depend on the interests of the participants. There will be no text book. We will read and discuss current reviews and articles.

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80800 -  Seminar in Hearing: Maturation of Auditory Evoked Potentials - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2011
Mon 2:00-4:00pm
Instructor: Brett Martin
(212)817-8810
Office: 7400.07

Auditory evoked potentials are now widely used for research in infants and young children in the Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences. In order to interpret these evoked potentials in both typical and atypical children, it is important to fully understand how they change with maturation. Students in this course will compare and contrast research on the maturation of auditory evoked potentials elicited from the brainstem through the cortex. Implications regarding maturation of the central auditory system will be discussed along with implications for the evaluation of atypical children. Students will present papers for discussion and will also propose a research project in one of the areas covered in the seminar.

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SPCH80800 – Seminar in Hearing Science: Factors Affecting Auditory Event-Related Potentials - 3 Credits
Tue 2:00-4:00pm
Instructor: Brett Martin
(212)817-8810
Office: 7400.07

Auditory event-related potentials are now widely used for research in the Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences.  In order to understand and interpret the results from atypical populations, it is critical to have a thorough knowledge of the factors influencing these potentials. This course will examine factors affecting auditory event-related potentials in the context of current research that applies these potentials to speech, language and hearing sciences.  Students will design research proposals that take into account relevant parametric factors related to stimulus presentation and data collection as well as participant-related issues involving language, cognition, memory and hearing.  The goal is for students to become familiar with the theoretical and methodological issues in order to develop important and well-designed research proposals. In addition, oral presentations will aid in learning how to present a concise summary and critique of current literature and relate empirical research to both theoretical and methodological frameworks.

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80800 - Seminar in Hearing Science: Psychoacoustics - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2009
Thu 4:15-6:15pm
Instructor: Glenis Long
glong@gc.cuny.edu
(212)817-8801

This course will cover auditory sensation and perception. Topics covered will include: Psychophysical methods; The perception of loudness; Frequency selectivity, masking and the critical band; psychophysical estimates of cochlear compression; Temporal processing in the auditory system; Pitch Perception; Space Perception; Auditory pattern and object perception. It will also include practical applications such as sound quality. The major emphasis will be on normal hearing individuals, but research with hearing impaired listeners (and those with cochlear implants) will also be covered. The exact topics will depend on the interests of the students.

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80800 - Seminar in Hearing Science: Approaches to Evaluating Auditory Processing - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2012
Thu 2:00-4:00pm
Instructor: Glenis Long
(212)817-8801
Office: 7400.17
Instructor: Valerie Shafer
(212)817-8805
Office: 7400.14

Auditory processing can be examined either by evaluating behavioral responses to well-controlled stimuli (often called subjective testing) or by examining brain responses evoked by these stimuli (often called objective testing). In some experiments both approaches are used. Past and current procedures for obtaining both behavioral and brain responses will be examined critically and students will be encouraged to design research facilitating comparison of behavioral and brain responses.

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80900 - Seminar in Speech Science: Speech Production - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2013
Mon 2:00-4:00pm
(cross-listed with LING79200)
Instructor: Douglas Whalen
dwhalen@gc.cuny.edu
Office: 7400.16
(212)817-8806

This class will examine the ways in which language is expressed by the human vocal tract.  Combining insights from motor control studies and linguistic analysis, the theoretical side of the class will explore the intricacies of expressing the meaningful elements of a language’s phonology.  This will be combined with more practical examination of various means of measuring articulation: electroglottography (EGG), static palatography, optical tracking, electromagnetic articulometry, and ultrasound.  Applications to special populations and to cross-language comparisons will be discussed.  The final project will either be a survey paper or a small physiological experiment.  Familiarity with phonetics is assumed.

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80900 - Seminar: Cross-Language Speech Perception - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2004
Tue 4:15-6:15pm
Instructor: Winfred Strange
wstrange@gc.cuny.edu
(212)817-8807

Students will read primary and secondary research literature which deals with the effects of linguistic experience (both L1 and L2) on patterns of perception and production of phonological segments/contrasts. The text includes chapters by well known researchers in the field of cross-language perception/production in which their theoretical positions and empirical findings in speech perception/production in infants, children and adults are summarized. Speech perception (L1 and L2) will be emphasized, unless students wish to pursue developmental literature in more detail. Topics include the influence of L1 on L2 perception/production, effects of age-of-learning on L2 perception/production, and the efficacy of perceptual training studies of L2 speech contrasts. Students should have basic knowledge of phonetics. Students will read chapters and journal articles on these topics, write critical reviews, and present summaries in class. The final project will consist of the development of an experimental research proposal. Those students who want to pursue these projects can then sign up for independent research in Spring, 2005 with the instructor.

Text:  Strange, W. (ed.)(1995). "Speech perception and linguistic experience:  Issues in cross-language research."  Timonium, MD: York Press (ISBN 0-912752-360X)
This book was reviewed by Phonetica, 1999, 56, 105-107.  Out print - search web for used and left over books.

Grading:  Evaluations of abstracts and short papers (critical reviews), class participation, and final project will form basis of the grade.

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80900 - Theories in Speech Perception - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING
Wed 11:45-1:45pm
Instructor:  Winifred Strange
wstrange@gc.cuny.edu
(212)817-8807

Current theories of speech perception are discussed, with guest lecturers holding each position visiting the class when possible.  Students read current chapters/papers on each theory and write critiques comparing and contrasting theoretical positions as they relate to their own area of interest in speech/language.

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80900 - Theories in Speech Science: Theories of First and Second Language Perception - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING
Tue 2:00-4:00pm
Instructor:  Winifred Strange, Valerie Shafer
wstrange@gc.cuny.edu

Current theories of speech perception are discussed, with guest lecturers holding each position visiting the class when possible.  Students read current chapters/papers on each theory and write critiques comparing and contrasting theoretical positions as they relate to their own area of interest in speech/language.

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80900 - Theories in Speech Science: Theories of Articulatory Phonology - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING
Mon 2:00-4:00pm
Instructor:  Douglas Whalen
dwhalen@gc.cuny.edu
(212)817-8806
Office: 7400.16

Articulatory Phonology is a theory of the phonological structure of speech that takes the gesture as its main primitive. Phonological distinctions are based on the presence vs. absence of gestures, differences in specifications of the gestures (such as degree of constriction) and the temporal coordination of gestures within a unit. Certain phonological patterns fall out more naturally in this model than in feature-based systems, while the reverse is true for other patterns. This course will explicate and evaluate Articulatory Phonology both on its own terms and in relation to featural accounts. Possible redefinitions of clinical disorders (e.g., misarticulation of segments) in these terms will be explored.
(x-listed with LING79200)

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81500 - Neurolinguistics of Bilingualism - 3 Credits|
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2011
Wed 11:45am-1:45pm
Rm 7102

Instructor: Loraine K. Obler
lobler@gc.cuny.edu
Loraine.Obler@gmail.com
212-817-8809 (GC)
Office: 7400.08

NOTE: The grading for this class will be Pass/Fail.
After a brief review of the principles of neurolinguistics generally, we turn to the assumptions of what matters in neurolinguistic study of bilingualism (age and manner of acquisition, length of exposure, compound or co-ordinate conditions). We then review the findings across case studies of bilingual organization in the brain via aphasiological reports and series, and the conflicting lateral-dominance discussions of the 1970s. In the core 10 weeks of the class, we read the imaging literature of the past two decades, treating more current issues of differential processing and organization of bilinguals' languageas they link to the brain in bilingual adults. Populations studied will include professional interpreters and talented second-language learners.
(x-listed with LING79500)

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81700 - Cross-Language Differences in Speech Perception and Production - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2009
Mon 6:30 - 8:30pm
Instructor: Winfred Strange
wstrange@gc.cuny.edu
Office: 7400.11
(212)817-8807

Basic theories and empirical research on cross-language differences in the perception of phonetic segments and contrasts and problems associated with adults learning to perceive and produce phonetic contrasts in a second language (L2) are reviewed. As a final project, students generate a research proposal on a related topic.

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82100 - Seminar in Childhood Language Disorders: Cross-Linguistic Studies in Specific Language Impairment
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2003
Mon 4:15-6:15
Instructor: Valerie Shafer and Richard Schwartz
vshafer@gc.cuny.edu
rschwartz@gc.cuny.edu
(212)817-8805
(212)817-8804

In this seminar we will examine the manifestation of specific language impairment (SLI) across languages. The course will begin with coverage of current findings, explanations, and models of childhood language impairment based primarily on findings from children acquiring English. The course will then consider normal language acquisition in languages other than English. Finally, cross-linguistic studies of SLI will be reviewed. Future research directions using behavioral and electrophysiological techniques will be discussed.

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82200 - Seminar in Speech Pathology: Cognitive Underpinings of Language: Evidence from Alzheimer's Disease
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2011
Wed 2:00-4:00pm
Instructor: Loraine Obler
lobler@gc.cuny.edu
(212)817-8809

In this class we will explore the interaction between cognitive factors such as working memory and executive function as they interact with language and communication breakdown in Alzheimer's disease. Locating Alzheimer's disease among the dementing diseases behaviorally, neuroanatomically, and neuropsychologically, we will read research papers on the breakdown of language and communication in the disease, as they relate to the language changes of healthy aging and those of aphasia. Our readings will cover the century from Alzheimer's classic 1907 and 1911 works (in translation) to neuroimaging works of the 21st century.

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82200 - Seminar in Speech Pathology: Neurolinguistic Studies of Brain Plasticity
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2012
Tue 2:00-4:00pm
Instructor: Loraine Obler
lobler@gc.cuny.edu
(212)817-8809

In this seminar we will read critically papers on a number of topics that purport to demonstrate brain plasticity for language. This will include the following topics:

-recovery from hemispherectomy
-split brain studies
-content-learning (e.g., London cab-driver knowledge, thumb-typing)
-training (e.g., simultaneous interpretation)
-spontaneous recovery from brain-damage
-treatment for brain damage

Students will prepare weekly readings and write weekly journal entries on the research papers we read, as well as submitting a final paper in place of an exam. Class presentations on the readings and final papers will also be required. Note: Grading for this class will be pass-fail. Prerequisite: One course in Neurolinguistics or permission of instructor.

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82300 - Seminar in Aphasia: Agrammatism
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2003
Thurs 11:45-1:45
Instructor: Loraine Obler
lobler@gc.cuny.edu
(212)817-8809

In this course we will read the literature on agrammatism, from the descriptive work of early contributors, especially Pick, to the experimental work of the 1990s and beyond. Topics will include: defining the phenomenon, competing explanatory theories, the question of comprehension problems, functors vs. substantives, cross-language expression of agrammatism, and the like. After the initial set of readings for the first month or two, each student will be responsible for a class-session on a topic of interest. This will involve assigning class-readings so that the rest of the class will be prepared for your discussion, presenting an in-depth lecture on the topic, and leading the class discussion that follows.

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82300 - Seminar: Dyslexia
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2009
Thu 2:00 - 4:00pm
Instructor: Loraine Obler
lobler@gc.cuny.edu
(212)817-8809

In this course we will study  the research on reading disorders from a neurolinguistic perspective. After discussion of the reading disorders of acquired alexia that motivate dual-route and parallel-processing models of reading, we turn to dyslexia proper, reading historical documents (Hinshelwood, Orton). With that background set, we turn to the second generation of Snowling's book Dyslexia (Blackwell; 2000, second edition) as the jumping off point for reading primary articles in cognitive neuropsychological approaches to developmental reading disorders. In addition to class attendance and participation, students will outline research logic in articles we read as a class and write a literature review paper on an area not covered in class.

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82300 - Seminar in Language Disorders: Central Processes in Childhood Language Impairment: Perception, Attention, and Memory- 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2003
Mon 4:15-6:15
Instructor:  
Richard Schwartz
rschwartz@gc.cuny.edu  (212)817-8804

Valerie Shafer
vshafer@gc.cuny.edu  (212)817-8805

In this course we will examine the role of central processes (memory, attention, executive function, and speech perception) in typical language acquisition and in atypical development (e.g., Specific Language Impairment, Autism, Williams Syndrome, Central Auditory Processing Disorders). The discussion will focus on various theoretical perspectives, the neurobiology of these central processes, and the empirical evidence of deficits in central processes for these children.

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82300 - Seminar in Language Pathology: Aphasia in Multilingual Populations - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2013
Wed 4:15-6:15pm
Instructor: Mira Goral
Office: 7396
212-817-8846 (GC)

The course will include an introduction to the study of multilingual and multicultural populations and an overview of current theories and findings concerning the representation and processing of multiple languages in the brain. We will then review current research on the assessment, classification, and treatment of multilingual and multicultural individuals with aphasia. Variables, such as shared versus divergent language components, and language proficiency and use will be considered.

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82300 - Seminar in Language Pathology: Neurobiology of Developmental Disorders - 3 Credits (Cross-listed with LING79300)
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2013
Tue 2:00-4:00pm
Instructor: Valerie Shafer
Office: 7400.14
212-817-8805 (GC)

This seminar will explore research focusing on the neural correlates of developmental language disorders. Neurodevelopment of sensory and cognitive systems supporting language will be reviewed. Various models of language impairment will be critically examined from the perspective of neurobiological evidence.

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82500 - Language in Aging and Dementia - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2007
Thu 2:00-4:00pm
Instructor: Loraine K. Obler
Loraine.Obler@gmail.com
Office: 7400.08
212-817-8809 (GC)

This class introduces the student to the literature on language in healthy aging, the elderly aphasic and dementia. Topics include: lexicon, laterality, comprehension and discourse, the relationship between language and cognition and the neuropsychological non-language examine the relevant national initiatives. Issues include those supported by current research in applied and basic communication sciences, child development and developmental psychology, as well as current professional issues which impact on the pediatric audiologist.

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82600 - Studies in Typical and Atypical Language Acquisition - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2010
Mon 4:15-6:15
Instructor: Richard G. Schwartz
rschwartz@gc.cuny.edu
Office: 7400.12
212-817-8804 (GC)

This course provides students with an opportunity to pursue advanced studies concerning normal language acquisition and language disorders in children varying in origin.  The focus will be on methods of studying language processing in pediatric clinical populations using behavioral and electrophysiological methods with reference to the adult literature.

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82600 - Studies in Typical and Atypical Language Acquisition - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2005
Mon 4:15-6:15
Instructor: Richard G. Schwartz
rschwartz@gc.cuny.edu
212-817-8805 (GC)

This course will cover recent findings regarding the underlying neurobiology of typical language development, child language disorders (e.g., SLI, autism, dyslexia), methods of studying neurobiological bases of typical and atypical language development. Related areas such as perception, memory, attention, and executive function will also be discussed.

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82800 - Seminar on Research Methods in Language Acquisition - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2011
Mon 4:15-6:15
Instructor: Richard G. Schwartz
rschwartz@gc.cuny.edu
212-817-8804
Office: 7400.12

This course focuses on the design and implementation of research on language and phonological acquisition in normal and atypical developing children. Topics include: scientific explanation and theory, the development of research hypotheses, quantitative methods, research approaches and designs, methodological issues, ethical issues, research criticism, research reporting and research proposals.

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84200 - Seminar: Speech Recognition by Man and Machine
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2003
Tues 2:00-4:00
Instructor: Arlene Neuman
aneuman@gc.cuny.edu
(212)817-8810

An understanding of how people recognize and understand speech requires a multidisciplinary approach. In this course we will explore how humans and machines recognize a speech signal. We will look at perception and acoustic-phonetic approaches to the speech signal, how knowledge of the acoustic-phonetic and linguistic system affects performance, review signal processing and analysis methods for speech recognition and pattern comparison techniques, and the methods used for speech recognition by machine. This is an 800-level course open to students interested in hearing, speech science, psychology, linguistics, computer science and engineering.

79300 - The Responsible Conduct of Research (Research Ethics) - 1 Credit
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2012
Mon 6:30-7:45pm
Rm 7102
Instructor: Richard G. Schwartz
rschwartz@gc.cuny.edu
212-817-8804 (GC)

This course will include discussion and readings concerning ethical and practical issues in the history of the protection of human subjects, current human subject practices, the IRB review process, plagiarism; authorship, intellectual property, conflict of interest, the ethical conduct of research, scientific misconduct, sexual harassment policy, and equal opportunity policies.

(SEE NOTES IN SPCH79500)
NOTE: Students must register for both SPCH79300 AND SPCH79500

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79400 - College Teaching - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2009
Thur 11:45-1:45pm
Instructor: Martin R. Gitterman
mgitterman@gc.cuny.edu
212-817-8802 (GC)

This course will focus on a wide range of issues dealing with college teaching. The topics covered will include, but not be limited to, teaching methodology, testing, grading, searching for a full-time position, interviewing, tenure, and promotion. There will be assigned readings for each class meeting. At approximately two of our meetings, guest speakers will be invited to speak to the class and take part in our discussion. These speakers will include undergraduate students, graduate students, and newly appointed full-time faculty. This course is aimed at providing a thorough overview of life as a faculty member and should be particularly useful to those who plan a career in academia.

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79500 - Professional Issues Seminar - 2 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2012
Mon 4:15-6:15pm
Rm 7102
Instructor: Richard G. Schwartz
rschwartz@gc.cuny.edu
212-817-8805 (GC)

This course addresses writing for publication and funding, the publication process, grant reviews, mentor-mentee relationships, job hunting, and career development.

(NOTES TO STUDENTS: Students must register for both SPCH79300 AND SPCH79500 and these courses are open only to LEVEL 2 students).

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79600 - Special Problems: Hearing Science - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2003
Thurs 4:15-6:15pm
Instructor: Glenis R. Long
glong@gc.cuny.edu
(212)817-8801

This course is designed to prepare students for the Hearing Science component of the First Exam in the PH.D.  Program in Speech and Hearing Sciences.  Consequently, It will provide a broad background in the anatomy, mechanics, physiology of the auditory periphery (outer, middle and inner ears) and the anatomy and physiology of the central nervous system, in addition to an introduction to psychoacoustics (the perception of auditory stimuli).  

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79600 - Special Problems: Language Science - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2004
Wed 4:15-6:15pm
Instructor: Valerie Shafer
vshafer@gc.cuny.edu
212-817-8805 (GC)

The purpose of this class is to introduce students to the theoretical constructs, methods and terminology of the Language Sciences. Students will become familiar with the major theoretical approaches (e.g., Principle and Parameters; Non-linear Phonology), the principal methods (e.g., grammaticality judgments, psycholinguistic experiments), and the basic terminology (e.g., feature, agreement, prototype, cohesion) used in linguistics, psycholinguistics, and neurolinguistics.

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79600 - Special Problems: Writing for Behavioral Sciences - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2003
Wed 2:00-4:00pm
Instructor: Loraine K. Obler 
lobler@gc.cuny.edu
(212)817-8809

The goals of this course are to engage students in thinking about, and writing, good written academic English. Students will learn how to structure scholarly documents and ho to edit them, and gain an understanding of hat their particular individual challenges are. A subset of students pick up good scholarly-writing habits by immersing themselves in graduate-studies readings; for most, however, it is useful to make the principles more explicit as this class will do.

Classes will consist of minimum amounts of lecture on the concepts of interest, and maximal practice by the group. In class we will practice work on the set of concepts to be focused on in each class using materials created by the professor (e.g., for research logic, transitions, editing, avoiding plagiarism). Homework will provide more opportunity for practicing the current week's topics and an opportunity to think, in advance, about the topics to be covered in the following week. In addition, participants will be asked to keep a daily journal in non-scholarly language reflecting on their writing.

As a class we will generate a list of likely individual challenges (e.g., precise word-choice, punctuation, research logic, appropriate deixis, noun-verb agreement at a distance, dialectal and/or L1 interference, spelling despite use of spell-check, wordiness) so that individuals will end the class knowing what particular issues they must pay particular attention to in editing and proofing their own work.

Class 1. Introduction to the structure and requirements of the class. Introduction to crucial notions: genre, register, audience, "rules", using models, giving credit for ideas and words, editing one's own work and that of others, drafts, research logic, motivation, transitions, clear deixis, precision. Students will talk about what their personal goals are for the class.

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79600 - Special Problems: Nonparametric Statistics
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2005
Tue 2:00-4:00pm
Instructor: Winifred Strange
wstrange@gc.cuny.edu
(212)817-8807

The goal of this course is to introduce students to selected nonparametric statistics that are useful in analysis of clinical and experimental data.  Students are expected to have had at least one graduate course in conventional statistics and to know basic terminology and concepts behind statistical testing.  Students (and faculty) must work all homework to remain in the class (even if they are auditing); by the end of the course each student will have developed a “personal textbook” that can serve as a reference for applications of nonparametric methods.  This will be in the form of a notebook which sets forth each of the techniques studied with its assumptions, possible applications, cautions, and worked-out examples.  Grades for students taking the course for credit will be based on their personal textbook and classroom participation. Textbooks to be determined.

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79600 - Special Problems: Introduction to Linguistic Phonetics
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2006
Thu 2:00-4:00pm
Instructor: Diane Bradley
dbradley@gc.cuny.edu

This course is an introduction to linguistic phonetics and phonological analysis: the fundamental articulatory and acoustic characteristics and the basic patterns of the sounds of languages.

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89900 - Dissertation Seminar - 0 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall/Spring Semesters
Second Wednesday of Each Month 
4:15-6:15pm
Instructor: Klara Marton
kmarton@gc.cuny.edu
212-817-8802 (GC)
Office: 7107.01

Students preparing their dissertation proposals enroll in this seminar until they have completed their proposals. The class meets once every month and is attended by the student's dissertation mentor and the faculty based at the Graduate School (i.e., Long, Martin, Obler, Schwartz, Shafer and Whalen) and the Executive Officer. Students report monthly progress on the development of their dissertation proposals, and are required to make three major presentations at different stages of their proposals during the academic year (e.g., review of the literature, research design, results of pilot data, etc.)

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