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Handbook year

Information valid for students commencing in 2024

Course code

108309

Course type

Bachelor Honours Degree (AQF Level 8)

Owner

Academy

College

Course pre-requisites

English (Units 3/4,C), plus one of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Psychology or Health (Units 3/4,C).

Minimum English language proficiency requirements

Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of Schedule II of the JCU Admissions Policy.

An overall IELTS of 7.0 with a minimum writing score of 6.0; speaking score of 7.0; reading and listening score of 7.0.

Additional selection requirements

Students will be eligible to be offered a position in the Research Honours major by the Head of Academic Group if they have achieved a GPA of 5.5 in all level 1 and level 2 subjects listed in the course structure. Students that are not offered a position in the Research Honours major, or that are offered a position in the Research Honours major but decline this offer, will continue in the Professional Honours major for levels 3 and 4.

Special admission requirements

Nominate with QTAC as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.

A quota on entry into the Research Major may be applied depending on the availability of supervisors.

Course includes mandatory professional placement(s)

Clinical placement/professional practice:

This course includes prescribed professional or clinical placements. Students may be required to undertake such placements away from the campus at which they are enrolled, at their own expense (Note: health professional courses generally involve extensive professional or clinical placements). Further information about placements can be found at: Coursework Enrolment Procedure.

Post admission
requirements

This course may have specific admission requirements such as immunisation, the requirement to obtain a Suitability to Work with Children Card, federal police check and/or other requirements that Students must comply with. Students must complete all Professional Experience Placement requirements by the prescribed deadlines and maintain currency of all requirements in order to stay admitted in the course.

You will find your course requirements here: /professional-experience-placement/preparation-checklists

Credit points

105 credit points as per course structure

Course learning outcomes

The ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û Bachelor of Speech Pathology (Honours) will prepare graduates  to enter the profession as qualified speech pathologists.

On successful completion of the Bachelor of Speech Pathology (Honours), graduates will be able to:

1. Integrate and adapt a coherent and advanced body of theoretical knowledge and technical competencies to support communication and swallowing for individuals, families and communities in diverse contexts
2. Apply professional and ethical frameworks, standards, and underlying principles and concepts, to inform responsible and accountable professional behaviours as detailed in regulatory frameworks and standards mandated by Speech Pathology Australia and other relevant bodies
3. Retrieve, critically evaluate and apply established and evolving evidence and concepts to advanced speech pathology and inter-professional practice
4. Demonstrate advanced oral and written English language and numerical skills that enable clear, coherent, and appropriate communication of theoretical and therapy concepts, treatment options, and professional decisions, with clients, families, communities, and other professionals
5. Reflect on and apply knowledge and skills to demonstrate autonomy, well-developed judgement, adaptability, and responsibility in speech pathology practice
6. Provide responsive, sensitive, and effective speech pathology practice to all clients, specifically including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, other culturally and linguistically diverse populations, and people residing in tropical, rural, and remote locations
7. Deliver, facilitate, and evaluate safe, sustainable, and effective client-centred speech pathology practice including advocacy, preventative, educational, and promotional programs in collaboration with client groups, communities and other professionals
8. Formulate, implement, and evaluate speech pathology management for people with communication and swallowing needs across the lifespan
9. Apply knowledge of research principles and methods to plan, execute, and disseminate project work and/or a piece of research and scholarship with some independence

Inherent Requirements

Inherent requirements are the identified abilities, attributes, skills, and behaviours that must be demonstrated, during the learning experience, to successfully complete a course. These abilities, attributes, skills, and behaviours preserve the academic integrity of the University's learning, assessment, and accreditation processes, and where applicable, meet the standards of a profession. For more information please visit: Bachelor of Speech Pathology (Honours) [Indigenous Health Careers Access Program].

Reasonable adjustments

All JCU students have the opportunity to demonstrate, with reasonable adjustments where applicable, the inherent requirements for their course. For more information please visit: Student Disability Policy and Procedure.

Type of major

Single

Credit points in major

48 credit points

MAJOR

AVAILABLE AT

NOTES

Professional Honours

JCU Townsville

Only available full time

Research Honours

JCU Townsville

Only available full time

Students must have obtained a GPA of not less than 5.5, calculated across all level 1 and level 2 subjects listed in the course structure.

COURSE AVAILABLE AT

NOTES

JCU Townsville

Expected time to complete

5 years full-time or 8 years part-time  (levels 1 and 2 may be completed part-time however levels 3 and 4 must be completed full-time)

Maximum time to complete

9 years

Maximum leave of absence

1 years

Course progression
requisites

Must successfully complete all level 1 and level 2 subjects before attempting any level 3 subject.

Must successfully complete all level 3 subjects before attempting any level 4 subject.

Course includes mandatory professional placement(s)

Clinical placement/professional practice:

This course includes prescribed professional or clinical placements. Students may be required to undertake such placements away from the campus at which they are enrolled, at their own expense (Note: health professional courses generally involve extensive professional or clinical placements). Further information about placements can be found at: Coursework Enrolment Procedure.

Special assessment
requirements

Refer to Review of a Student’s Suitability to Continue a Course Involving Placement policy

Professional accreditation
requirements

Nil

Supplementary exam for
final subject

Not applicable

Eligibility

Students may apply for credit transfer for previous tertiary study in accordance with the Credit Transfer Procedure

Maximum allowed

6 credit points

Currency

Credit will be granted only for subjects completed in the 10 years prior to the commencement of this course

Expiry

Credit gained for any subject shall be cancelled 19 years after the date of the examination upon which the credit is based if, by then, the student has not completed this course.

Other restrictions

Nil

Award title

BACHELOR OF SPEECH PATHOLOGY (HONOURS)

Approved abbreviation

BSpPath(Hons)

Inclusion of majors on
testamur

Not applicable - this course does not have majors

Exit with lesser award

Students who have completed 24 credit points of their course award requirements, and withdraw from or fail to meet the requirements for progression in the later years, may be eligible for the award of Diploma of Tertiary Studies.

Course articulation

Not applicable