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SPLP 550 - Language Disorders in Children
Credits: Three (3)
Participants will learn strategies for diagnosing and treating children with language disorders from birth through adolescence. Characteristics and etiologies of these disorders developmental and acquired language disorders will be discussed.
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SPLP 560 - Research Methods and Evidence Based Practice
Credits: Three (3)
This course will prepare participants to become critical consumers of speech-language pathology research. Participants will learn how to apply concepts presented in research studies to clinical practice in order to meet evidence-based practice guidelines. In addition, participants will learn about research design and analysis to prepare them clinical research.
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SPLP 570 - Motor Speech Disorders
Credits: Three (3)
Participants will develop a thorough understanding of the etiologies of motor speech disorders, such as cerebral palsy and Lou Gehrig’s Disease, and the speech disorders they may experience, such as dysarthria and apraxia. Participants will learn and practice assessment and treatment strategies to help clients in this challenging population across the lifespan.
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SPLP 575 - Practicum II
Credits: Three (3)
Participants will apply skills learned in academic coursework to this clinical practicum. Direct client contact is required, and participants will be supervised by speech-language pathologists with their clinical certification (CCC-SLP). Participants will be responsible for all aspects of their client’s treatment including planning, treating, communicating with the client and the client’s family, and report-writing.
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SPLP 580 - Practicum III
Credits: Three (3)
Participants will apply skills learned in academic coursework to this clinical practicum. Direct client contact is required, and participants will be supervised by speech-language pathologists with their clinical certification (CCC-SLP). Participants will be responsible for all aspects of their client’s treatment including planning, treating, communicating with the client and the client’s family, and report-writing.
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SPLP 590 - Language and Literacy for Speech Language Pathology
Credits: Two (2)
Participants will learn how language and literacy are intertwined and the role of the speech-language pathologist in assessing and treating patients with literacy disorders. This is an elective class.
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SPLP 595 - Special Populations in Communication Disorders
Credits: Three (3)
Special Populations in Communication Disorders is designed to present information regarding less prevalent disorders in speech-language pathology. These disorders include fluency, cleft palate, autism, chromosome disorders, etc. Material covered will include characteristics, diagnosis and basic intervention techniques.
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SPLP 600 - Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Credits: Three (3)
This course provides participants with an in-depth understanding of assessment and treatment of clients who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), such as pointing to pictures and communication devices with voice output. Hands-on practice will be provided to prepare participants to work with clients in this population across the lifespan.
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SPLP 610 - Professional Issues in Speech Language Pathology
Credits: One (1)
Participants in this course will learn about the administrative, legal, and ethical issues in the field of speech-language pathology, such as funding and billing issues, ethical and professional behavior, state licensing, national certification, specialty recognition certifications, and professional organizations, in order to prepare participants to begin their careers in this field.
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SPLP 620 - Dysphagia
Credits: Three (3)
Participants will learn etiologies, assessment, and treatment for individuals with feeding and swallowing disorders in both pediatric and adult populations. Anatomy and physiology for normal and disordered swallowing will be examined. Diagnostic procedures including modified barium swallow (MBS) studies and fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) will be included.
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SPLP 630 - Voice Disorders
Credits: Two (2)
Participants will learn about the anatomy and physiology of the vocal mechanism. They will study clients who have voice disorders, such as vocal nodules and alaryngeal speech. Assessment and treatment strategies will be studied in depth in order to prepare participants to treat this client population.
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SPLP 640 - Craniofacial Anomalies
Credits: Two (2)
Participants will complete an in-depth study of cleft lip, cleft palate and other facial disorders that impact communication and swallowing. Participants will learn assessment and treatment options completed by the speech-language pathologist and the other members of the craniofacial team.
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SPLP 650 - Comprehensive Examination Preparation
Credits: One (1)
This course is specifically designed to prepare the graduate student for the program’s comprehensive examination and the national PRAXIS examination necessary for becoming certified speech-language pathologists. Practice may include case studies, practice tests, and learning methods of studying.
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SPLP 660 - Multicultural Issues in Communication Sciences and Disorders
Credits: Three (3)
Participants will learn how cultural and linguistic diversity affect the assessment and treatment of speech-language pathology clients. Participants will also learn about other cultures and will develop intercultural communication competence to prepare them for working with clients and co-workers from diverse backgrounds.
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SPLP 670 - School Externship
Credits: Six (6)
Participants will provide speech and language assessment and intervention services in a school or pediatric setting under the supervision of a CCC-SLP credentialed speech pathologist who is employed by the facility. University faculty or clinical staff will monitor the participant’s progress.
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SPLP 680 - Medical Externship
Credits: Six (6)
Participants will provide speech and language assessment and intervention services in a hospital, skilled nursing, or other medical setting under the supervision of a CCC-SLP credentialed speech pathologist who is employed by the facility. University faculty or clinical staff will monitor the participant’s progress.
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SPLP 690 - Childhood Speech and Language Seminar
Credits: Two (2)
Participants in this seminar will develop advanced knowledge in assessing and treating patients with speech and/or language delays and disorders. Challenging and more complex clients will be studied in particular.
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SPLP 695 - Reading in Communication Disorders
Credits: Three (3)
Participants in this seminar will work on reading and analyzing recent research in the field of speech-language pathology on specific topics in order to inform their assessment and treatment practices. This is an elective class.
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SPTM 210 - Sport Business Management
Credits: Three (3)
Prerequisite: BUS-150 or Sophomore Status
The course reviews the organizational and managerial foundations of sports management. Both professional and amateur sports industries are considered. The students will study a wide variety of issues related to production and distribution of sports. These include products, event and facility management, and sport communication.
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SPTM 250 - Rawlings Market Research and Development
Credits: Three (3)
Prerequisite: SPTM-210 and ISYS-100
This course will introduce research design, implementation, and analysis of research within the field of sport business. Through applied research, both qualitative and quantitative methodologies will be explored. Specifically, the student will work with Rawlings Sporting Goods on requested research projects and be responsible for travel to attend sporting events and collect data. As students collect data for actual events, they will acquire the concepts and skills to commence a research study.
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SPTM 300 - Missouri Valley Conference Sport Event and Facility Management
Credits: Three (3)
Prerequisite: SPTM-210
This course examines the competencies needed to successfully manage sporting events and facilities. Students will learn the legal, financial and organizational considerations needed to plan, implement and evaluate sporting events and manage multi-purpose venues. Students will integrate theory with practice through participation in a local sporting event such as a championship, tournament or marketing event.
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SPTM 375 - Corporate Sponsorship
Credits: Three (3)
This course will focus on the sale, development and activation of sponsorship contracts in the business of Sport. The students will get an in-depth look into building Sponsorship Sales proposals as well as detailed information related to pricing. Those items include, but are not limited to: Valuation, Cost per Exposure, Market Segmentation, Strategy and Communication. The students will get hands-on experience in implementing and executing the Sponsorship contracts from the service side of sponsorship as well as contract fulfillment.
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SPTM 380 - Legal Aspects o’f Sport Business Mgmt
Credits: Three (3)
Prerequisite: BUS-280
This course examines the United States legal system as it pertains to sports businesses and organizations. Using a managerial perspective, students will learn to identify important legal issues and to design organizational policies that comply with relevant rules and laws. Issues pertaining to human resource management, governance and operations management will be explored.
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SPTM 385 - Sport Promotions
Credits: Three (3)
This course highlights aspects of promotions and its integration into the sport business industry. Students will learn how to develop, implement, measure, analyze and fulfill sport promotions. Students in the course will learn to use a variety of avenues to fulfill the goals of the project while adhering to a budget.
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SPTM 400 - Sport Business Analytics
Credits: Three (3)
The class will discuss the theory, development, and application of analytics in sports. Students will learn about the application of analytics in sports for purposes of marketing and sales strategy, sports operations, among many other topics. The class will consist of lectures, guest speakers from the sports industry and academia, and culminate with a group project.
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SPTM 415 - Sport Marketing
Credits: Three (3)
Prerequisite: MKT-360
This course introduces the concepts and theories that are unique to sports marketing and applies the basic principles of marketing to the sport industry. Students will develop a strategic framework to assist in sport marketing decisions. Product development, promotional mix, pricing and distribution will be discussed in detail.
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SPTM 420 - Sport Finance
Credits: Three (3)
Prerequisite: FIN-312
This course explores contemporary examples from marketing sponsorship, facility construction and sport law to illustrate the crucial role that money plays in any sport business. Emphasis is placed on understanding how the receipt, disbursement and utilization of funds can foster future growth in the sport businesses. The course will deal with such issues as sport financial analysis, capital structuring and capital budgeting, profitable distribution systems and the management of financial risk.
Cross-listed: FIN-420
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SPTM 425 - “Game Face” Selling in the Business of Sport
Credits: Three (3)
Prerequisite: Senior Sport Business Management Major
This course offers a comprehensive understanding of the sales process in the sport sector. An overview of sales and service theory, as well as application, is the prime focus for this course. The course is conducted with professional sport business sales consultants. These consultants will train the student in the following areas: prospecting, sales pre-planning, writing sales proposals, preventing and handling objections, sales closing, and post sales servicing. The student will be able to use these selling tools to enhance his or her sales performance in the area of sport business sales and service.
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SPTM 435 - Semester Away Internship
Credits: Twelve (12)
Prerequisite: Program Director Approval
Some opportunities are too unique and too special to fit within the constraints of a traditional student’s schedule. Would you like to spend a semester in Atlanta interning for the Chick-fil-a Bowl or a semester in Denver interning for the Colorado Rockies? The semester away internship allows Rawlings Sport Business Management students to participate in unique internship opportunities by working full-time for a sports organization and receiving 12 credits. The program is perfect for exploring opportunities outside the metro St. Louis area.
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SPTM 440 - “Rawlings” One year Practical Experience Program
Credits: Twelve (12)
Prerequisite: Application and Program Director Approval
Rawlings has been a leader in the sporting goods and apparel industry since 1887 and their world headquarters is located on the Maryville University campus! Each year Rawlings and the Maryville Rawlings Sport Business Management faculty select worthy students to participate in the Rawlings Practical Experience Program. Students in the program learn every aspect of the Rawlings Corporation’s business operations and receive 12-credit hours toward graduation. The program is highly competitive and requires a full year commitment.
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SPTM 445 - “Rawlings” Advanced Application of Sport Business
Credits: Three (3)
Prerequisite: MGMT-410 or SPTM-410
This course focuses on ethical problems in sports as well as current issues. These issues include government involvement in support of sports, the role of sports in society, the globalization of sports, and the technological advancements in the industry. This course will be instructed in collaboration with Rawlings Sporting Goods Company.
Cross-listed: MGMT-445
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SPTM 499 - Sport Management Internshp
Credits: One (1) to Six (6)
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SPTM 615 - Survey Sport and Entertainment Management
Credits: Three (3)
Prerequisite: MGMT-647
This course will examine the contemporary issues and trends impacting sport andamp; entertainment business administration from a historical perspective to future trends in the industry. This course utilizes in-depth problem solving instruction and fosters critical thinking on a variety of contemporary issues in the sport andamp; entertainment industry. Topics that will be covered in the course: Sport associations and governing bodies (NCAA, NAIA, MLB, NBA, MLS, NFL, IOC), The Olympic Movement, Issues /trends relating to NCAA legislation, conference realignment, NCAA reform, Issues/trends relating to ticketing, free agency, collective bargaining, revenue-sharing, salary caps, luxury taxes, and government subsidization of stadiums.
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SPTM 620 - Economics of Sport and Entertainment Management
Credits: Three (3)
Prerequisite: ECON-620
This course explores topics as they relate to fiscal and budgetary control of public and private organizations. Included are: forms of ownership, taxation, financial analysis, feasibility studies, economic impact studies, and insurance considerations. The course also analyzes business aspects of sport andamp; entertainment industries from a collaborative perspective.
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SPTM 675 - Product Development for Sport and Entertainment Management
Credits: Three (3)
Prerequisite: MKT-660
The objective of this course is to familiarize students with applications of relatively recent new product planning techniques. The course will emphasize use of market research data and marketing models for new product development and management. The main topics to be covered in this class are: product design, test marketing, product positioning, market segmentation, market share estimation, product packaging, advertising testing and promotion, brand equity, and global product planning.
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SPTM 680 - Sponsorship and Promotion of Sport and Entertainment Management
Credits: Three (3)
Prerequisite: MKT-660
This course will concentrate on the sponsorship andamp; promotion elements in marketing. The sponsorship andamp; promotions mix will help students to gain an understanding and appreciation of the more encompassing elements of marketing through sponsorship. There will be in-depth study of advanced sponsorship andamp; promotion management issues including negotiation strategies, developing and maintaining long-term corporate customer relationships, alternative strategies, international sales strategies and national account management.
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SUST 101 - Introduction to Sustainability
Credits: Three
Introduces students to the theories, principles, and strategies concerning the challenges of living with greater environmental responsibility. Explore ideas and issues relating to sustainability within related disciplines including ethics economics, natural sciences and social sciences.
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SUST 150 - Sustainability Exploration Seminar
Credits: Three
St. Louis-centered seminar introduces new students to local aspects of sustainability, including visits to places such as city gardens, green spaces, landfills, etc. highlighting the interconnectedness of environmental and social justice concerns.
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SUST 201 - Environmental Science and Health
Credits: Three
An introduction to the ecological principles that underlie environmental science and natural resource conversation, students examine the environment as the context for human activities; discussion of the human effects on ecosystems.
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SUST 350 - Sustainability Expedition
Credits: Three
A spring break expedition lead by Sustainability instructors – e.g., waterway explorations, city stewardship projects or similar experiences, e.g., Study abroad course with a focus on sustainability (e.g., Jan 2016 Galapagos Islands), Habit for Humanity contracted as Independent study with faculty member, Study Away (2016 New Orleans) contracted as Independent study with faculty member.
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SUST 375 - Strategies in Sustainability
Credits: Three
Students discuss approaches to planning and thoughtful use of natural resources with an emphasis on energy conservation, pollution control, reduction of solid and toxic waste and maintaining biodiversity. Also considered are ways that the impacts of human societies can be reduced in the present and future.
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SUST 499 - Sustainability Internship
Credits: Three
Students are supervised in fieldwork dealing with environmental problems. Partnerships exist with local, state and federal agencies to provide environmental learning opportunities and experiences.
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SWDV 600 - Intro to Programming
Credits: Three (3)
This course introduces fundamental computer programming concepts including data types, variables, functional abstraction, control structures, and common data structures. Students will practice using these concepts by writing Python to implement algorithms that operate on data retrieved from different sources (e.g., user input, files, relational databases) using multiple retrieval interfaces (e.g., SQL, web APIs).
Cross-listed: BDAT-610
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SWDV 610 - Data Structures
Credits: Three (3)
Building on fundamental computer programming concepts, this course fleshes out the design and implementation of software using object-oriented techniques. Software design concepts will include the evaluation and implementation of data structures, object-oriented modelling, user interface development, project structures, and error handling.
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SWDV 620 - Web Applications
Credits: Three (3)
This course covers the foundational elements of a modern web application. Students will learn basic web languages and professional web developer tools, preparing them to eventually work on either front-end or back-end applications.
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SWDV 630 - Object Orientated Programming
Credits: Three (3)
This course covers essential skills for back-end developers focusing on Java libraries and frameworks for servers. Students will build experience with in-demand Java technologies such as object-relational mappers (e.g., Hibernate) and robust application frameworks (e.g., Spring MVC).
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SWDV 640 - User Inferface Design
Credits: Three (3)
This course focuses on the design and implementation of user interfaces on the web, commonly known as front-end programming. Students will utilize the most common language for front-end development, Javascript, and will explore powerful Javascript frameworks for bootstrapping multi-featured front-end applications.
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SWDV 650 - Agile Systems Analysis and Design
Credits: Three (3)
Previous system analysis and design methodologies are being replaced with iterative approaches such as agile. This approach leads to faster product deployment at a lower cost with less rework due to missed requirements. This course reviews the development of well written requirements, analysis and design in an agile environment, and enhances student critical thinking skills.
Cross-listed: ISYS-620
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SWDV 655 - Database Management
Credits: Three (3)
This course examines the design, development and management of relational databases and the integration of these databases with applications across the enterprise. Topics include database tools, basic Structured Query Language, design trade-offs, middleware, database server architectures, web-enabled technologies, security issues and emerging database technologies.
Cross-listed: BDAT-605
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SWDV 660 - Applied DevOps
Credits: Three (3)
This course will apply student’s experience with database management and software design to develop, deploy, and manage a full realized web based application in the cloud.
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SWDV 665 - Advanced Topics in Software Development
Credits: Three (3)
This course will cover timely advanced topics within software development. Potential topics include mobile application development, machine learning, secure coding, streaming applications, NoSQL databases, etc.
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SWDV 691 - Software Development Capstone
Credits: Three (3)
This course serves as the final course in the curriculum and students will design, develop, and deploy their own web application.
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WS 297 - Special Studies
Credits: One (1) to Four (4)
These courses are offered periodically based on the interests of our students and faculty.For more information and a listing of current offerings, please see additional descriptions at www.maryville.edu/specialstudies.
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WS 397 - Special Studies
Credits: Three (3)
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WS 496 - Independent Study
Credits: One (1) to Four (4)
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WS 497 - Special Studies
Credits: Two (2) to Four (4)
These courses are offered periodically based on the interests of our students and faculty. For more information and a listing of current offerings, please see additional descriptons at www.maryville.edu/specialstudies.
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WS 498 - Seminar
Credits: One (1) to Four (4)
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WS 596 - Independent Study
Credits: One (1) to Three (3)
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