Bachelor of Speech Pathology (Honours)
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Bachelor of Speech Pathology (Honours)
Secure your future with highly specialised training, exciting placements and flexible outcomes. When you study a Bachelor of Speech Pathology (Honours), you are accessing the most comprehensive degree of its kind in Australia. Open up experiences and job opportunities like no other when you study this program. Speech pathologists assess…
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Secure your future with highly specialised training, exciting placements and flexible outcomes.
When you study a Bachelor of Speech Pathology (Honours), you are accessing the most comprehensive degree of its kind in Australia. Open up experiences and job opportunities like no other when you study this program.
Speech pathologists assess and treat children and adults with communication and swallowing disorders. This spans across developmental and acquired speech and language disorders, cleft lip and palate, voice disorders and stuttering.
Course overview
You will learn and develop the necessary skills to confidently take on the full range of conditions that speech pathologists assess and treat including:
all acquired and developmental human communication disorders
swallowing disorders
speech disorders
fluency disorders
voice disorders
communication disorders of neurological origin
Students will study a variety of foundation courses including:
linguistics
psychology
bioscience
anatomy
Honours Study Pathways in Speech Pathology:
As a requirement for the honours program in this degree, you have the option to select one of the study paths detailed in the Speech Pathology handbook.
Language Diploma with Speech Pathology Degree:
As a student of Speech Pathology, you can concurrently pursue a Diploma in Languages, which offers you the opportunity to learn a new language alongside your main degree! This additional qualification will offer you unique opportunities and career pathways in Australia and around the world.
Career opportunities
Gain professionally accredited expertise in all areas of speech pathology. The strong experience-based nature of this degree, along with an internationally recognised professional accreditation, prepares University of Newcastle graduates for immediate professional employment.
Professional Outcomes:
Health Promotion Officer
Rehabilitation Consultant
Research Scientist
Speech Pathologist
University Lecturer/Academic
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
The University of Newcastle, Australia is a world-class university. Excellence in teaching, research, and the student experience are our focus.
The University of Newcastle is one of the world’s top 200 universities1, known for making a global impact and top 5 in the world for partnering for a more sustainable future2.Â
We embrace technology and best practice to deliver the best possible student experience. Our mission is to help students become life-ready graduates. We do this through practical learning, innovative styles of teaching, internationally recognised study programs and world-class research.Â
We are number one in Australia for industry collaboration3, our partnerships help our more than 39,000 students4 to be more employable and start on higher salaries than the Australian average5.Â
1 QS World University Rankings 2023
2 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2022 Â
3 Innovation Connections IC Report 2014 - 2020Â
4 The University of Newcastle Data Warehouse 2021Â
5 QILT Graduates Outcomes Survey 2018 - 2020Â
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