BSc (Hons) Speech and Language Therapy

University of East Anglia - INTO UK

BSc Speech and Language Therapy to open up a world of opportunities. You could work with people of any age and from any background, supporting individuals and their families living with communication and/or swallowing needs. Your course will interweave the disciplines of linguistics and phonetics, psychology, and anatomy and physiology in a wide-ranging exploration of speech and language therapy research and practice, including your completion of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) pre-registration eating, drinking and swallowing competencies. Through our innovative Project-Sustained Learning curriculum, our dedicated teaching team will support you to develop and apply your knowledge and skills, drawing on in-house clinical expertise and phonetics/psychology/linguistics subject specialists, supported by local clinicians and service users. Our curriculum facilitates your development of independent and collaborative working skills to thrive within the profession. Over the course you’ll undertake ten group projects resulting in practical resources to support your early speech and language therapy career. Following a project management cycle, your projects may include designing materials to raise awareness of the profession and devising informal assessment tools. Through your discussion, research, integration, and application, you’ll be directly preparing for your summative assessments. Through our progressive schedule of conversation partner and clinical placements, you’ll gain the skills and experience to become well-rounded clinicians.