This four-year career-oriented degree comprises the scientific study of normal and abnormal human communication (from the child to the adult). Training is provided in speech-language pathology and speech-language therapy.
Type: undergraduate degree
Duration: 4 years full time
Compulsory Subjects
First year subjects:
- Computer literacy
- Information literacy
- Academic literacy
- Research
- Community development
- Anatomy
- Physiology
- Communication pathology
- Speech science
- Psychology
Second year subjects:
- Communication pathology
- Neuro-anatomy
- Neurophysiology
- Audiology
- Speech-language pathology
- Speech science
- Psychology
Third year subjects:
- Communication pathology
- Speech-language pathology
- Speech science
Fourth year subjects:
- Communication pathology
- Speech-language pathology
Careers: speech-language therapist, pathologist.
Source: www.up.ac.za