SLPA 1102 — Language Development
4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureusually offered: springBostonOnlineOnlineTraditional
Provides an overview of the development of the language system from birth to adolescence. Students compare different theories of language acquisition and understand their implications for intervention approaches; become familiar with broad developmental stages in infancy and childhood in the domains of motor skills, cognition, social skills, and speech and language, and the connections among these domains; understand the social dynamics between parents and children from which early gestures and prespeech vocalizations emerge; utilize some informal measures of language development covering form, content, and use; and understand broad differences in development in multicultural populations including Asian, Hispanic, and African-American children.
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2024 | 1 | 24 | 35 | 69% | 11.0 |
| Summer A 2024 | 1 | 17 | 50 | 34% | 33.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 1 | 9 | 35 | 26% | 26.0 |
| Summer A 2025 | 1 | 16 | 50 | 32% | 34.0 |
| Spring 2026 | 1 | 19 | 35 | 54% | 16.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 39% · T 39% · W 39% · Th 41% · F 0%
Common patterns: MW (39% of sections), R (22% of sections), T (20% of sections), TR (19% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Spring
- Zhenghan Qi (54% of students) · reviews
- Timothy DeLuca (46% of students) · reviews
Summer A
- Nia Johnson (52% of students) · reviews
- Meka Harris (48% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Unlocks
Courses that list SLPA 1102 in their prerequisites.
Links
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