BSpPath
320 cp
Minimum duration: 4 years full-time
Course available at:
Brisbane, Queensland (from 2014)
Melbourne, Victoria
Sydney (North Sydney), NSW
EFTSL value of units: All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.
1. Admission Requirements
An applicant must also comply with the Admission Rules.
1.1 To be eligible for admission to the Bachelor of Speech Pathology, an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites at year 12 level, or equivalent:
New South Wales
Prerequisites: English (Advanced) or English (Standard) (Band 4) or English as a Second Language (Band 4); plus at least one of biology; chemistry; physics; or personal development, health and physical education (PDHPE).
Queensland
Prerequisites: English (4, SA) and at least one of biology; chemistry; physics; health education or physical education (4, SA).
Victoria
Prerequisites: Units 3 and 4 - a study score of at least 30 in English (ESL) or 25 in any other English; and a study score of at least 25 in one of biology; chemistry; physics; physical education; or health and human development.
2. Completion Requirements
To qualify for the degree, a student must complete 320 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
- 20 cp from University Core Units;
- 40 cp from Inter-professional Units;
- 140 cp from Speech Pathology Theory Units;
- 120 cp from Integration and Practice Units.
3. Progression within the Course
Students normally complete a unit or units at an introductory level (100-level) in an approved sequence before undertaking advanced level units (200 or 300-level) in that sequence.
In all aspects of progress through the course, students will be advised by the Course Coordinator and bound by decisions of the School Committee.
Schedule of Unit Offerings
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Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.
University Core Units
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
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UNCC100 |
10 |
Our World: Community and Vulnerability |
UNCC300 |
10 |
Understanding Self and Society: Contemporary Perspectives |
Inter-professional Units
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|
BIOL121 |
10 |
Human Biological Science 1 |
HLSC111 |
10 |
The Person, Health and Wellbeing |
HLSC120 |
10 |
Society, Culture and Health |
HLSC220 |
10 |
Health Care Ethics |
Speech Pathology Theory Units
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|
SPHY100 |
10 |
Development and Communication Across the Lifespan |
SPHY102 |
10 |
Anatomy and Physiology for Speech Pathology |
SPHY103 |
10 |
Linguistics and Phonetics for Speech Pathology |
SPHY104 |
10 |
Evidence Based Speech Pathology Practice |
SPHY200 |
10 |
Neuroscience for Speech Pathology |
SPHY201 |
10 |
Language Disorders 1 (Developmental) |
SPHY202 |
10 |
Language Disorders 2 (Acquired) |
SPHY204 |
10 |
Speech Disorders 1 (Developmental) |
SPHY205 |
10 |
Speech Disorders 2 (Acquired) |
SPHY206 |
10 |
Multimodal Communication |
SPHY300 |
10 |
Voice Disorders |
SPHY301 |
10 |
Swallowing and Feeding across the Lifespan |
SPHY303 |
10 |
Audiology and Aural Rehabilitation for Speech Pathology |
SPHY304 |
10 |
Disorders of Fluency |
SPHY401 |
10 |
Transition to Professional Speech Pathology Practice |
Integration and Practice Units
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|
SPHY101 |
10 |
Introduction to Speech Pathology Practice |
SPHY203 |
10 |
Assessment in Speech Pathology Practice |
SPHY207 |
10 |
Intervention in Speech Pathology Practice |
SPHY302 |
10 |
Complexity in Speech Pathology Practice |
SPHY305 |
10 |
Challenges in Speech Pathology Practice |
SPHY400 |
30 |
Intercultural Speech Pathology Practice |
SPHY402 |
30 |
Consolidating Speech Pathology Practice |
Page last updated:
2017-06-29
Short url: https://handbook.acu.edu.au/431448