Speech pathologists work with many different people with lots of different communication challenges, for example giving feeding advice to a mother whose baby has a cleft palate, helping a child with a stutter to speak more fluently or assisting an adult who has had a stroke or a brain injury, to regain their communication skills.

This course gives you the skills you need to work in this field, developing your understanding of typical and acquired communication development, swallowing disorders and clinical practice in speech pathology.

Your first year is interprofessional and taken with other health sciences students. In your second year, your studies will focus on three streams: human communication science, clinical science in speech pathology, and research methods.

You will develop practical skills and apply your learning by completing supervised clinical practice in Curtin’s on campus clinic as well as manage a research project in your final year of studies to graduate with an honours degree.

Professional recognition

Graduates are eligible for membership with Speech Pathology Australia.

Careers

• Speech pathologist.

Industries

• Education and training
• Health care
• Public administration and safety
• Social assistance.