Bachelor of Speech and Language Therapy with Honours
Course details
| NZQF Level | 8 |
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About the course
As a speech-language therapist you’ll facilitate independence in individuals. You’ll assess children, young people and adults with a variety of communication and swallowing disorders and work with them to improve their ability to participate in school, work and other daily activities. You may work with children who have speech and/or language disorders, or adults living with a traumatic brain injury or stroke.
You’ll have an impact on people’s quality of life.
Massey’s Bachelor of Speech and Language Therapy with Honours combines academic coursework with supervised clinical experience. You’ll work alongside practising speech-language therapists to gain clinical hours in a wide range of settings. These could include:
- schools
- hospitals
- rehabilitation centres
- child development services, and
- community settings across New Zealand.
The Bachelor of Speech and Language Therapy with Honours at Massey requires a commitment to academic and practical excellence. That will make you the best speech-language therapist you can be when you join the workforce.
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Entry requirements
All students must meet university entrance requirements to be admitted to the University.
This programme is a selected entry programme. This means there are a number of extra requirements you must meet.
To enter the Bachelor of Speech and Language Therapy with Honours Programme you will be selected into the qualification based on a selection process that will include:
- a written application
- criminal record check
- interview
- referee checks.
You will need to provide the following documents:
- personal supporting statement
- CV
- confidential school (if still at school) or other tertiary institution report
- verified copies of academic records for study other than at Massey.
English language requirements
To enter the Bachelor of Speech and Language Therapy you will have achieved an IELTS of 7.0 with no band less than 7.0 within the preceding two years if English is not your first language. You must attach a verified copy of your results to your application.
About the provider
With a tradition of academic excellence, Massey University is the nearest thing New Zealand has to a national university. It has nearly 18,000 students enrolled on three main campuses, with approximately 17,000 national and worldwide distance learning (extramural) students.