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Bachelor of Applied Science (Speech Pathology)

Unit of study table (Table A)

Bachelor of Applied Science (Speech Pathology)

Students must complete 192 credit points of units of study in the order listed below, including:
(a) 174 credit points of core units listed in the sequence below; and
(b) 18 credit points of selective units
(c) Students must complete all Year 3 units of study before they can enrol in any Year 4 units of study
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

Year 1

Semester 1 - Core units
BIOS1163
Speech Science
6
HSBH1003
Health, Behaviour and Society
6 N HSBH1012
CSCD1040
Introduction to Communication and Swallowing
6  
CSCD1041
EBP in Speech Pathology
6 N CSCD3085 or CSCD4051
Semester 2 - Core units
BIOS1165
Hearing Science and Audiology
6 A BIOS1163
CSCD1034
Linguistics and Phonetics
6 A Students are expected to have a good understanding of spoken Australian English to support their learning and to complete the transcription assessment tasks for this unit of study
CSCD1042
Foundations of Speech Pathology Practice
6 P HSBH1003 and CSCD1040
CSCD1043
Psychology in Speech Pathology
6 N BACH2143
Year 2
Semester 1 - Core units
BIOS2172
Neuroscience for Communication and Swallowing
6 A BIOS1165
CSCD2072
Optimising Communication: Educational Years
6 P CSCD1034
C CSCD2073
CSCD2073
Assessment of Communication in Children
6 P CSCD1034 and CSCD1042
C CSCD2072 and CSCD2074
CSCD2074
Practice Education 1: Mentoring
6 P CSCD1034 and CSCD1042
C CSCD2073
N CSCD2064 or CSCD2066
Semester 2 - Core units
CSCD2078
Feeding and Swallowing Across the Lifespan
6 P BIOS2172
CSCD2075
Assessment of Communication in Adults
6 P BIOS2172
CSCD2076
Optimising Communication: Early Years
6 P CSCD2073
CSCD2077
Clinical Reasoning in Practice
6 P CSCD1041

Year 3

Semester 1 - Core units
CSCD3102
Speech Pathology in the Community
6 P 48 credit points of core units in degree
CSCD3103
Access and Inclusion
6 P CSCD2076 and CSCD2078
CSCD3104
Optimising Communication: Adults
6 P CSCD2075
C CSCD3100
CSCD3100
Intermediate Clinic I
6 P [CSCD1035 and CSCD2062 and (CSCD2066 or CSCD2067) and CSCD2069] or (CSCD2074 and CSCD2075 and CSCD2076)
C CSCD3075 or CSCD3104
N CSCD3077 or CSCD3078 or CSCD3087
Semester 2 - Core units
CSCD3085
Speech Pathology Research Methods
6
CSCD3101
Intermediate Clinic II
6 P ((CSCD3075 and (CSCD3100 or CSCD3077 or CSCD3078 or CSCD3087)) or (CSCD3100 and CSCD3104))
N CSCD3083 or CSCD3084 or CSCD3089
CSCD3105
Collaborative Care in Speech Pathology
6 P CSCD3102 and CSCD3103
Selective 6 Choose a selective from the selectives table below.

Year 4

Semester 1 - Core units
A Students are assumed to have completed all year 3 units of study and be concurrently enrolled in year 4 practice education units. If this is not the case students should seek advice from the Program Director.
CSCD4069
Practice Education 4 Supervision and Community
6 P (CSCD3102 and CSCD3103 and CSCD3104 and CSCD3085 and CSCD3105 and CSCD3101)
C CSCD4067
N CSCD4053 and CSCD4054
CSCD4066
Emerging and Future Practice for the SLP
6 P CSCD3102 and CSCD3103 and CSCD3104 and CSCD3085 and CSCD3105 and CSCD3101
CSCD4067
Transition to Practice
6 P (CSCD3102 and CSCD3103 and CSCD3104 and CSCD3085 and CSCD3105 and CSCD3101)
C CSCD4069
Selective 6 Choose a selective from the selectives table below.
Semester 2 - Core units
CSCD4068
Applied Leadership in Speech Pathology
6 P CSCD3102 and CSCD3103 and CSCD3104 and CSCD3085 and CSCD3105 and CSCD3101
CSCD4070
Practice Education Professional Entry A
6 P CSCD3102 and CSCD3103 and CSCD3104 and CSCD3085 and CSCD3105 and CSCD3101
N CSCD4055
CSCD4071
Professional Entry B
6 P CSCD3102 and CSCD3103 and CSCD3104 and CSCD3085 and CSCD3105 and CSCD3101
N CSCD4056
Selective 6 Choose a selective from the selectives table below.
Selective units
BIDH3008
Digital Health in Practice
6 P 48 credit points of units of study
N HSBH3008 or HSBH2009 or HSBH1010
CSCD3094
Audiology 2
6 A Audiological assessments, anatomy and physiology of the ear
P CSCD2071 or completion of 96 credit points
EXSS3041
Small Business Management in Allied Health
6 P Completion of 96 credit points
HSBH3001
Health and Indigenous Populations
6 P HSBH1007 or HSBH2007 or FMHU2000 or BACH1161 or HSBH1003
N NURS2008
HSBH3004
Health, Ethics and the Law
6 P 48 credit points of units
HSBH3008
Interdisciplinary eHealth
6 P 48 credit points of units
N HSBH2009 or HSBH1010
HSBH3011
Rural Health
6 P 48 credit points of units
HSBH3012
Sydney Health Students Abroad
6 P A minimum of 48 credit points