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Speech and Language Therapy, MSc
City University London, School of Community and Health Sciences
- Physiotherapy
- Public Health
Quick facts
| Country: | United Kingdom | Duration: | 24 Months |
| City: | London | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English |
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| Application Deadline: | 30th May | ||
Programme Description
The Diploma/MSc in Speech and Language Therapy takes place in a lively department engaged in a variety of teaching, clinical and research activities. We are the largest speech and language therapy department in the country and has a long established reputation in providing undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
The department places a great deal of importance on clinical work. The in-house clinical facility, the Compass Centre, runs a number of clinical activities and projects, including intensive courses for children who stammer. There are also close links with Connect - the communication disability network, which provides an innovative service for people who have had strokes or accidents resulting in dysphasia. The department provides a base and a resource for research students working on a wide range of language and communication problems.
This is a two year intensive course of study that leads to the award of postgraduate diploma in speech and language therapy and licence to practise as a speech and language therapist. It will appeal to those who have a first degree, are interested in pursuing a professional qualification and have a desire to work with people with communication disabilities. There is also the option to extend academic studies to MSc level by completion of a small piece of research within three years of attaining the diploma.
The aims of the Postgraduate Diploma/MSc in Speech and Language Therapy are:
* To provide at a postgraduate level, education and clinical/professional training which:
* is underpinned by scholarship, research and clinical practice
* uses a variety of teaching and learning methods including self-directed learning
* integrates the development of theoretical knowledge with clinical skills across a wide range of client service groups.
* To provide an intensive postgraduate programme structure which develops the professional competencies necessary to be a speech & language therapist over two years and promotes continuing professional development.
* To enable students to meet the requirements of the relevant professional and statutory bodies.
* To foster the development of professional knowledge and clinical skills across a wide range of client groups and presenting communication difficulties.
* To provide opportunities for self-monitoring and personal development for the formation of reflective practitioners.
* To produce practitioners who are capable of applying theoretical knowledge to the diagnostic, therapeutic, educative and technical roles of the Speech and Language Therapist within the healthcare, educational and social welfare sectors.
* To provide clinical placements that meet requirements of the Health Professions Council (HPC) and the Royal College of Speech & language Therapists (RCSLT) ? the profession?s accrediting bodies.
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Contents
The programme comprises 10 modules dispersed evenly over the two years.
Year One
The first year of the programme establishes the foundations of hearing, speech and language. It explores the nature of speech, communication & swallowing disabilities in children and adults. The students study 5 modules of 15 or 30 credits. Students are equipped with the knowledge to understand the process of human communication in the social and clinical context.
From semester 2, students attend weekly clinical placements in a variety of settings, culminating in a block placement in the summer period.
Year Two
The second year of the programme explores the nature of cognition, language & communication disabilities in children and adults. The students study 4 modules of 15 credits and one of 30 credits. Students continue to attend weekly clinical placements in a variety of settings culminating in a block placement in the summer period.
Optional extension to MSc
Students who attain the postgraduate diploma have the option of extending their academic studies to MSc level within 3 years of attaining the diploma.
A variety of teaching methods are employed including large group lectures, small group workshops, tutorials, laboratory work, student centred learning and clinical
supervision. The modules on Hearing & Speech Sciences and Language Sciences offer considerable opportunity to work in the departmental Phonetics Laboratories with access to high quality facilities.
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test if you come from a non-English speaking country.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
More informationRequirements
Candidates must hold at least a second class honours degree. A degree in a relevant subject is an advantage, but candidates are selected on the basis of their motivation, social skills, and appropriate academic abilities, rather than the subject of their degree. We regret that graduates with third class honours or pass/ordinary degrees cannot be considered.
Overseas graduates are required to provide a transcript of their first degree and evidence of their abilities in English if this is not their first language. They are likely to be required to spread the course over three years. Prospective students will be interviewed for suitability in terms of personal and intellectual maturity. They will be expected to show some familiarity with the demands of the Speech and Language Therapy profession and to have observed therapy in hospitals and/or clinics.
It is assumed that applicants will have visited as wide a variety as possible of both child and adult speech and language therapy clinics prior to applying. We understand that pressure on clinics has increased in recent years and that opportunities to observe therapy may be hard to find. Nonetheless, it is important that students are well informed of the nature of the profession which you are choosing to enter. Valuable background experience can be obtained in working with preschool children, mentally and/or physically handicapped children/young people/adults and with geriatric and stroke patients.
Mature applicants
The Department is committed to broadening the social and ethnic range of speech and language therapists. It has always encouraged applications from mature students and people who offer languages or dialects other than Standard English.
Overseas Graduates
Applicants whose degree is not from a British university are required to provide a transcript of their degree and evidence of their abilities in English if this is not their first language . Our English Language requirements are IELTS 7.5 or TOEFL 630 (Computer score 267).They are likely to be required to take the 'Extended Postgraduate Diploma' which is spread over three years. Thus they follow a one year preliminary course before registering for two further years of Diploma study.
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