Bachelor of Speech Pathology (Honours)

Secure your future with highly specialised training, exciting placements and flexible outcomes.

When you study a Bachelor of Speech Pathology (Honours), you are accessing the most comprehensive degree of its kind in Australia. Open up experiences and job opportunities like no other when you study this program.

Speech pathologists assess and treat children and adults with communication and swallowing disorders. This spans across developmental and acquired speech and language disorders, cleft lip and palate, voice disorders and stuttering.

Course overview

You will learn and develop the necessary skills to confidently take on the full range of conditions that speech pathologists assess and treat including:

• Acquired and developmental human communication disorders
• Swallowing disorders
• Speech disorders
• Language disorders
• Fluency disorders
• Voice disorders
• Cognitive communication disorders

Students will study a variety of foundation courses including:

• Linguistics
• Psychology
• Bioscience
• Anatomy
• Health Sciences
• Statistics

Eligibility for admission to this program is based on applicants meeting the minimum selection rank, or satisfying the requirements for an approved admission scheme.

The University of Newcastle accepts a range of qualifications to determine eligibility for admission. These include, but are not limited to, Australian or overseas senior secondary qualifications (such as the HSC), prior tertiary studies, prior TAFE/VET studies, and completed enabling programs.

For further information on the pathways that are available to you, please refer to:

• Domestic Applicants
• International Applicants

Overall minimum: 7

Sub test minimum: 7

Gain professionally accredited expertise in all areas of speech pathology. The strong experience-based nature of this degree, along with an internationally recognised professional accreditation, prepares University of Newcastle graduates for immediate professional employment.

Professional Outcomes:

Graduate Outcome Survey 2020-2022, Undergraduate Health Services