Speech pathologists diagnose, treat and provide services to people with communication impairments, including speech, language, voice, fluency disorders, or clients with eating and drinking difficulties across the lifespan.
You will gain a detailed understanding of communication development, developmental and acquired communication and swallowing disorders, clinical practice and research. Your studies will be supported by fieldwork opportunities.
The course includes the introduction of theoretical, evidence-based material and its link to clinical practice, and research skills to become an evidence-based clinician.
You need an honours degree or a bachelor degree with a course weighted average (CWA) of 65% or higher, and evidence of successful tertiary level study of human biology is required.
Applications with a CWA below 65% will be considered should you demonstrate equivalent prior learning, including appropriate professional experience.
You will be required to submit supplementary information with your application. Please refer to the application requirements below.
Please refer to our application requirements before applying for this Curtin course.
While studying this course, you’ll need to be available for placements between semesters. One or more of these placements may be in a regional or rural areas of Western Australia.
This can be a physically and mentally challenging course. Please familiarise yourself with the Inherent requirements before applying. Reasonable adjustments can be made for students with disability.
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