Speech Pathology

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.

Develop highly specialised theoretical and practical knowledge alongside experienced healthcare professionals through this accredited speech pathology degree. Apply a holistic and interdisciplinary understanding of healthcare to assess, diagnose and manage communication and swallowing difficulties and differences that will improve peoples' quality of life. You’ll benefit from extensive placement opportunities, including in rural and remote areas.

Advance your career as a health professional with specialist knowledge and technical skills in designing, managing and evaluating rehabilitation plans within a variety of health contexts.

Gain the essential research processes and skills required to complete higher degrees by research in tropical health and medicine.

Enrich your career by specialising in public health issues relevant to tropical Australia and its near neighbours. Gain an in-depth understanding of the urgent problems facing vulnerable communities and learn how to develop strategies to detect, prevent and control communicable and non-communicable diseases.

Advance your career as a health professional with specialist knowledge and technical skills in designing, managing and evaluating rehabilitation plans within a variety of health contexts.

Start on your path towards a research career and gain the real-world skills required to plan, implement and investigate key issues and developments in the field of tropical health and medicine.

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.

Specialise in public health issues relevant to tropical Australia, surrounding nations and developing countries.

Gain specialist skills in research and practice to advance your career.

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.

Develop high level independent research skills while making an original contribution of knowledge.