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Bachelor of Applied Science (Speech Pathology)

Unit of study table (Table A)

This page was first published on 15 November 2023 and was last amended on 9 January 2024.
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Bachelor of Applied Science (Speech Pathology)

Students must complete 192 credit points of units of study in the order listed below, including:
(a) 186 credit points of core units listed in the sequence below; and
(b) 6 credit points of elective units
(c) Students must complete all Year 3 units of study before they can enrol in any Year 4 units of study
(d) Students in Year 4 of the program will be assigned to either Group A or B:
(i) Group assignment will be known by the end of Year 3 Semester 1
(ii) In Year 4, students in Group A enrol in their on-campus units of study in Semester 1 and off-campus units of study in Semester 2
(iii) Students in Group B enrol in off-campus units of study in Semester 1 and on-campus units in Semester 2.

 

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

Year 1

Semester 1 - Core units
BIOS1163
Speech Science
6
CSCD1034
Linguistics and Phonetics
6
HSBH1003
Health, Behaviour and Society
6 N BACH1130 or BACH1132 or BACH1133 or BACH1134 or BACH1161 or BACH1165
Students who have not undertaken Biology, Chemistry or Senior Science studies in the final two years of their school education are recommended to take BIOS1167 or 6 credit points of elective units
Semester 1 - Electives
BIOS1167
Foundations of Biomedical Science
6  
BIOS1168
Essential Musculoskeletal Human Anatomy
6  
BIOS1170
Body Systems: Structure and Function
6 N BIOS2170
REHB2026
Fundamentals of Disability
6  
WRIT1000
Introduction to Academic Writing

6  
Semester 2
BIOS1165
Hearing Science and Audiology
6 A BIOS1163
BIOS1166
Neuroscience I: Communication Disorders
6  
CSCD1032
Human Communication
6 A CSCD1034
P HSBH1003
N CSCD2070
CSCD1035
Stuttering
6 N CSCD2058
Year 2
Semester 1 - Core units
BIOS2062
Neuroscience II: Communication Disorders
6 P BIOS1166
CSCD2057
Child Language
6 P CSCD1032 and CSCD1034
C CSCD2064 or CSCD2065
CSCD2068
Speech Sound Disorders
6 A Ability to phonetically transcribe Australian English speech
P CSCD1034 and CSCD1032
C CSCD2064 or CSCD2065
and either
CSCD2064
Introductory Practice 1: Clinical
6 P CSCD1032 and CSCD1034
C CSCD2057 and CSCD2068
N CSCD2065
or
CSCD2065
Introductory Practice 1: Community
6 P CSCD1032 and CSCD1034
C CSCD2057 and CSCD2068
N CSCD2064
Semester 2
BACH2142
Cognitive Neuropsychology
6 P HSBH1003 or BACH1165 or PSYC1001 or PSYC1002
CSCD2062
Motor Speech and Dysphagia
6 A BIOS1163
P BIOS2062
CSCD2069
Voice and Voice Disorders
6 P BIOS1163
and either
CSCD2066
Introductory Practice 2: Clinical
6 P CSCD2065
or
CSCD2067
Introductory Practice 2: Community
6 P CSCD2064

Year 3

Semester 1 - Core units
CSCD3074
Specialist Studies
6 P BIOS1165
CSCD3075
Neurogenic Language Disorders
6 A BIOS2062 and BACH2142
P BIOS1166
C CSCD3100
CSCD3076
Lifelong Disability and AAC
6 P CSCD1032
CSCD3100
Intermediate Clinic I

6 P CSCD1035 and CSCD2062 and (CSCD2066 or CSCD2067) and CSCD2069
C CSCD3075
N CSCD3077 or CSCD3078 or CSCD3087
Semester 2
BACH2143
Counselling and Behaviour Management for CD
6
CSCD3082
Phonology, Language and Literacy
6 P CSCD2057 and CSCD2068 and (CSCD2066 or CSCD2067)
CSCD3085
Speech Pathology Research Methods
6
CSCD3101
Intermediate Clinic II

6 P CSCD3075 and (CSCD3100 or CSCD3077 or CSCD3078 or CSCD3087)
N CSCD3083 or CSCD3084 or CSCD3089

Year 4

Group A Semester 1
CSCD4051
Evidence Based Practice for SP
6 A Students are assumed to be concurrently enrolled in year 4 clinical units and should seek advice from the course director if this is not the case
P BACH2143 and CSCD3074 and CSCD3075 and CSCD3076 and CSCD3082 and CSCD3085 and (CSCD3101 or CSCD3083 or CSCD3084)
CSCD4052
Professional Issues
6 C CSCD4053
CSCD4053
Advanced Practice Clinical I
6 P CSCD3082 and (CSCD3083 or CSCD3084 or CSCD3089 or CSCD3101)
C (CSD4052 or BHSC4012 or BHSC4013)
CSCD4054
Advanced Practice Clinical II
6 P CSCD3082 and (CSCD3083 or CSCD3084 or CSCD3089 or CSCD3101)
C CSCD4053
Group A Semester 2
CSCD4055
Advanced Practice Community I
12 P CSCD3082 and (CSCD3083 or CSCD3084 or CSCD3089 or CSCD3101)
CSCD4056
Advanced Practice Community II
12 P CSCD3082 and (CSCD3083 or CSCD3084 or CSCD3089 or CSCD3101)
C CSCD4055
Group B Semester 1
CSCD4055
Advanced Practice Community I
12 P CSCD3082 and (CSCD3083 or CSCD3084 or CSCD3089 or CSCD3101)
CSCD4056
Advanced Practice Community II
12 P CSCD3082 and (CSCD3083 or CSCD3084 or CSCD3089 or CSCD3101)
C CSCD4055
Group B Semester 2
CSCD4051
Evidence Based Practice for SP
6 A Students are assumed to be concurrently enrolled in year 4 clinical units and should seek advice from the course director if this is not the case
P BACH2143 and CSCD3074 and CSCD3075 and CSCD3076 and CSCD3082 and CSCD3085 and (CSCD3101 or CSCD3083 or CSCD3084)
CSCD4052
Professional Issues
6 C CSCD4053
CSCD4053
Advanced Practice Clinical I
6 P CSCD3082 and (CSCD3083 or CSCD3084 or CSCD3089 or CSCD3101)
C (CSD4052 or BHSC4012 or BHSC4013)
CSCD4054
Advanced Practice Clinical II
6 P CSCD3082 and (CSCD3083 or CSCD3084 or CSCD3089 or CSCD3101)
C CSCD4053

Post-publication amendments

Date
Original publication
Post-publication amendment
9/01/2024 Co-requisites (C) for CSCD4055 published as:
C CSCD4056
Co-requisites (C) for CSCD4055 removed.