Ph.D students in participating departments can obtain a specialization in Language, Music, and Communication by taking two courses from each of three areas: [1] Instrumentation and Algorithms [2] Biological mechanisms [3] Architectures of Language and Music, or a total of six courses.
Courses in area [1] Instrumentation and Algorithms:
EECS 332: Digital Image Analysis
EECS 349: Machine Learning
EECS 359: Digital Signal Processing
EECS 420: Digital Image Processing
Linguistics 330: Research Methods in Linguistics
Courses in area [2] Biological Mechanisms:
Communication Sciences and Disorders 301: Anatomy and Physiology of the Vocal Mechanism
Communication Sciences and Disorders 302: Anatomy and Physiology of the Peripheral Hearing Mechanism
Communication Sciences and Disorders 310/410: Biological Foundations of Speech and Music
Communication Sciences and Disorders 507: Neural Mechanisms of Language Processing
Courses in area [3] Architectures of Language and Music:
Communication Sciences and Disorders 402: Speech Perception
Communication Sciences and Disorders 306: Psychoacoustics
Linguistics 350: Fundamentals of Laboratory Phonology
Linguistics 360: Fundamentals of Syntax
Linguistics 370: Fundamentals of Meaning
Music Theory 351: Music Cognition
Three of the selected courses must be outside of the student's home department. In each category, the student is free to substitute a more advanced course for one requiring a listed course as a prerequisite. Additional substitutions may be authorized by the LMC Director of Graduate Studies.
