Bachelor of Speech and Language Sciences/Master of Speech Pathology

The dual degree prepares you for contemporary Speech Pathology practice and contains foundation subjects that include psychology, public health, anatomy, physiology and linguistics. You will study with other speech pathology students as well as with students in other courses like psychology, social work, physiotherapy and teacher education so you learn important skills of working together. The course also contains compulsory discipline specific subjects that cover speech, language, voice, swallowing, fluency and multi-modal communication.

You will work in laboratories and simulated hospital wards to develop your knowledge and skills, and attend compulsory professional placements, undertaken in a variety of agencies such as schools and hospitals so you have lots of opportunity to learn the speech pathology practice.

To qualify as a speech pathologist, students must successfully complete both the Bachelor of Speech and Language Sciences and Master of Speech Pathology components.