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Ireland

Health Sciences

BSc Clinical Speech & Language Studies

4 years

€3000 pa

Programme profile


Speech and language therapists work with people who have communication difficulties, helping them to find ways to maximise their speech, language and communication skills. They also assess, diagnose and treat people with swallowing difficulties.

Programme content


In the First Year you will be introduced to the area of language acquisition and speech: Clinical practice; Pre-clinical skills; Speech and hearing; Linguistics; Phonetics; Psychology; General and neuro-anatomy; Physiology

In the Second Year, theoretical modules move to more specific areas and you will study: Disorders of speech, language and communication; Clinical and instrumental phonetics; Linguistics; Psychology

In the Third and Fourth Years the theoretical component of the course focuses more specifically on intervention approaches with reference to disorders of speech, language and communication.

Entry Requirements


Students must present six subjects of which two must be at grade C or above at Advanced GCE (A-Level. The other subjects must be at least at grade C or above on GCSE or Advanced Subsidiary GCE (AS) papers. The six subjects must include: English, Mathematics and a language other than English.

GCSE Maths at Grade B or above
PLUS
A-level at a grade C at A-level is required in one of English, French, German, Irish, Italian, Russian, Spanish and a grade B at GCSE level in one of physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics;
OR
a grade C at A-level in one of physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics and a grade B at GCSE level in one of English, French, German, Irish, Italian, Russian, Spanish

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03 November

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