CSD 388 - Cultural and Linguistic Diversity

Credit Hours: 3
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to multicultural issues designed to better prepare them to serve diverse populations while employed in health and education professions. Students enrolled in this course will be given the tools to begin to develop cultural competence as future service providers. Course will examine the role of culture in the development, assessment and management of normal and disordered speech and language. This course will address the cultural and socio-political issues of education and clinical treatment of U.S. groups by race/ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability and religious practice.

Lecture contact hours: 3

Typically offered: Fall