Courses

Hybrid courses will comprise some in-person sessions at the GC and some online sessions. The exact schedule of the hybrid sessions will be available at a later date.

SPCH70500 - SPEECH SCIENCE

3 Credits  (Cross-listed with LING79100)
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2023
Day/Time: Monday, 11:45 a.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Suzanne van der Feest
Email: svanderfeest@gc.cuny.edu

This course presents basic knowledge about speech acoustics, production, and perception in a combined lecture/laboratory format. Laboratories using Praat are to be completed outside of class (approximately 2 hrs/week). This course is good preparation for a Speech Science First Exam or for courses and research in phonetics and phonology. Students will write several short papers on various topics in speech science and acoustic phonetics: e.g., source-filter theory; myoelastic/aerodynamic theory of phonation, speech sound sources (how, where, and by what physiological mechanisms they are produced), acoustic cues for vowels and for consonant manner, place, and voicing; categorical perception.

SPCH70700 - Language Science

3 Credits (Cross Listed with LING 79400)
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2023
Day/Time: Thursday, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Jason Bishop
Email: jbishop@gc.cuny.edu

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.

SPCH80700 - SEMINAR IN LANGUAGE SCIENCE: Brain Plasticity

3 Credits 
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2023
Day/Time: Tuesday, 11:45 a.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Loraine Obler
Email: lobler@gc.cuny.edu 

 

SPCH80700 - SEMINAR IN LANGUAGE SCIENCE: prosody & intonation

3 Credits 
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2023
Day/Time: Thursday, 11:45 a.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Jason Bishop
Email: jbishop@gc.cuny.edu 

SPCH80900 - SEMINAR IN SPEECH: BIRDS AND BABIES-THE ACQUISITION OF COMMUNICATION

3 Credits (Cross-listed LING79200)
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2023
Day/Time: Monday 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Room: 7102
Instructors: Prof. Douglas Whalen
Email: dwhalen@gc.cuny.edu 

Communication within a species is critical for survival.  Many species have limited vocabularies that require little learning.  Birds and humans share a great reliance on learning from parents and peers to master their communication systems.  This course will explore the similarities and differences between them.  Behavioral, acoustic and neurolinguistics evidence will illuminate the critical stages of learning, the role of variability in production and perception, and the abilities that seem to be necessary at birth for the acquisition to be successful. We will attempt to connect the individual and mechanistic neuronal levels to network and multi-generational collective processes, giving a broad perspective on the biology of communication.

SPCH89900 - DISSERTATION SEMINAR

0 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall/Spring Semesters
Day/Time: Third Wednesday of each month  4:15 - 6:15pm
Spring 2023
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Valerie Shafer
Email: vshafer@gc.cuny.edu

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 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.)

Hybrid courses will comprise some in-person sessions at the GC and some online sessions. The exact schedule of the hybrid sessions will be available at a later date.
 

SPCH71900 - DOCTORAL RESEARCH

3 Credits
Class: 61004
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2022
Day/Time: Thursday 11:45 am - 1:45 pm
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Valerie Shafer
Email: vshafer@gc.cuny.edu 

The overall goal is to provide students with a sound overview of scientific research to prepare them to begin doctoral research. Students’ ability to apply the scientific method to speech, language, and hearing research will be advanced. Students will refine their ability to evaluate the research literature, formulate a research question, and develop a research design.

SPCH76400 - INSTRUMENTATION FOR RESEARCH IN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING SCIENCES

3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2022
Day/Time: Wednesday 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Room: 7300
Instructor: Prof. Elad Sagi
Email: Elad.Sagi@nyulangone.org

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.

SPCH79300 - RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH (RESEARCH ETHICS)

1 Credit
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2022
Day/Time: Tuesday 11:45 a.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Mode of Instruction: Hybrid
Instructor: Prof. Loraine Obler
Email: lobler@gc.cuny.edu 
 

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. This course is five weeks.

SPCH79500 - PROFESSIONAL ISSUES SEMINAR

2 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2022
Day/Time: Tuesday 9:30 am - 11:30 am
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Suzanne van der Feest
Email: svanderfeest@gc.cuny.edu

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

SPCH81800 - ARTICULATORY PHONOLOGY

3 Credits (Cross-listed with LING79200)
Class: 61003
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2022
Day/Time: Mon 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Douglas Whalen
Email: dwhalen@gc.cuny.edu  
Office: 7400.16
Phone: 212-817-8806

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.

SPCH89900 - DISSERTATION SEMINAR

89900 - Dissertation Seminar - 0 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall/Spring Semesters
Day/Time: Third Wednesday of each month  4:15 - 6:15pm
Room: 7102
Instructor: Valerie Shafer
Email: VShafer@gc.cuny.edu

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 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.)

Hybrid courses will comprise some in-person sessions at the GC and some online sessions. The exact schedule of the hybrid sessions will be available at a later date.
 

SPCH70500 - Speech Science

70500 - Speech Science - 3 Credits  (Cross-listed with LING)
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2022
Day/Time: Thu 11:45am - 1:45pm
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Suzanne van der Feest
Email: svanderfeest@gc.cuny.edu

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.

SPCH72000 - Research Practicum

72000 - Research Practicum Level 2 Students Only - 3 Credits 
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2022
Day/Time: TBA
Mode of Instruction: Fully Online
Instructor: Prof. Klara Marton
Email: KMarton@gc.cuny.edu

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).

SPCH80400 - Seminar in Speech Perception

80400 - Seminar in Speech Perception - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2022
Day/Time: Mon 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Douglas Whalen
Email: DWhalen@gc.cuny.edu

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.

SPCH80700 - Seminar in Language Science: Current Topics in Aphasiology

80700 - Seminar in Language Science: Current Topics in Aphasiology - 3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2022
Day/Time: Tue 4:15pm - 6:15pm
Mode of Instruction: Hybrid
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Loraine Obler
Email: LObler@gc.cuny.edu

In this course, we will discuss cutting-edge topics in aphasiology research. First I will give several-week introduction to the history of the field and brain regions and pathways implicated in language. They will include
-Predictors of recovery from aphasia
-Cognition in aphasia
-Plasticity
-Right hemisphere language
-Primary progressive aphasia
-Discourse in aphasia assessment and treatment
-Multilingual aphasia
 
Assignments outside of class will include weekly readings, recorded lectures (primarily from the C-STAR series), working with Aphasia Bank data and a final literature review or project design presented in writing or orally.
 
Note: This class is graded Pass/Fail
 
In your final portfolio of your work for this class, I ask you to include a self-evaluation of your strengths as they evolved in the class and what you are still working on. Class preparation and participation count heavily in my evaluation of your work, as does your performance on the required assignments.

SPCH89900 - Dissertation Seminar

89900 - Dissertation Seminar - 0 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall/Spring Semesters
Day/Time: Third Wednesday of each month  4:15 - 6:15pm
Spring 2022
Room: 7102
Instructor: Valerie Shafer
Email: VShafer@gc.cuny.edu

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 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.)

SPCH70700 - Language Science

3 Credits (Cross Listed with LING 79400)
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2021
Day/Time: Thursday 11:45 am - 1:45 pm
Mode of Instruction: Hybrid
Instructor: Prof. Valerie Shafer
Email: vshafer@gc.cuny.edu

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.

SPCH70900 - Introduction to Doctoral Research

3 Credits 
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2021
Day/Time: Monday, 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Mode of Instruction: Online
Instructor: Prof. Brett Martin
Email: bmartin@gc.cuny.edu

The goal of this course is to provide an introduction to doctoral research. The course will include discussion of how to find a research topic, an overview of the structure and 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.

SPCH76400 - Instrumentation for Research in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences

3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2021
Day/Time: Thursday, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Mode of Instruction: Hybrid
Instructor: Prof. Elad Sagi
Email: dreladsagi@gmail.com

In this course students are introduced to various pieces of software and hardware, along with laboratory techniques common to research in the speech, language, and hearing sciences.   This course covers the basic principles underlying the generation, recording and analysis of sound.  Through lecture, hands-on experience, and structured experiments, students learn to use the basic tools that are important for research in this field.  The emphasis of the course is on gaining practical, hands-on experience, with a variety of software and hardware.

SPCH79300 - Responsible Conduct of Research (Research Ethics)

1 Credit
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2021
Day/Time: Tuesday 11:45 a.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Mode of Instruction: Online
Instructor: Prof. Richard Schwartz
Email: rschwartz@gc.cuny.edu 
 

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. This course is five weeks.

SPCH80500 - Seminar in Speech Production

3 Credits (Cross Listed with LING 79200)
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2021
Day/Time: Monday 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Mode of Instruction: Hybrid
Instructors: Prof. Douglas Whalen
Email: dwhalen@gc.cuny.edu

This class will examine the ways in which language is expressed by the human vocal tract.  Combining insights from motor control studies, linguistic analysis, and brain imaging techniques, 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), 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.

SPCH80700 - Seminar in Language Science: Bilingual Aging

3 Credits (Cross Listed with LING 79300)
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2021
Day/Time: Tuesday, 4:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.
Mode of Instruction: Hybrid
Instructor: Prof. Loraine Obler
Email: lobler@gc.cuny.edu

In this course, we will discuss how bilingual language use and processing are influenced by the cognitive and neural changes that occur in aging. In doing so, we will discuss lifetime experiential factors that may alter the course of bilingual aging (e.g., language dominance, attrition) and their consequences for cognition and the brain. We will also review how language processing and production are affected by aging, as they relate to models of bilingual language control and access.

The class will have four major assignments. Each student will select the final one and two out of the following three to complete: 

1. select a specific topic and readings to present to the class and lead a discussion on it during one class meeting, 

2. prepare a brief presentation on the brain structures discussed in one assigned reading, 

3. develop discussion questions for weekly readings starting week 3. 

4. For the final major assignment, students will have the option of writing a literature review on an aspect of bilingual aging or designing a research project on bilingual aging. If students choose to develop a research project, they may either write it up as a formal class paper or present their project as a formal lecture to the class.

The class will be hybrid in person and via Zoom. Grading will be Pass/Fail.

SPCH89900 - Dissertation Seminar

0 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall/Spring Semesters
Day/Time: Meets one Wednesday a Month  4:15 - 6:15pm
Mode of Instruction: Online
Instructor: Prof. Valerie Shafer
Email: vshafer@gc.cuny.edu

Students preparing their dissertation proposals enroll in this seminar.  The class meets once every month and is attended by students preparing proposals, the faculty based at the Graduate School (i.e., 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 two major presentations at different stages of their proposals during the academic year (review of the literature and research question; research design including results of pilot data). 

SPCH70500 - Speech Science

3 Credits  (Cross-listed with LING79100)
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2021
Day/Time: Monday, 11:45 a.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Room: N/A
Instructor: Prof. Jason Bishop
Email: jbishop@gc.cuny.edu

This course presents basic knowledge about speech acoustics, production, and perception in a combined lecture/laboratory format. Laboratories are to be completed outside of class (approximately 2 hrs/week). This is good preparation for the Speech Science First Exam or for courses in phonology. Students will write several short papers on various topics in speech science and acoustic phonetics: e.g., source-filter theory; myoelastic/aerodynamic theory of phonation, speech sound sources (how, where, and by what physiological mechanisms they are produced), acoustic cues for vowels and for consonant manner, place, and voicing; categorical perception.

SPCH70600 - Hearing Science

3 Credits 
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2021
Day/Time: Tuesday, 4:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.
Room: N/A
Instructor: Prof. Elad Sagi
Email: dreladsagi@gmail.com

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.

SPCH71700 - Language Acquisition

(Cross-listed with EDPSY 71700)
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2021
Day/Time: Tuesday, 4:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.
Room: N/A
Instructor: Prof. Patricia Brooks
Email: patricia.brooks@csi.cuny.edu
Phone: 718.982.3793

This course focuses on contemporary research on language and communicative development and its effects on education. It includes a consideration of empirical research on the following topics: structural and functional development, age and critical period, processes of development, first language development, second language development, language environments, and preschool development.

Prerequisite: Statistical Methods in Psychology I and II (PSYC70500 and PSYC70600)

SPCH80700 - Seminar in Language Science: Bilingualism Across the Lifespan

3 Credits (Cross-listed with LING79100)
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2021
Day/Time: Thursday, 11:45 a.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Room: N/A
Instructor: Prof. Mira Goral & Prof. Valerie Shafer
Email: mgoral@gc.cuny.edu & vshafer@gc.cuny.edu
Office: 7400.14
Phone: 212-817-8805

This course will introduce the concept of bilingualism/multilingualism and major relevant theoretical models.  Main methodological approaches in the study of multilingual people will be reviewed, including psycholinguistic and neurolinguistics studies. Topics covered will include bilingual/multilingual language development, heritage language users, language processing in typical and atypical populations, and the relation between language and cognition in bilingual/multilingual people.

SPCH80700 - Seminar in Language Science: Matching Theories and Methods in Cognitive and Language Sci

3 Credits 
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2021
Day/Time: Thursday, 4:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.
Room: N/A
Instructor: Prof. Klara Marton
Email: kmarton@gc.cuny.edu 

The purpose of this class is to introduce students to the theoretical constructs, methods and terminology of the Language Sciences and the application of these theories to the understanding of typical and atypical language behavior.  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.

SPCH80900 - Seminar in Speech: Birds and Babies-The Acquisition of Communication

3 Credits (Cross-listed LING79200)
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2021
Day/Time: Monday 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Room: N/A
Instructors: Prof. Douglas Whalen and Prof. Ofer Tchernichovski
Email: dwhalen@gc.cuny.edu & otchernichovski@gc.cuny.edu
Office: 7400.16
Phone: 212-817-8806

Communication within a species is critical for survival.  Many species have limited vocabularies that require little learning.  Birds and humans share a great reliance on learning from parents and peers to master their communication systems.  This course will explore the similarities and differences between them.  Behavioral, acoustic and neurolinguistics evidence will illuminate the critical stages of learning, the role of variability in production and perception, and the abilities that seem to be necessary at birth for the acquisition to be successful. We will attempt to connect the individual and mechanistic neuronal levels to network and multi-generational collective processes, giving a broad perspective on the biology of communication.

SPCH82600 - Seminar in Child Language Disorders

3 Credits 
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2021
Day/Time: Monday, 4:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.
Instructor: Prof. Richard Schwartz
Email: rschwartz@gc.cuny.edu

This course provides an overview of child language disorders including current research on the bases of such disorders (e.g., linguistics, emergentist models, neurobiology, genetics), the types of disorders (specific language impairment/developmental language disorder, autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia, hearing disorder, Down Syndrome, Fragile X syndrome, and Williams syndrome), social context (African American English, bilingualism, cross-linguistic), disorder areas (syntax, morphosyntax, semantics, reading and writing, processing speed, attention and perception, working memory), and research methods (production, comprehension, neuroscience, intervention, and assessment). Students will be expected to write two article critiques, and make a presentation with discussion for one class session. They will also write a research proposal in journal article format.

SPCH89900 - Dissertation Seminar

0 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall/Spring Semesters
Day/Time: Third Wednesday of each month  4:15 - 6:15pm
Spring 2021
Room: N/A
Instructor: Prof. Mira Goral
Email: mgoral@gc.cuny.edu
Office: 7107.01
Phone: 212-817-8802

Students preparing their dissertation proposals enroll in this seminar.  The class meets once every month and is attended by students preparing proposals, the faculty based at the Graduate School (i.e., 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 two major presentations at different stages of their proposals during the academic year (review of the literature and research question; research design including results of pilot data). 

SPCH70700 - Language Science

3 Credits 
Class: 61002
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2020
Day/Time: Thursday 11:45 am - 1:45 pm
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Valerie Shafer
Email: vshafer@gc.cuny.edu

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.

SPCH71900 - Doctoral Research

3 Credits
Class: 61004
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2020
Day/Time: Tuesday 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Brett Martin
Email: bmartin@gc.cuny.edu 
Office: 7400.17
Phone: 212-817-8810
 

The overall goal is to provide students with a sound overview of scientific research to prepare them to begin doctoral research. Students’ ability to apply the scientific method to speech, language, and hearing research will be advanced. Students will refine their ability to evaluate the research literature, formulate a research question, and develop a research design.

SPCH79300 - Responsible Conduct of Research (Research Ethics)

1 Credit
Class: 61005
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2020
Day/Time: Monday 11:45 am - 1:45 pm
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Richard Schwartz
Email: rschwartz@gc.cuny.edu 
Office: 7400.12
Phone: 212-817-8804
 

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. This course is five weeks.

SPCH82800 - Research Methods in Language

3 Credits 
Class: 62864
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2020
Day/Time: Monday 4:15 pm - 6:15 pm
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Richard Schwartz
Email: rschwartz@gc.cuny.edu 
Office: 7400.12
Phone: 212-817-8804

This course focuses on research design and research methods used to explore language production, comprehension and acquisition. Topics include: scientific explanation and theory, research hypotheses development, quantitative methods and issues, research approaches and designs, experimental software (E-Prime, Presentation, Psychopy, Gorilla, etc.), methodological issues, ethical issues, research criticism, and research reporting.

SPCH81800 - Articulatory Phonology

3 Credits (Cross-listed with LING79200)
Class: 61003
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2018
Day/Time: Mon 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Douglas Whalen
Email: dwhalen@gc.cuny.edu  
Office: 7400.16
Phone: 212-817-8806

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.

SPCH89900 - Dissertation Seminar

0 Credits
Class: 61007
COURSE OFFERING: Fall/Spring Semesters
Day/Time: Second Wednesday of each month  4:15 - 6:15pm
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Mira Goral
Email: mgoral@gc.cuny.edu
Office: 7107.01
Phone: 212-817-8802

Students preparing their dissertation proposals enroll in this seminar.  The class meets once every month and is attended by students preparing proposals, the faculty based at the Graduate School (i.e., 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 two major presentations at different stages of their proposals during the academic year (review of the literature and research question; research design including results of pilot data). 

SPCH70500 - Speech Science

3 Credits  (Cross-listed with LING79100)
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2020
Day/Time: Tuesday, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Jason Bishop
Email: jbishop@gc.cuny.edu

This course presents basic knowledge about speech acoustics, production, and perception in a combined lecture/laboratory format. Laboratories are to be completed outside of class (approximately 2 hrs/week). This is good preparation for the Speech Science First Exam or for courses in phonology. Students will write several short papers on various topics in speech science and acoustic phonetics: e.g., source-filter theory; myoelastic/aerodynamic theory of phonation, speech sound sources (how, where, and by what physiological mechanisms they are produced), acoustic cues for vowels and for consonant manner, place, and voicing; categorical perception.

SPCH70600 - Hearing Science

3 Credits 
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2020
Day/Time: Thursday, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Elad Sagi
Email: dreladsagi@gmail.com

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.

SPCH76400 - Instrumentation for Research in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences

3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2020
Day/Time: Thursday, 4:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.
Room: 7300
Instructor: Prof. Valerie Shafer
Email: vshafer@gc.cuny.edu
Office: 7400.14
Phone: 212-817-8805

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.

SPCH79500 - Professional Issues Seminar

2 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2020
Day/Time: Monday, 4:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Richard Schwartz
Email: rschwartz@gc.cuny.edu
Office: 7400.12
Phone: 212-817-8804

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

SPCH80400 - Seminar in Speech Perception

3 Credits (Cross-listed with LING79200)
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2020
Day/Time: Monday, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Douglas Whalen
Email: dwhalen@gc.cuny.edu
Office: 7400.16
Phone: 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.

SPCH80700 - Seminar in Language Science: Geschwind's Area and Language Processing

3 Credits (Cross-listed with LING79300)
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2020
Day/Time: Tuesday, 4:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Loraine Obler
Email: lobler@gc.cuny.edu 
Office: 7400.09
Phone: 212-817-8809

The purpose of this class is to introduce students to the theoretical constructs, methods and terminology of the Language Sciences and the application of these theories to the understanding of typical and atypical language behavior.  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.

LING79500 - SPCH80900 - Special Topics in Speech Science: Prosody and Intonation

3 Credits (Cross-listed LING79500)
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2020
Day/Time: Tuesday, 11:45am-1:45pm
Instructor: Prof. Jason Bishop
Email: jbishop@gc.cuny.edu

The Seminar in Speech Science addresses subparts of the field in greater detail.  Topics vary from semester to semester.  In Speech Production, methods and tools for addressing typical and disordered generation of speech are examined.  In Speech Perception, the many factors in hearing (and seeing) speech, and the many competing theoretical accounts for the process, are in focus.  The theory of Articulatory Phonology, which takes gestures as linguistic primitives, receives extensive examination in another semester.

SPCH81900 - Seminar in Electrophysiological Methods in Speech and Language Sciences

3 Credits (Cross-listed with LING79600)
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2020
Day/Time: Thursday, 11:45 a.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Valerie Shafer
Email: vshafer@gc.cuny.edu
Office: 7400.14
Phone: 212-817-8805

This course focuses on electrophysiological methods applied to the empirical study of auditory, speech and language processing. Issues, such as stimulus selection and delivery, maximizing signal/noise ratio, as well as considerations of study length, fatigue factors, habituation, etc. will be discussed.  Analysis approaches for data reduction, cleaning and source separation (e.g., global field power, principal components analysis, dipole analysis) will be introduced and discussed.

SPCH89900 - Dissertation Seminar

0 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall/Spring Semesters
Day/Time: Second Wednesday of each month  4:15 - 6:15pm
Spring 2020
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Mira Goral
Email: mgoral@gc.cuny.edu
Office: 7107.01
Phone: 212-817-8802

Students preparing their dissertation proposals enroll in this seminar.  The class meets once every month and is attended by students preparing proposals, the faculty based at the Graduate School (i.e., 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 two major presentations at different stages of their proposals during the academic year (review of the literature and research question; research design including results of pilot data). 

SPCH70700 - Language Science

3 Credits 
Class: 57797
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2019
Day/Time: Thursday 4:15-6:15pm
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Valerie Shafer
Email: vshafer@gc.cuny.edu

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.

SPCH71900 - Doctoral Research

3 Credits
Class: 57798
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2019
Day/Time: Tuesday 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Brett Martin
Email: bmartin@gc.cuny.edu 
Office: 7400.17
Phone: 212-817-8810
 

The overall goal is to provide students with a sound overview of scientific research to prepare them to begin doctoral research. Students’ ability to apply the scientific method to speech, language, and hearing research will be advanced. Students will refine their ability to evaluate the research literature, formulate a research question, and develop a research design.

SPCH79300 - Responsible Conduct of Research (Research Ethics)

1 Credit
Class: 57801
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2019
Day/Time: Tuesday 4:15pm - 6:15pm
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Loraine Obler
Email: lobler@gc.cuny.edu 
Office: 7400.09
Phone: 212-817-8809

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. This course is five weeks.

SPCH80500 - Seminar in Speech Production

3 Credits (Cross-listed LING79100)
Class: 57803
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2019
Day/Time: Monday 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Room: 7102
Instructors: Prof. Douglas Whalen
Email: dwhalen@gc.cuny.edu
Office: 7400.16
Phone: 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.

SPCH80700 - Seminar in Language Science: Neurodevelopment of Bilingual Language Learning

3 Credits 
Class: 57806
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2019
Day/Time: Thursday 11:45pm - 1:45pm
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Valerie Shafer
Email: vshafer@gc.cuny.edu 
Office: 7400.14
Phone: 212-817-8805

This course would focus on speech and language development in the context of two languages. We would cover studies of bilingual development in infants and young children versus later second-language experience (in late childhood through the adult years) and examine how the timing of second language input affects brain structure and function of language systems as well as systems supporting language (e.g., auditory attention).

SPCH80700 - Seminar in Language Science: Executive functions and bilingualism

3 Credits
Class: 59961
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2019
Day/Time: Friday 11:45pm - 1:45pm
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Klara Marton
Email: kmarton@gc.cuny.edu
Office: 7107.01
Phone: 212-817-8802

In this course we will review and critically analyze the most relevant theoretical models of executive functions /cognitive control. We will pay particular attention to comprehensive models that attempt to integrate executive functions and language processing to reflect the dynamic nature of the bilingual experience.
Following the evaluation of the most relevant theoretical accounts, we will analyze the relationship between the theoretical constructs and the experimental paradigms that have been used to assess various executive components and processes in bilingual populations. We will determine the underlying processes that these tasks measure and will create recommendations for best practices with consideration to individuals’ bilingual experiences (e.g., language proficiency, frequency of language use, age of acquisition, biliteracy, etc.).

SPCH89900 - Dissertation Seminar

0 Credits
Class: 57812
COURSE OFFERING: Fall/Spring Semesters
Day/Time: Second Wednesday of each month  4:15 - 6:15pm
Spring 2019:
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Mira Goral
Email: mgoral@gc.cuny.edu
Office: 7107.01
Phone: 212-817-8802

Students preparing their dissertation proposals enroll in this seminar.  The class meets once every month and is attended by students preparing proposals, the faculty based at the Graduate School (i.e., 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 two major presentations at different stages of their proposals during the academic year (review of the literature and research question; research design including results of pilot data). 

SPCH70500 - Speech Science

3 Credits  (Cross-listed with LING79200)
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2019
Day/Time: Tues. 4:15-6:15pm
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Jason Bishop
Email: jbishop@gc.cuny.edu

This course presents basic knowledge about speech acoustics, production, and perception in a combined lecture/laboratory format. Laboratories are to be completed outside of class (approximately 2 hrs/week). This is good preparation for the Speech Science First Exam or for courses in phonology. Students will write several short papers on various topics in speech science and acoustic phonetics: e.g., source-filter theory; myoelastic/aerodynamic theory of phonation, speech sound sources (how, where, and by what physiological mechanisms they are produced), acoustic cues for vowels and for consonant manner, place, and voicing; categorical perception.

SPCH76400 - Instrumentation for Research in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences

3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2019
Day/Time: Thurs. 11:45am - 1:45pm
Room: 7300
Instructor: Prof. Valerie Shafer
Email: vshafer@gc.cuny.edu
Office: 7400.14
Phone: 212-817-8805

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.

SPCH80800 - Seminar in Hearing Science: Evaluating Hearing and Speech Perception in Infants and YounG

3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2019
Day/Time: Mon. 11:45am - 1:45pm
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Brett Martin
Email: bmartin@gc.cuny.edu
Office: 7400.17
Phone: 212-817-8810

There is a growing research literature on the evaluation of hearing and speech perception in infants and young children who have normal hearing or hearing impairment, who may have other developmental disorders, or who are developing native or non-native speech perception skills.  This seminar will compare research on the evaluation of hearing and speech perception in these populations using behavioral techniques, complimented by a range of objective procedures, such as evoked potentials, NIRS, and eye tracking.  Implications for research in hearing science, speech perception, and language research will be discussed and students will propose a research project in one of the areas covered in the seminar.

SPCH80900 - Seminar in Speech: Birds and Babies-The Acquisition of Communication

3 Credits (Cross-listed LING79100)
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2019
Day/Time: Mon. 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Room: 7102
Instructors: Prof. Douglas Whalen and Prof. Ofer Tchernichovski
Email: dwhalen@gc.cuny.edu & otchernichovski@gc.cuny.edu
Office: 7400.16
Phone: 212-817-8806

Communication within a species is critical for survival.  Many species have limited vocabularies that require little learning.  Birds and humans share a great reliance on learning from parents and peers to master their communication systems.  This course will explore the similarities and differences between them.  Behavioral, acoustic and neurolinguistics evidence will illuminate the critical stages of learning, the role of variability in production and perception, and the abilities that seem to be necessary at birth for the acquisition to be successful. We will attempt to connect the individual and mechanistic neuronal levels to network and multi-generational collective processes, giving a broad perspective on the biology of communication.

SPCH82200- Neuroscience of Aphasia

3 Credits (Cross-listed with LING79300)
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2019
Day/Time: Tues. 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Loraine Obler
Email: lobler@gc.cuny.edu
Office: 7400.08
Phone: 217-817-8809

In this class we will read the classics of aphasiology, dementia, and primary progressive aphasia as they pertain to the interaction of brain, language and cognition (Wernicke, 1874, Lichtheim, 1886/2006, Roch Lecours on the 1906 debates of the Paris Society of Anthropology, Alzheimer 1907 and 1911, then turn to the late 20th and 21st century works on the course topic: Mesulam, 1982, Gorno-Tempini and colleagues, Cahana-Amitay and Albert, 2017. Our goal will be to determine the different approaches to understanding how cognition may underpin language performance and/or be dissociated from it according to these and other authors. Students will participate in weekly on-line discussions of the readings preceding each class. Doctoral students will prepare a lecture for the class based on their particular areas of interest in the topic. Note: this class is graded as Pass/Fail.

SPCH82900 - Seminar on Typical and Atypical Bilingual Development

3 Credits 
COURSE OFFERING: Spring 2019
Day/Time: Mon. 4:15pm - 6:15pm
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Richard Schwartz
Email: rschwartz@gc.cuny.edu 
Office: 7400.12
Phone: 212-817-8804

This course provides an in depth review of research on language development in children acquiring more than one language with and without language disorders. Introductory material will include the nature of typical bilingual development and early second language acquisition, and cross-linguistic characteristics of child language disorders. The course will also cover the nature of language deficits in bilingual children with language disorders, approaches to assessment, and intervention. Students will be expected to make a presentation and lead a discussion for one class session. They will also write a research proposal in journal article format.

SPCH89900 - Dissertation Seminar

0 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall/Spring Semesters
Day/Time: Second Wednesday of each month  4:15 - 6:15pm
Spring 2019: , , , 
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Mira Goral
Email: mgoral@gc.cuny.edu
Office: 7107.01
Phone: 212-817-8802

Students preparing their dissertation proposals enroll in this seminar.  The class meets once every month and is attended by students preparing proposals, the faculty based at the Graduate School (i.e., 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 two major presentations at different stages of their proposals during the academic year (review of the literature and research question; research design including results of pilot data). 

SPCH70600 - Hearing Science

3 Credits 
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2018
Day/Time: Wed 6:30-8:30pm
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Elad Sagi
Email: dreladsagi@gmail.com

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.

SPCH70700 - Language Science

3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2018
Day/Time: Thurs 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Valerie Shafer
Email: vshafer@gc.cuny.edu
Office: 7400.14
Phone: 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.

SPCH71900 - Doctoral Research

3 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2018
Day/Time: Tues 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Brett Martin
Email: bmartin@gc.cuny.edu 
Office: 7400.17
Phone: 212-817-8810
 

The overall goal is to provide students with a sound overview of scientific research to prepare them to begin doctoral research. Students’ ability to apply the scientific method to speech, language, and hearing research will be advanced. Students will refine their ability to evaluate the research literature, formulate a research question, and develop a research design.

SPCH79300 - Responsible Conduct of Research (Research Ethics)

1 Credit
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2018
Day/Time: Mon 11:45pm - 1:45pm
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Richard Schwartz
Email: rschwartz@gc.cuny.edu 
Office: 7400.12
Phone: 212-817-8804
 

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. This course is five weeks.

SPCH81500 - Seminar in Neurolinquistics of Bilingualism

3 Credits (Cross-listed with LING79100)
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2018
Day/Time: Tues 4:15pm - 6:15pm
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Loraine Obler
Email: lobler@gc.cuny.edu 
Office: 7400.08
Phone: 212-817-8809
 

This course will review the current and earlier literature on brain representation and processing of bilingualism and multilingualism. The neurolinguistic methods included are the study of spared and impaired language functions in individuals with aphasia, imaging techniques like fMRI and ERP, and language and cognition in special populations (talented and poor L2 learners, conference interpreters). We will treat the following foci of neurolinguistics research on bilingualism: the phenomena associated with bilingual and multilingual aphasia, research on treatment of multilinguals with aphasia, age-of-acquisition variables, neuroimaging studies of bilingual processing, aging bilingual brains. Please note: This clourse will be graded Pass/Fail.

SPCH81800 - Articulatory Phonology

3 Credits (Cross-listed with LING79200)
COURSE OFFERING: Fall 2018
Day/Time: Mon 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Douglas Whalen
Email: dwhalen@gc.cuny.edu  
Office: 7400.16
Phone: 212-817-8806

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.

SPCH89900 - Dissertation Seminar

0 Credits
COURSE OFFERING: Fall/Spring Semesters
Day/Time: Second Wednesday of each month  4:15 - 6:15pm
Fall 2018: 9/12, 10/3, 11/7, 12/5 Room: 7102
Instructor: Prof. Mira Goral
Email: mgoral@gc.cuny.edu
Office: 7107.01
Phone: 212-817-8802

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., 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.)