SPA at Miami University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate SPA coursework.

• SPA 222Anatomy and Physiology Speech Productionopens 3 courses (3 directly)
• SPA 293Sophomore Seminar in Speech Pathology and Audiologyopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• SPA 102Beginning ASL IIopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• SPA 201Intermediate ASL Iopens 1 course (1 directly)
• SPA 316Introduction to Audiologyopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate SPA work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 26 SPA and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 28 more SPA courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on SPA, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in SPA. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at SPA 202

  1. SPA 101Beginning ASL I
  2. SPA 102Beginning ASL II
  3. SPA 201Intermediate ASL I
  4. SPA 202Intermediate American Sign Language II

• 3 courses deep, ending at SPA 325

  1. BIO 161Principles of Human Physiology
  2. SPA 222Anatomy and Physiology Speech Production
  3. SPA 325Foundations of Neurology for Communication Sciences and Disorders

• 3 courses deep, ending at SPA 326

  1. PHY 101Physics and Society
  2. SPA 316Introduction to Audiology
  3. SPA 326Aural Rehabilitation

• 3 courses deep, ending at SPA 393

  1. SPA 127Introduction to Communication Disorders
  2. SPA 293Sophomore Seminar in Speech Pathology and Audiology
  3. SPA 393Junior Clinical Experience

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for SPA yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under SPA yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

SPA does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Miami (OH) campus feed.