COURSE: BACHELORS IN SPEECH-LANGUAGE AND HEARI...

This programme equips students with the necessary skills, knowledge and experiential learning to entre the language and hearing therapy industry.

Type: Undergraduate Degree

Duration: 4 years full-time

Compulsory Subjects

First Year Subjects:

• Xhosa 178


• Speech Pathology (Introduction to communication disorders and intervention)


• Speech Pathology (Speech and hearing science)


• Speech Pathology (Human communication)


• Speech Pathology (Basic audiometry)


• Psychology


• Clinical Speech Pathology


• Applied Anatomy


• General Linguistics

Second Year Subjects:

• Speech Pathology (Principles of intervention)


• Speech Pathology (Community studies)


• Speech Pathology (Articulation and phonological disorders)


• Speech Pathology (Voice, resonance and craniofacial disorders)


• Speech Pathology (Language disorders)


• Clinical Speech Pathology


• General Linguistics


• Psychology

Third Year Subjects:

• Speech Pathology (Language disorders in specific populations)


• Speech Pathology (Fluency disorders)


• Speech Pathology (Acquired neurogenic communication disorders)


• Speech Pathology (Sign language)


• Speech Pathology (Cerebral palsy)


• Speech Pathology (Approaches to intervention for persons with hearing impairment)


• Speech Pathology (Neuro-anatomy and clinical neurology)


• Speech Pathology (Introduction to research as a professional function)


• Clinical Speech Pathology


• Psychology (Data analysis in psychology)


• Psychology (Behaviour and health)


• Psychology (Community psychology)

Fourth Year Subjects:

• Speech Pathology (Augmentative and alternative communication)


• Speech Pathology (Advanced seminars in speech-language and hearing therapy)


• Speech Pathology (Early intervention)


• Speech Pathology (Intervention for hearing impaired persons)


• Speech Pathology (Neurogenic speech disorders)


• Speech Pathology (Dysphasia)


• Clinical Speech Therapy


• Research Report

Careers: Speech therapist, Hearing Therapist.

Source: www.sun.ac.za

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