
  • flinders.edu.au
  • Staff
  • Students
  • Library
Flinders University Logo Flinders University Logo
  • New students

    Getting started

    • Orientation
    • Mentoring Programs
    • Credit transfer
    • Ready2Go?
    • Find your college
    • Your FAN
    • Okta

    Higher degree by research

    • Apply for a higher degree by research
    • Start your higher degree by research
    • HDR online induction
    Student System
    My Flinders
    Orientation planner
  • My course

    My course

    • Course rules, topics & timetables
    • Manage your enrolment
    • Readings
    • Textbooks
    • Exams, assessments and results
    • GPA calculator
    • Graduation
    • Internal transfer
    • Prizes and awards
    • Summer topics
    • Transnational Education (TNE) Students
    • Academic integrity
    • Graduate qualities

    Careers and opportunities

    • Student placements (WIL)
    • Careers & employability
    • Horizon Professional Development Award
    • Study abroad
    • Apply for honours year
    • Further study
    • Apply for a higher degree by research

    Higher degree by research

    • HDR home
    • Degree management
    • Progression and milestones
    • Examinations and completions
    • HDR development
    • Events and awards
    FLO
    Student System
    Career Hub
    Inspire
  • Support & services

    Health & wellbeing

    • Health services
    • Counselling services
    • Disability services
    • Oasis Student Community Wellbeing Centre
    • Sport & fitness
    • HDR Progression Support

    Study & learning

    • Academic advocacy
    • Studiosity online support
    • Learning Lounge
    • English language support
    • Study guides
    • Library
    • FLO Help
    • Student Learning Support Service
    • Elite athletes study support
    • Defence reserves study support

    Other support & services

    • Indigenous student services
    • International student services
    • Careers and employability
    • Legal advice
    • Financial advocacy
    • Financial support and scholarships
    • Flinders Connect

    IT & technology

    • Student systems and software
    • Email
    • Wi-Fi (eduroam)
    • Computers and printers on campus
    View all support & services
    Ask Flinders
    Flinders Support Network
  • Uni life

    Campuses and facilities

    • Bedford Park campus
    • Tonsley campus
    • Victoria Square campus
    • Campus security
    • Accommodation
    • Flinders University Museum of Art (FUMA)

    Student news

    • Ping! all student newsletter
    • Empire Times Magazine
    • Student Stories

    Get involved

    • Get involved overview
    • Clubs & societies
    • Sport & fitness
    • FUSA events
    • Join the Student View Group
    • Join the student association (FUSA)
    • Become an O’Guide
    • Become an Inspire mentor
    • Become a wellbeing ambassador
    • Summer break series
  • Finance & admin

    Finance and fees

    • Financial advice, emergency loans and grants
    • Scholarships
    • Fees, payments and refunds
    • Student Services & Amenities Fee (SSAF)
    • Domestic student financial assistance
    • International student financial assistance
    • Financial advocacy

    Admin & documents

    • Unique Student Identifier
    • My eQuals
    • Transcripts
    • AHEGS
    • Testamurs
    • Student ID cards
    • Justice of the Peace
    • Important dates
    • Policy

    Insurance

    • Student travel insurance
    • Student insurance
    Student System
    Online payments
    Ask Flinders
  • Feedback & rights

    Feedback

    • Ideas & feedback
    • Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET)
    • Success report

    My rights & policies

    • Safety on campus
    • Student policies and procedures
    • Equal opportunity & diversity
    • Work, Health and safety (WHS)

    Complaints

    • Complaints and appeals
  • flinders.edu.au
  • Staff
  • Students
  • Library
  • You have no saved courses.

    Continue to explore your course options.

     
    Explore our courses

    Your saved courses

    {{{courseName}}}
    mail_outline
    delete
    View all saved courses
  • Quick links 
    • Flinders dashboard (Okta)
    • Calendar and key dates
    • Ask Flinders
    • MyFlinders
    • Student System
    • Flinders Learning Online (FLO)
    • Email login
    • Parking: Bedford Park
    • Campus map: Bedford Park
    • Policy library
    • Loop bus

 

Bachelor of Speech Pathology

My course Course rules 2021 Undergraduate course rules Bachelor of Speech Pathology

Course rules 2021

    Overview Associate degrees, diplomas and undergraduate certificate Bachelor degrees Honours Graduate certificates Graduate diplomas Masters degrees Doctorates

Related links

     Course information page

The Bachelor of Speech Pathology requires four years of full-time study and is not offered on a part-time basis. An honours degree can be completed in four years by undertaking additional units, including a research project at honours level, in Year 4.

Graduates are eligible for membership of the Speech Pathology Association of Australia.

Students who commence, but subsequently do not wish to complete, may be eligible to transfer into the three year Bachelor of Speech, Language and Hearing Science after completing the 72 units of topics required to complete the first two years of the Bachelor of Speech Pathology.

The course is offered by the College of Nursing and Health Sciences.

  • Admission requirements
  • Course aims
  • Learning outcomes
  • Program of study
  • Honours

Admission requirements

 The minimum requirements for consideration for entry to all undergraduate courses are specified in detail in the University Entry Requirements.

Course aims

The course prepares students for a professional career in Speech Pathology. It is designed to provide graduates with the knowledge and skills to:

  • assess, diagnose, remediate or alleviate those disabilities specified as human communication or swallowing disorders
  • provide or arrange for a range of adjunctive services whenever the need arises
  • evaluate current research and apply the relevant findings to clinical practice
  • meet the Competency Based Occupational Standards set by the professional association.

Learning outcomes

Graduates of the course are expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

  • an understanding of the content, context and processes of communication and swallowing and their breakdown and to engage critically with this knowledge to make informed professional judgements in diverse situations
  • ability to access and interpret current resources pertinent to the field
  • recognition of their own strengths, weaknesses and learning style.

Graduates of the course are expected to demonstrate the following skills:

  • the Competency Based Occupations Standards (CBOS) set by Speech Pathology Australia for professional practice
  • effectively communicate in both workplace and university contexts
  • locate, evaluate, manage and effectively present information in a variety of forms
  • reflect critically on their own learning and practice in order to strive for excellence and creativity in their professional role
  • demonstrate creativity and innovation in transferring knowledge to practice
  • frame researchable questions pertinent to the field
  • integrate health promotion approaches within all their activities from clinical interventions with individuals through to population based activities
  • work effectively with others in teams for learning and professional practice
  • engage in responsible, ethical decision-making within the framework of Speech Pathology Australia's Code of Ethics.

Graduates of the course are expected to demonstrate the following attitudes:

  • relate to others, displaying trust, concern, and openness
  • advocate for and empower others, both at an individual and a community level
  • examine and cultivate their own value system in order to take initiative as a responsible self in the world.

Program of study

To qualify for the Bachelor of Speech Pathology a student must complete 144 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study below.

Normally at least 31.5 units must be completed at a given level before proceeding to any higher level topics.

Core - Year 1 topics

36 units comprising

 HLTH1004  Human Bioscience  (4.5 units)
 SPTH1103  Anatomy and Physiology of Speech  (4.5 units)
 SPTH1104  Clinical Skills and Practice 1  (4.5 units)
 SPTH1105  Child Development and Learning  (4.5 units)
 SPTH1201  Psychosocial Aspects of Speech Pathology  (4.5 units)
 SPTH1202  Research Methods in Speech Pathology  (4.5 units)
 SPTH1506  Linguistics and Phonetics 1  (4.5 units)
 SPTH1509  Linguistics and Phonetics 2  (4.5 units)

Core - Year 2 topics

36 units comprising

 SPTH2901  Professional Studies & Communication Sciences 1A: Communication Development & Disorders: Birth to Pre-School  (4.5 units)
 SPTH2902  Professional Studies & Communication Sciences 2A: Communication Development & Disorders: School Age to Adolescence  (4.5 units)
 SPTH2903  Clinical Skills and Practice 1A: Communication Development and Disorders  (4.5 units)
 SPTH2904  Clinical Skills and Practice 2A: Communication Development and Disorders: School Age to Adolescence  (4.5 units)
 SPTH2905  Professional Studies & Communication Sciences 1B (Motor Speech Disorders)  (4.5 units)
 SPTH2906  Professional Studies & Communication Sciences 2B (Voice and Swallowing Disorders)  (4.5 units)
 SPTH2907  Clinical Skills and Practice 1B: Motor Speech Disorders  (4.5 units)
 SPTH2908  Clinical Skills and Practice 2B: Voice and Swallowing Disorders  (4.5 units)

Core - Year 3 topics

36 units comprising

 SPTH3901  Professional Studies and Communication Sciences 3A (Acquired Language Disorders 1)  (4.5 units)
 SPTH3902  Professional Studies and Communication Sciences 4A (Acquired Language Disorders 2)  (4.5 units)
 SPTH3903  Speech Pathology Practicum 1  (4.5 units)
 SPTH3904  Speech Pathology Practicum 2  (4.5 units)
 SPTH3905  Clinical Skills and Practice 3: Complex Practice  (4.5 units)
 SPTH3906  Clinical Skills and Practice 4: Complex Practice  (4.5 units)
 SPTH3907  Professional Studies and Communication Sciences 3B (Complex Disorders - Paediatrics)  (4.5 units)
 SPTH3908  Professional Studies and Communication Sciences 4B (Complex Disorders - Adults)  (4.5 units)

Core - Year 4 topics

36 units comprising

 SPTH4710  Research Methods in Speech Pathology 2  (4.5 units)
 SPTH4720  Clinical Skills and Practice (Transition to Practice)  (4.5 units)
 SPTH4901  Speech Pathology Practicum 3  (13.5 units)
 SPTH4902  Speech Pathology Practicum 4  (13.5 units)

Except with the permission of the Dean (Education):

  • the course must be completed within seven consecutive years or, where credit has been granted for previous work, a period determined by the Board
  • a student may not undertake more than 45 units in any year, unless enrolled in the fourth year honours program
  • no topic may be attempted more than twice.

The award of a grade of Fail (F) in the same topic on more than one occasion or failure to complete the course within seven consecutive years may constitute prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory progress for the purposes of the University's Policy on Student Progress.

Honours

Refer to Bachelor of Speech Pathology (Honours)

Every effort has been made to ensure the information published on the Course Rule pages is accurate at the time of publication. Flinders University reserves the right to amend its curriculum without prior notice, and will update the Course Rules to reflect any amendments at the earliest opportunity.

Student Footer - Flinders University Students


Flinders University Logo

Sturt Rd, Bedford Park
South Australia 5042

Student help and requests

  • Glossary
  • Flinders website
  • Staff Portal

Follow Flinders

Facebook - Flinders University Twitter - Flinders University YouTube - Flinders University Instagram - Flinders University LinkedIn - Flinders University

Brand SA logo Innovative Research University logo Indigenous communities

Website feedback and requests

Disclaimer

Accessibility

Privacy

CRICOS Provider: 00114A

Last Updated: 22 Sep 2020
Inspiring achievemnt logo

This website uses cookies

Flinders University uses cookies to ensure website functionality, personalisation, and for a variety of purposes described in the website privacy statement. For details about these cookies and how to set your cookie preferences, refer to our website privacy statement.

You consent to the use of our cookies if you proceed.

Accept and continue

This website uses cookies

Flinders University uses cookies to ensure website functionality, personalisation, and for a variety of purposes described in the website privacy statement. For details about these cookies and how to set your cookie preferences, refer to our website privacy statement.

You consent to the use of our cookies if you proceed.

Accept and continue