COURSE: BACHELORS IN COMMUNICATION PATHOLOGY (...

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, speech-language therapy, audiology, audiometry and hearing 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


• Audiology


• Speech-language pathology


• Speech science

Fourth year subjects:

• Communication pathology


• Audiology


• Speech-language pathology

Careers: speech-language therapist, pathologist, audiologist.

Source: www.up.ac.za

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