About Speech Pathology
As an aspiring Speech Pathologist, you understand just how crucial communication is to human development and individual success. Your JCU Bachelor of Speech Pathology degree will qualify you to assess, diagnose, and manage significant speech and swallowing impediments.
Acquire a thorough understanding in areas such as anatomy, linguistics, and speech development and impairment. Learn how to diagnose and manage a diverse range of cases and benefit from JCU’s on-campus speech and language clinic.
Practical placements challenge you to apply your theoretical knowledge in a variety of settings. You will have the opportunity to complete placements in rural and Indigenous communities, as well as overseas.
JCU Speech Pathology graduates all develop research skills and are equipped with the advanced knowledge and skills required to excel in their field and change lives. Launch a career in education settings, hospitals, community health centres, nursing homes, child care, mental health services, disability services, and private practice.
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Gain a one-year university qualification while opening up your pathway into many JCU Bachelor degrees. The Diploma of Higher Education is recognised as a stand-alone qualification designed for students who don’t meet the entry requirements of a Bachelor degree.
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Learn how to diagnose and manage a diverse range of cases with the benefit of JCU’s on-campus speech and language clinic.
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Gain specialist knowledge and technical skills across a range of health contexts, with a strong focus on evidence-based learning.
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Gain the essential research processes and skills required to complete higher degrees by research in tropical health and medicine.
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Enrich your career by specialising in public health issues relevant to tropical Australia and its near neighbours. Gain valuable skills important for delivering health outcomes to rural and tropical areas.
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Expand your technical proficiency to design, manage, and evaluate rehabilitation plans for individuals and communities in culturally diverse populations. You will learn to develop solutions for complex problems in health professional practice.
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Develop the skills to excel in research. This course will prepare you to further your studies in an MPhil or PhD program.
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JCU’s Graduate Diploma of Rural Generalist Practice provides Allied Health professionals with a pathway for advancing their academic and clinical expertise in a wide range of community and clinical settings.
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Specialise in public health issues relevant to tropical Australia, surrounding nations and developing countries.
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Gain specialist skills in research and practice to advance your career.
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JCU Master of Philosophy graduates are internationally recognised as experts who discover valuable new knowledge in their fields. The skills you develop during your MPhil will enable you to develop yourself professionally within your existing sector, or to apply your research, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills to new contexts. Graduates can also continue their independent research in a Doctor of Philosophy.