Overview

The course will teach you the core skills needed to begin a career as an speech pathologist, with work integrated learning placement experience with a range of service providers with a range of populations/service contexts. The course is delivered at regional sites with face to face and online components. 

Course offerings

Greater Green Triangle
Port Pirie
Riverland

Courses / qualifications may not be offered in all locations and modes each year.  For more information on Mode of Delivery, visit Mode definitions

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Program of study notes

Program of study
144 Units

Year 136 Units
Year 236 Units
Year 336 Units
Year 436 Units

Admission requirements

Admission requirements
Special requirements

Aims

This course aims to prepare students to become a contemporary practitioner who is client and community centred and able to work in an interprofessional team. Graduates will be flexible, innovative and a reflective and responsive critical thinker  

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course you will be able to:
1.
Identify and apply contemporary theoretical and evidence-based approaches in speech pathology
2.
Integrate and apply speech pathology knowledge and skills to prevent, promote and manage communication and swallowing needs across the lifespan in a range of contexts and service responses with individuals, families and communities particularly with rural and remote populations and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
3.
Partner and collaborate with key stakeholders to meet their needs as determined by the individual care recipient in a culturally safe and responsive manner, in particular with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
4.
Advocate for and empower others, both at an individual, community and population level
5.
Implement appropriate, professional and ethical speech pathology practice suited to context and need to their full scope of practice
6.
Implement interprofessional and innovative practice to optimise health and social care outcomes for individuals, families and communities with communication and swallowing needs
7.
Connect, collaborate and communicate effectively with other professionals in providing safe, inclusive and high quality health and social care
8.
Be a reflective, evidence-based practitioner who can plan their ongoing professional development as lifelong learners

Student progression rules

Failure to complete the course within 8 consecutive years, may constitute prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory progress for the purposes of the University's Policy on Student Progress. Where credit has been granted a lesser period to complete the course may be set by the Dean (Education).

The award of a grade of Fail (F) in the same topic on more than one occasion, may constitute prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory progress of the purposes of the University's Policy on Student Progress.

Professional accreditation and recognition

Professional accreditation