科廷科技大学

Speech pathologists work with many different people with lots of different communication challenges, for example giving feeding advice to a mother whose baby has a cleft palate, helping a child with a stutter to speak more fluently or assisting an adult who has had a stroke or a brain injury, to regain their communication skills.

This course gives you the skills you need to work in this field, developing your understanding of typical and acquired communication development, swallowing disorders and clinical practice in speech pathology.

Your first year is interprofessional and taken with other health sciences students. In your second year, your studies will focus on three streams: human communication science, clinical science in speech pathology, and research methods.

You will develop practical skills and apply your learning by completing supervised clinical practice in Curtin’s on campus clinic as well as manage a research project in your final year of studies to graduate with an honours degree.

Professional recognition

Graduates are eligible for membership with Speech Pathology Australia.

Career information

Careers

Speech pathologist.

Industries

Education and training
Health care
Public administration and safety
Social assistance.

What you'll learn

Apply knowledge of human communication science to the delivery of speech pathology services and research in diverse and changing settings
Critically analyse information to plan, implement and evaluate speech pathology services and research
Locate, extract and critically appraise evidence and information from a range of resources to solve theoretical and applied problems in human communication science
Demonstrate excellence in written, verbal and non-verbal communication skills appropriate to the discipline within a legal and ethical framework
Use technologies relevant to the human communication sciences to inform clinical practice and research
Understand and implement varied learning strategies, and take responsibility for ongoing professional and personal development
Incorporate and demonstrate awareness of global or international perspectives in health care to clinical practice and research in speech pathology
Demonstrate awareness of and respect for individual human rights and cultural diversity
Independently and collaboratively apply professional skills in an ethical manner across a range of professional settings.